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Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy, and the Birth of "From Here to Eternity" James Jones, Lowney Handy, and theFrom Lowney Handy's scandalous small-town open marriage to author JamesJones's extraordinary apprenticeship with Maxwell Perkins, Star-Crossed Lovers illuminates an unforgettable lovestory. She was an eccentric small-town self-taught rebel, driven by creative zeal and anon-conformist streak. He was a distressed ex-GI (flat broke, without prospects,...
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1949 the First IsraelisRenowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation."Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict...the best analysis...of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from...
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American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the RipperNew York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness. Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths of the Great Depression, Cleveland had the Mad...
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The Dutch-Indonesian War 1945-49: Armies of the Indonesian War of IndependenceHighly detailed and colourful, this account illustrates the struggle of Indonesian forces in their War of Independence against the Netherlands, following the surrender of occupying Japanese forces in 1945. Following on from MAA 521 Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936-42 and completing the coverage...
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A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American ConservatismThe first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism's most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert Welch (1899-1985)--founder of the John Birch Society--is easily one of the most significant architects...
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Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel; New, Complete, Uncensored Version"[A] masterpiece . . . Babi Yar [is] every bit the peer of the canonical works of witness [such as] Anne Frank's diary . . . Wiesel's Night . . . Solzhenityn's Gulag Archipelago." --George Packer, The AtlanticAn internationally acclaimed documentary novel that describes...
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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II*The instant New York Times bestseller* The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II--all Medal of Honor recipients--from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress, by the national bestselling author of The First Wave "Pitch-perfect."--The...
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Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging"It deserves prominent placement on LGBTQ history bookshelves. . . . An indelible collection of wise voices resonating with experience, pride, resilience, and revolution." --Kirkus starred review Foreword by Kate Bornstein and Barbara Carrellas In The Stonewall Generation: LGBTQ Elders on Sex, Activism, and...
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New Deal Photography. USA 1935-1943"Through these travels and the photographs, I got to love the United States more than I could have in any other way." -- Jack DelanoAmid the ravages of the Great Depression, the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) was first founded in 1935 to...
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Kaye and Kern Holoman: Travels: and other journals in their archiveKaye and Kern Holoman enjoyed more than fifty years of travel together, often documenting their journeys in diaries beginning with a grand tour of Europe in 1956. Their archive includes some ten bound volumes recording sixteen trips, among them also Eugenia Herring's grand tour...
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Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read ThemFrom the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data. The census isn't simply data; it's a ritual of American democracy. And behind every neat grid of numbers is a messy...
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Henry Clay: The Essential AmericanHe was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham...
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Rascals, Ruffians, and Rebels: Profiles from Early MontanaHistorian, Gary R. Forney brings the early days of Montana to life in this profile of twelve men and women in the 1850s and 60s who migrated to what would later become the state of Montana. With well researched and gripping detail, he tells...
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The Betrayal of the American Right (Large Print Edition)LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com This remarkable piece of history will change the way you look at American politics. It shows that the corruption of American "conservatism" began long before George W. Bush ballooned the budget and asserted dictatorial rights over the country...
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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's EmpireA groundbreaking journey tracing America's forgotten path to global power--and how its legacies shape our world today--told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine."The book is far more extraordinary than even the life of Smedley Butler... a compelling and insightful meditation on the...
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The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra PoundIn 1945, the American poet Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. Before the trial could take place, however, he was pronounced insane. Escaping a possible death sentence, he was sent...
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American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His IdeasIf you were looking for a philosopher likely to appeal to Americans, Friedrich Nietzsche would be far from your first choice. After all, in his blazing career, Nietzsche took aim at nearly all the foundations of modern American life: Christian morality, the Enlightenment faith...
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Freedom Rider Diary: Smuggled Notes from Parchman PrisonArrested as a Freedom Rider in June of 1961, Carol Ruth Silver, a twenty-two-year-old recent college graduate originally from Massachusetts, spent the next forty days in Mississippi jail cells, including the Maximum Security Unit at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm. She chronicled the events...
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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of Dna's Double HelixJames Watson and Francis Crick's 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it--and why were they the ones who...
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West: Celebrity, Memory, and Popular HistoryBuffalo Bill's Wild West presents a fascinating analysis of the first famous American to erase the boundary between real history and entertainmentCanada, and Europe. Crowds cheered as cowboys and Indians--and Annie Oakley!--galloped past on spirited horses, sharpshooters exploded glass balls tossed high in the...
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