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Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of EuropeHistorian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler's Germany. Following Britain's military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe,...
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In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer LifeA look at the history of psychiatry's foundational impact on the lives of queer and gender-variant people. In the mid-twentieth century, American psychiatrists proclaimed homosexuality a mental disorder, one that was treatable and amenable to cure. Drawing on a collection of previously unexamined case...
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The Last Honest Man: The Cia, the Fbi, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save DemocracyWitnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It was 1975, and a senator named Frank Church stood almost alone in the face of extraordinary abuses of power.For decades now, America's national security state has grown...
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Good Night, IreneWhat if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever? In the tradition ofThe NightingaleandTranscription, a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of heroic Red Cross women. "Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through...
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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal GovernmentA new edition of a classic work of history, revealing the anti-homosexual purges of midcentury Washington. In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson tells the frightening story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national security as...
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The Little Wartime LibraryAn uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While...
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Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War HereticTwo high-voltage scholars engage in a bitter conflict in this irresistible tale of principle and politics in the Cold War years Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly...
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Pure Adulteration: Cheating on Nature in the Age of Manufactured FoodBenjamin R. Cohen uses the pure food crusades at the turn of the twentieth century to provide a captivating window onto the origins of manufactured foods in the United States. In the latter nineteenth century, extraordinary changes in food and agriculture gave rise to...
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Martin Scorsese: A JourneyIn time for Scorsese's 80th birthday and the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, a new edition of the seminal oral history tracing Scorsese's journey from young filmmaker to legend, featuring a foreword by Steven Spielberg Few filmmakers, if any, make the kind...
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Ending the French Revolution: Violence, Justice, and Repression from the Terror to Napoleon"Filled with critical insights, Brown's revisionist study utilizes an impressive array of archival sources, some only recently cataloged, to support his thesis that the French Revolution survived until 1802 and the Consulate regime.... This volume should be a priority for all historians and serious...
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Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before StonewallFor many men of various sexual inclinations, the Second World War offered an unprecedented release from the constraints of civilian life. However, when they returned home they had to face the harsh realities of a restrictive society. Men Without Maps continues the story of...
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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American StruggleNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. "In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given...
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Danger Sound Klaxon!: The Horn That Changed HistoryAuthor: Matthew F. JordanPublisher: University of Virginia PressPublished: 02/15/2023Pages: 274Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.66h x 5.67w x 0.16dISBN: 9780813947969
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The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880-1930Examining how turn-of-the-century Black cultural producers' experiments with new technologies of racial data produced experimental aesthetics. As the nineteenth century came to a close and questions concerning the future of African American life reached a fever pitch, many social scientists and reformers approached post-emancipation...
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Educating the Enemy: Teaching Nazis and Mexicans in the Cold War BorderlandsCompares the privileged educational experience offered to the children of relocated Nazi scientists in Texas with the educational disadvantages faced by Mexican American students living in the same city. Educating the Enemy begins with the 144 children of Nazi scientists who moved to El...
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Outside Literary Studies: Black Criticism and the UniversityA timely reconsideration of the history of the profession, Outside Literary Studies investigates how midcentury Black writers built a critical practice tuned to the struggle against racism and colonialism. This striking contribution to Black literary studies examines the practices of Black writers in the...
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No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920A new edition of a classic work of American history that eloquently examines the rise of antimodernism at the turn of the twentieth century. First published in 1981, T. J. Jackson Lears's No Place of Grace is a landmark book in American studies and...
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The American Countess"Pennell expertly recreates early 1900s Britain through the life of an inspiring heroine and other fascinating characters. The story is a compelling portrayal of courage during chaos and war and enduring love that withstands distance and hardship." -Edith Wairimu, Readers' FavoriteYorkshire Dales, August 1913American...
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An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans: Revised and Updated EditionPublished in Boston in 1833, Lydia Maria Child's An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans provided the abolitionist movement with its first full-scale analysis of race and enslavement. Controversial in its own time, the Appeal surveyed the institution of slavery...
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MichaelDr. Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), best known for his role as the leader of the Berlin NSDAP and later as the chief publicist for the National Socialist government of Germany, was a man of humble beginnings. Unable to serve in World War I due to...
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