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Kent State: An American TragedyOn May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, political fires that had been burning across America during the 1960s exploded. Antiwar protesters wearing bell-bottom jeans and long hair hurled taunts and rocks at another group of young Americans--National Guardsmen sporting gas masks...
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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage."Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve" (The Wall Street Journal), this is the definitive account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen documents, photographs, and interviews, from former investigative reporter Jeff Guinn, bestselling author of Manson...
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Falkirk: A toe-curling mm romance wrapped in a spy thrillerGold Medal winner in the 2024 Global Book Awards competition . . .Two men. Their first mission. The fate of Europe hangs in the balance.They met at Harvard and fell in love. Now, they are headed behind enemy lines.Will and Thomas, freshly christened agents...
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The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." --Civil War HistoryDavid M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is "the classic study of of antebellum America" (American Prospect). Potter's sweeping epic...
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Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North KoreaFor the first time, Kenneth Bae tells the full story surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in North Korea.Not Forgotten is a modern story of intrigue, suspense, and heart. Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China...
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Born Survivors"With remarkable detail gleaned from a wealth of research, journalist and author Holden relates the three women's unforgettable journey from their imprisonment in ghettos to their arrival at Auschwitz. . . . An astonishing and deeply moving work." --Booklist (starred review)The Nazis murdered their...
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The Twentieth Century: A People's History"Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam--bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres, and cover-ups--should be required reading."--New York Times Book ReviewContaining just the Twentieth Century chapters from Howard...
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The Secrets of Thorndale Manor: A Victorian Historical MysteryShe risks everything for the truth. He threatens her heart.Athena Taylor realizes a life dream when she and her sister open the Darkmoor Bridge School for Girls at beautiful Thorndale Manor in Yorkshire. But the standing of the ancient estate is tarnished by the...
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War IIThe untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor...
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The Guest ChildrenThe search for two missing children goes terribly wrong in this haunting and insidiously creepy ghost story debut by acclaimed showrunner Patrick Tarr. With terror mounting in 1940 London, thousands of "Guest Children" were evacuated out of England to escape the bombings. Two of...
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The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--And Why It FailedBrad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, the bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on the sixteenth president in The Lincoln Conspiracy. Everyone...
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The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop MusicBeloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been...
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Of Saints and RiversA father's expectations. A son's search for redemption. A family shaped by love, loss, and the relentless passage of time.From the wild frontier days of the late 1800s to the post-war reckoning of the 1950s, this award-winning novel follows three generations of the McClellan...
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The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an UprisingA Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five young, Polish Jewish women--champions who helped lead the resistance, sabotage the Nazis, and aid...
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Shy Creatures"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."--Holly Gramazio, bestselling author of The Husbands"Infinitely moving, quirky, acutely observed and beautifully written...Confirms Clare Chambers as one of...
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Ring Legends of Tolkien Deluxe EditionThe most popular legends about the Rings of Power are discussed in detail in this deluxe edition that will hold a special place on your bookshelf. The history of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with an ongoing struggle between...
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Punk Women: 40 Years of Musicians Who Built Punk RockAuthor: David A. EnsmingerPublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 07/22/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.36h x 6.83w x 0.91dISBN: 9781648413506About the AuthorDavid A. Ensminger is a college instructor and the author of books covering both American roots music and punk rock history--Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and...
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Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." --New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the...
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Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese CiviliansA "captivating" (The Washington Post) true story of "courage, resolve, and determination" (Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White's successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North...
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Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand CanyonDrawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain...
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