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Bronshtein in the BronxA wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Company January 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks...
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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans"Should stand for years as the definitive history of New Orleans's first century." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post This is the story of a city that shouldn't exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America's most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp:...
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No Country for Love: 'An Unflinching Look at the Cost of Survival in Terrible Circumstances' the Times'No Country for Love is Doctor Zhivago meets Stalingrad - a mix of romantic historical fiction and gritty, reportage-like storytelling... The history is spot-on, going from pre-Communist times, through World War II, to the era of Stalin and after. And the stories it tells...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham, "a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before" (Entertainment Weekly) "Probably the best single-volume biography of Jefferson...
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth CenturyWinner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismA New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the YearTime magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping...
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The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IThe Years of Lyndon Johnson is the political biography of our time. No president--no era of American politics--has been so intensively and sharply examined at a time when so many prime witnesses to hitherto untold or misinterpreted facets of a life, a career, and...
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The Third Reich in PowerThe acclaimed and comprehensive account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's total rule and the inexorable march to war, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich at War, and Hitler's People "[A] masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive."...
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Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story: A Port William NovelIn the newest novel in the Port William series, Wendell Berry's beloved protagonist Andy Catlett tells the inspiring story of his grandfather Marce Catlett to his own children and grandchildren, and gives them a key to their place on the questionably settled land they...
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The Third Reich at War, 1939-1945An absorbing, revelatory, and definitive account of one of the greatest tragedies in human history, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power, and Hitler's People "This is history in the grand style, the kind of large-scale...
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I'll Come to YouWith empathy, insight, and humor, I'll Come to You chronicles the intersecting lives of one unforgettable family over the course of a year--1995--anchored by the anticipation and arrival of a child in this "intimate, wise and funny" novel that's "a true gem about life's...
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian MafiaHailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have...
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Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era, 1930-1934From Turner Classic Movies and the creators of @precodedotcom, this is the essential film-by-film guide to must-see cinema from the pre-Code era--a wild and wonderful time in Hollywood history before strict enforcement of a censorship code that ruled moviemaking for decades. With unparalleled freedom...
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & PowerWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week, Daniel Yergin's "spellbinding...irresistible" (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis. Now with an epilogue...
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Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He BetrayedWhile there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the...
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This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement PossibleVisiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the...
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Man's Search for Meaning: Gift EditionThe bestselling Holocaust memoir about finding purpose and strength in times of despair--selected as a Library of Congress "10 Most Influential Books in America" This stunning gift edition of "one of the great books of our time" (Harold S. Kushner) features new photos, end...
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of AmericaNamed one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral....
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To Repel Ghosts: The RemixRevamped from its original "double album" version of 350 pages into this unique "remix," To Repel Ghosts captures the dynamic work and brief life of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In spare, jazzlike verse Kevin Young tells the story of Basquiat's rise from the mock...
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military VictoryThe Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's...
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Being Nixon: A Man DividedThe landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy. "A biography of eloquence and breadth . . . No single volume about Nixon's long...
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