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The Last ShotBlending high-seas adventure and first-rate research, The Last Shot is naval history of the very first order, offering a riveting account of the last Southern military force to lay down its arms in June 1865. Following orders received the previous autumn, the Confederate raider...
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The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated SouthFrom National Book Award winner Edward Ball comes The Sweet Hell Inside, the story of the fascinating Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave, who cast off their blemished roots and prospered despite racial barriers. Enhanced by...
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The Eighties: A ReaderThe America of the 1980s is often caricatured as a time of yuppie greed and self-absorption. But what was driving that decades rampant pursuit of individual pleasure? What were the cultural forces behind Madonna's "Material Girl" and Oliver Stone's Wall Street? These fascinating essays,...
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Goodnight from LondonFrom USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson--author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France--comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War,...
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In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served--From JFK to George W. BushThe most solemn obligation of any president is to safeguard the nation's security. But the president cannot do this alone. He needs help. In the past half century, presidents have relied on their national security advisers to provide that help. Who are these people,...
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Lead Time: A Journalist's EducationThe essential Garry Wills, Lead Time offers a provocative view of a pivotal era in America from one of our most esteemed historians. In this collection of essays, written between 1968 and 1982, Wills explores American culture, politics, and mores, and demonstrates his astute...
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Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien PhuFrom the acclaimed scholar and reporter, a thorough and revealing account of the historic turning point in Vietnam's long struggle--the 1954 battle for Dien Bien PhuLike Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu--a strategic attack launched by France against the...
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1920: The Year of the Six PresidentsThe presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women...
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The Age of Jackson"The outgrowth of a series of lectures entitled 'A reinterpretation of Jacksonian democracy' delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in the fall of 1941."--Acknowledgements.Author: Arthur M. SchlesingerPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublished: 11/28/1988Pages: 577Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.86w x 1.47dISBN: 9780316773430
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Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent--Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White ManThis is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a "halfbreed" born to a prominent white trader and his Indian wife-whose lifetime spanned one of the most exciting epochs in our nation's history. Raised as a Cheyenne but educated in white...
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Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined AmericaFrom the two-time winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, a stirring and surprising account of the debates that made Lincoln a national figure and defined the slavery issue that would bring the country to war. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful...
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The Communist"I admire Russia for wiping out an economic system which permitted a handful of rich to exploit and beat gold from the millions of plain people... As one who believes in freedom and democracy for all, I honor the Red nation." --FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS,...
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The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's CapitalIn this definitive portrait of the political and social life of Georgetown, bestselling biographer C. David Heymann chronicles the dinner parties, correspondence, overlappings, and underpinnings of some of the most influential women in Washington's history. The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club -- a term coined...
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The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme...
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The Wolf In the WoodsThe rusting passenger ship shoulders its way through the scrambled seas; beyond the outer harbour and off into the night. The fourth row of portholes, the lowest, dips itself into the restive sea; sometimes below the waterline, sometimes reaching out as if gasping for...
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The Late War between the United States and Great Britain: Rogershaven Facsimile EditionHere is your chance to own a piece of history! This is a 100% accurate reproduction of the 1819 edition of the book The Late War between the United States and Great Britain by Gilbert J. Hunt. This Rogershaven Facsimile Edition is a faithful...
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The Women of Jersey Island: A WW2 Historical Fiction NovelAuthor: Rachael DymskiPublisher: Valcal Software LtdPublished: 08/12/2024Pages: 310Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75dISBN: 9789655754247This title is not returnable
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Sober and Civil: Being a true narrative of one Sarah Towne Cloyse, formerly BridgesAuthor: Antonio A. StuckeyPublisher: Women of Massachusetts Bay Series, Book 1, AnPublished: 09/09/2024Pages: 204Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50dISBN: 9798218474164
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Dying Confession: Taking His Secrets to the GraveBattle buddies Anthony and Scott navigate chaos of military service while never taking anything they face seriously. A dying confession disrupts their carefree attitude and tests the limits of their friendship. Battle buddies Anthony and Scott have a knack for getting into trouble, often....
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The Price of Freedom: Speeches and AddressesAuthor: Calvin CoolidgePublisher: Fredonia Books (NL)Published: 09/01/2001Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.10dISBN: 9781589635388This title is not returnable
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