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American Legends: The Life of Hank Williams*Includes pictures. *Includes Williams' own quotes about his life and music. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. "You have to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly." - Hank Williams A lot of ink has...
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Rollo the Viking: The Life and Legacy of the Viking Ruler Who Conquered Normandy*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids; but old age will give no peace, though spears may spare him." - old Norse proverb from the Viking AgeIn the autumn of...
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The Ghosts of Scotland: A Collection of Ghost Stories across the Scottish Nation*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky." - Colin Hay Scotland...
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American Legends: The Life of Eliot Ness*Chronicles Al Capone's rise in Chicago and the efforts of Eliot Ness and the Untouchables to bring him down. *Includes pictures of Ness and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Unquestionably, it was going to be...
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American Legends: The Life of Burt Lancaster*Includes pictures. *Includes Lancaster's quotes about his own life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion." - Burt Lancaster A lot of ink has been spilled covering the...
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Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: The Lives and Legacies of the Wild West's Famous Outlaw Duo*Includes pictures of Butch, Sundance, and other important people and places in their lives. *Explains the origins of the names Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid *Discusses the legends and mysteries surrounding the lives, deaths, and legacies of Butch and Sundance. *Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legends of Hollywood: The Life and Legacy of Greta Garbo*Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Her instinct, her mastery over the machine, was pure witchcraft. I cannot analyze this woman's acting. I only know that no one else so effectively worked in front of a camera." - Bette Davis Of all...
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Submarines and the World Wars: The History of Submarine Warfare in World War I and World War II*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Submarine warfare began tentatively during the American Civil War (though the Netherlands and England made small prototypes centuries earlier, and the American sergeant Ezra Lee piloted the one-man "Turtle"...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Carthage*Includes pictures depicting important people and places. *Comprehensively covers Carthage's rise and fall, including the Punic Wars. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam." ("Furthermore, I consider it imperative that Carthage be destroyed.") - Cato the Elder At its...
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The Valley of the Kings: The History of Ancient Egypt's Most Famous Tombs and Burial Site*Includes pictures *Includes descriptions of tombs like King Tut's *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I saw to the excavation of the rock-tomb of his majesty, alone, no one seeing, no one hearing." - An...
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The Twin Towers: The History of New York City's Original World Trade Center*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction and history of the Twin Towers *Covers the destruction of the World Trade Center during 9/11 *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The World Trade Center site will forever...
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The Stasi: The History and Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police Agency*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading " T]he Stasi often used a method which was really diabolic. It was called Zersetzung, and it's described in another guideline. The word is difficult to translate because it means originally "biodegradation". But...
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The Sinking of the SS Central America: The Tragic Story of the Richest Shipwreck in History*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the sinking written by passengers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Captain Herndon pointed to the thinning clouds and predicted that their breaking up portended an end to the storm. He spoke to the...
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The Siege of Bastogne: The History of the Turning Point in the Battle of the Bulge*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals and soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "They've got us surrounded - the poor bastards." - American army medic in Bastogne, December...
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The Seleucid Empire: The History of the Empire Forged in the Ancient Near East After Alexander the Great's Death*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the Seleucid Empire *Includes a bibliography for further reading In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was on top of the world. Never a man to sit on his hands or rest upon his laurels, Alexander began planning his...
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The Punic Wars: The History of the Conflict that Destroyed Carthage and Made Rome a Global Power*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts about the wars *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam." ("Furthermore, I consider it imperative that Carthage be destroyed.") - Cato the Elder Carthage was one...
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The Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE: The History and Legacy of Rome's Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the siege *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents " T]hey ran every one through whom they met with, and obstructed the very lanes with their dead bodies, and made the...
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The Roman Colosseum: The History of the World's Most Famous Arena*Includes pictures. *Explains how the Romans designed and built the Colosseum. *Includes ancient accounts of games held in the Colosseum. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Let barbarous Memphis speak no more of the wonder of its pyramids, nor Assyrian toil boast of Babylon;...
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The Overland Campaign: The Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor*Includes pictures of the battles' important generals. *Includes several maps of the battles. *Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals and soldiers. *Includes a Bibliography of each battle for further reading. "Grant and Lee were about as evenly matched in military talent as...
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The Mythology and Religion of the Inca*Includes pictures *Explains Inca mythology and religious practices, including human sacrifices *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading During the Age of Exploration, Native American tribes fell victim to European conquerors seeking legendary cities made of gold and other riches, attempts that were...
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