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A Pair of WingsAn airline captain crafts a riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the remarkable true life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation and found freedom in the air A few years after the Wright brothers'...
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African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United StatesExplore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History!The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against the systemic cruelty and oppression were often brutally killed for their efforts....
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A Slant of LightWhen students of St Ignatius go missing, painter and amateur sleuth Georgia O'Keeffe must infiltrate the school to figure out what's going on in this thrilling historical mystery set in 1930s New Mexico from multi award-winning author Kathryn Lasky. New Mexico, 1936. Settling in...
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Tripped: Nazi Germany, the Cia, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age"A fleet-footed and propulsive account . . . Brilliantly sifting a massive history for its ideological through lines, this is a must-read." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs and...
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That Day in Dallas: Lee Harvey Oswald Did Not Kill JFKThat Day in Dallas: Lee Harvey Oswald Did Not Kill JFK is best described as a prosecution by Robert K. Tanenbaum of those corrupt, unscrupulous government and unelected agency officials, who from inception with predetermined outcomes, deceitfully engaged in insecure, phony pretense probes regarding...
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The Imperial PresidencyFrom two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it...
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Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nationsExplore the Cruel History of the Trail of TearsOne of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation's young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit.Having helped settlers...
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Outmaneuvered: America's Tragic Encounter with Warfare from Vietnam to AfghanistanFrom a celebrated military historian, a "searing...persuasive" (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of why the mighty United States military has repeatedly failed in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Since the early 1960s, the United States has fought in four major wars and...
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Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham LincolnMurder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln--the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map--the Lyceum Address. Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aid-ing a...
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No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United StatesThe Constitution has become a threat to American democracy. Due to its inherent flaws--its treatment of race, dependence on a tainted Electoral College, a glaringly unrepresentative Senate, and the outsized influence of the Supreme Court--Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of Berkeley Law School and one...
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Murder of a RecluseWho killed the reclusive Agatha Dobbs? Newly married Elizabeth Wilkins is determined to prove Agatha's niece's innocence in this compelling 1920s mystery. October, 1926. Newly married Elizabeth Wilkins is ready for whatever life throws at her and her lawyer husband, Fred. So when Fred...
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The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The Untold Story of the International Spy NetworkThis is the definitive account of the Western world's most powerful--but least known--intelligence alliance, which remains central to the defense of the free world in a dangerously uncertain time. The Five Eyes--a spy network between the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia,...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary...
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Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's BankIn the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad for economic growth and self-determination. But only nine years after it opened,...
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Saints and Liars: The Story of Americans Who Saved Refugees from the NazisLong before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp, who were originally sent to Prague as part of a relief effort but turned immediately to helping Jews...
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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern WorldWe often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we're living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population, industrial might, and potential military power; it touches all four...
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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl HarborNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." -- Publishers WeeklyA U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories...
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Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial InequalityOur nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding and repairing, we must consider the role race...
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This Strange Eventful HistoryOver seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state--separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all. This Strange Eventful History, told with historical...
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No Precious TruthThe first in a brand-new WWII historical thriller series introduces Sergeant Cathy Marsden - a female police officer working for the Special Investigation Branch - who risks her life to protect the city of Leeds from an escaped German spy! Leeds, 1941. As the...
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