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The Realms of Oblivion: An Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site's Omitted StoriesThe Realms of Oblivion explores the complexities involved in reconciling competing versions of history, channeled through Davies Manor, a historic site near Memphis that once centered a wealthy slave-owning family's sprawling cotton plantation. Interrogating the forces of memorialization that often go unquestioned in the...
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The Real LincolnThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Rational Bible: Numbers: God and Man in the WildernessIf you think the Bible is irrelevant, irrational, or even, at times, immoral--and you have an open mind--The Rational Bible will change your mind and influence your outlook on life. You will come to understand why the Bible and especially its first five books,...
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The Rape of Japan: The Myth of Mass Sexual Violence During the Allied OccupationMost Americans regard the postwar Occupation of Japan as a prime example of American magnanimity. They are blithely unaware of the prevailing Japanese myth that upon entering Japan, U.S. servicemen "engaged in an orgy of looting, sexual violence, and drunken brawling" and that during...
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The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in PhiladelphiaContesting claims that postwar American liberalism retreated from fights against unemployment and economic inequality, The Problem of Jobs reveals that such efforts did not collapse after the New Deal but instead began to flourish at the local, rather than the national, level. With a...
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The People's West Lake: Propaganda, Nature, and Agency in Mao's China, 1949-1976The People's West Lake examines the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) efforts to reconfigure Hangzhou's urban space, alter the natural environment in West Lake (Xihu), and refashion the city's culture in post-1949 China. It pieces together five initiatives between the 1950s and the 1970s: the...
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The Operetta Empire: Music Theater in Early Twentieth-Century ViennaCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 "When the world comes to an end," Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented in 1908, "all the big city orchestras will still be playing The Merry Widow." Viennese operettas like Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow were preeminent cultural texts during...
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The Notebook: A History of Thinking on PaperThe first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks.We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionize our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity?...
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The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr: What Really Happened to Henry VIII's Last Queen?What killed Katherine Parr?She was the ultimate Tudor survivor, the queen who managed to outwit and outlive Henry VIII. Yet just over eighteen months after his passing, Katherine Parr was dead. She had been one of the most powerful people in the country, even...
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The Mikado: Libretto of the Japanese Comic Opera in two ActsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime MissionCompelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary sources, describe the development of the bomb and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Selections include those from Einstein,...
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The Maid and the Socialite: The Brave Women Behind Green Bay's Scandalous Minahan TrialsIn the shadows of progress, two women's stories were erased. Until now. What if a respected surgeon could destroy your life with just one diagnosis? In early twentieth century Green Bay, Wisconsin, this terrifying reality was all too true for two women. Mary, an...
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The Louisville Grays and the Myth of Baseball's First Great ScandalThe National League was in its second season of existence in 1877. In mid-season, the Louisville Grays suddenly took the league by storm and by mid-August were considered a lock to win the pennant. Then, disaster struck. The Grays fell out of first place,...
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The Long Island Railroad Police DepartmentThe Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. The railroad operates seven days a week with service and branches from Manhattan in New York City to Montauk on the...
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The Kids Book of Black History in CanadaAn important and comprehensive exploration of 400 years of Black history in Canada. This narrative journey through Black history in Canada begins with the arrival in 1604 of Mathieu Da Costa, the first known African in the country, and continues through the Black Lives...
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The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: A Personal Insider's AccountThis book describes the evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian peace-seeking process from 1967 to the present. Written from the perspective of Israel's most prominent peace activist, it offers an unparalleled insider's account of a crucial set of negotiations intended to settle a seemingly endless conflict....
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The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity Through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 Bce-642 CEThe Iranian Expanse explores how kings in Persia and the ancient Iranian world utilized the built and natural environment to form and contest Iranian cultural memory, royal identity, and sacred cosmologies. Investigating over a thousand years of history, from the Achaemenid period to the...
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The Infernal Machine: A History of TerrorismA highly accessible account of the history of terrorism that places 9/11 and Al Qaeda in historical context Today, political violence has become the scourge of our world and terrorism is routinely described as a uniquely modern evil. Yet however unprecedented in scope the...
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The Horns and Hooves of the Goat: A History of Istria and its PeopleAbout the BookAuthor Robert Mansuri hopes to shine a light on the historical importance of Istria and the uniqueness of its people and culture.About the AuthorRobert Mansuri is a graduate of Queens College in New York City. He loves reading history books. One of...
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The Hivemind Swarmed: Conversations on Gamergate, the Aftermath, and the Quest for a Safer InternetAn incisive oral history that brings together the voices of major figures in gaming, tech, media, and politics to reflect on the long shadow of Gamergate With The Hivemind Swarmed, oral historian and documentary researcher David Wolinsky invites readers to sit in on a...
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