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Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to ClintonLeadership: The Ultimate Guide Few Americans have observed the ups and downs of presidential leadership more closely over the past thirty years -- from Nixon to Clinton and Watergate to Whitewater -- than David Gergen. A White House adviser to four presidents, both Republican...
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The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as HistoryWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardFifty years after the March on the Pentagon, Norman Mailer's seminal tour de force remains as urgent and incisive as ever. Winner of America's two highest literary awards, The Armies of the Night uniquely and...
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Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year SearchNew York Times Bestseller The heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 years and the basis for the major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan When she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952,...
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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in AmericaFirst published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events"--events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported--and the contemporary definition of celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness." Since...
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Women's Diaries of the Westward JourneyMore than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 1840 and 1870, going west in one of the greatest migrations of modern times. The frontiersmen have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but the Westering experiences...
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Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election"[An] inspiring book about the events leading up to the 1960 election, from Dr. King's imprisonment to student activism in Atlanta to JFK's campaign. It's a story we can all learn from--a story of overlooked heroes and the power each of us has to...
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American WestRenowned storyteller Dee Brown, author of the bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, recreates the struggles of Native Americans, settlers, and ranchers in this stunning volume that illuminates the history of the old West that's filled with maps and vintage photographs. Beginning with...
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Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame StreetNow an acclaimed documentary from Screen Media, the New York Times bestselling account of the story behind one of the most influential, durable, and beloved shows in the history of television: Sesame Street. "Davis tracks down every Sesame anecdote and every Sesame personality in...
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The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World"Enlightening, compassionate, superb" --John Le Carr Winner of the 2018 Cundill History Prize A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his...
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The Book of LamentationsSet in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions that have taken place since the indigenous people of the area were first conquered by European invaders five...
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Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on EarthIn June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the...
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Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez CanalAward-winning historian Zachary Karabell tells the epic story of the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century--the building of the Suez Canal-- and shows how it changed the world. The dream was a waterway that would unite the East and the West, and the...
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City of Scoundrels: The Twelve Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern ChicagoThe masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a city already on the brink of collapse. When 1919 began, the city of Chicago...
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Head Shot: The Science Behind the JFK AssassinationAfter more than four decades and scores of books, documentaries, and films on the subject, what more can be said about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? A great deal, according to the author. This provocative, rigorously researched book presents evidence and compelling...
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The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit WorldHistory comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal. The 1920s are famous as the golden...
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Thieves' Road: The Black Hills Betrayal and Custer's Path to Little BighornHighlights a little-known expedition of General George Custer to the Black Hills of South Dakota, showing how it set the stage for later conflict with the Sioux and the Battle of Little Bighorn. This fascinating narrative history tells the story of General George Armstrong...
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Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCARThe true story behind NASCAR's hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins, "fascinating and fast-moving . . . even if you don't know a master cylinder from a head gasket" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). "[Neal] Thompson exhumes the sport's Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history."--Time Today's NASCAR--equal parts...
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The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862The story of the Eric Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. The Artificial River reveals the human dimension of the story of the Erie Canal. Carol Sheriff's extensive, innovative archival research shows...
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Marcel Proust's Search for Lost Time: A Reader's Guide to the Remembrance of Things PastAn accessible, irreverent guide to one of the most admired--and entertaining--novels of the past century: Rememberance of Things Past. There is no other guide like this; a user-friendly and enticing entry into the marvelously enjoyable world of Proust. At seven volumes, three thousand pages,...
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916; Revised EditionThe Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun...
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