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Undefeated: Inside the Miami Dolphins' Perfect Season" Freeman is] an excellent storyteller."--Sports IllustratedThe 1972 Miami Dolphins, under the expert leadership of legendary coach Don Shula, remain to this day the only team in the National Football League ever to enjoy a perfect season with no defeats and no ties. Now,...
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The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris"Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of the men and ideas that have shaped the ambitions of American foreign policy during the last century--a story in which human fallibility and idealism flow together. The story continues, of course, and so...
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Shockwave: Countdown to HiroshimaThe story of the bombing of Hiroshima presented in a new and dramatic way: a minute-by-minute account told from multiple perspectives, both in the air and on the ground British feature and documentary director Stephen Walker tells the story of the bombing of Hiroshima...
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A Cades Cove ChildhoodOne of the last residents of the Smoky Mountain town frozen in time tells of life in a community that few have seen.The remote Smoky Mountain community of Cades Cove still lives in the memory of J.C. McCaulley, one of the few remaining former...
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The World as It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human ProgressDrawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of the American empire at home and abroad, from the coarsening effect of America's War on...
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Surrounded by Thunder: The Story of Darrell Loan and the RocketmenWhen Darrell Loan graduates from University of Iowa in 1957 with an aeronautical engineering degree, he has no idea his first job at the Sperry Corporation will land him a top job at NASA in the next five years. After the successful launch of...
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Custer: Lessons in LeadershipCuster presents a fresh portrait of the Civil War commander whose actions were credited with saving the Union at crucial timesColorful, charismatic, and controversial, George Armstrong Custer became a national hero at the age of twenty-three when he was promoted to the rank of...
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Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster"Reads like a nail-biting thriller." -- Library Journal, starred reviewA gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood--the deadliest flood in U.S. history--from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: After a deluge of rain--nearly...
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The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. BushIn this major reassessment of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, his former Chief of Staff offers a long overdue appreciation of the man and his universally underrated and misunderstood presidency."I'm a quiet man, but I hear the quiet...
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American WestFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803...
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Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United StatesAuthor: Bradley W. HartPublisher: St. Martin's GriffinPublished: 10/02/2018Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781250871886This title is not returnable
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New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and TransformationA New York Times Notable Book A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future. Dangerous, filthy, and falling apart, garbage piled on its streets and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble;...
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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple2018 Edgar Award Finalist--Best Fact Crime "A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey" (The Boston Globe)--the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history,...
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How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest DecisionsHow Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time--by a DC policy strategist, security expert and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of GermanyFrom Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this...
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The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary IllnessA gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human natureIn the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance. Bathed in sweat, she continued...
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Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power - Updated and Revised: Interracial Solidarity in 1960s-70s New Left OrganizingUPDATED AND REVISED EDITION THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF POOR AND WORKING-CLASS WHITES, URBAN ETHNIC GROUPS AND BLACK PANTHERS ORGANIZING SIDE BY SIDE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE 1960S AND '70S Some of the most important and little-known activists of the 1960s were poor and...
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Mystery on the Isles of Shoals: Closing the Case on the Smuttynose Ax Murders of 1873The shocking but true story behind the film and bestselling novel, The Weight of Water The cold-blooded ax murder of two innocent Norwegian women at their island home off the Maine and New Hampshire coast has gripped the region since 1873, beguiling tourists, inspiring...
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No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on TodayIn the tradition of #1 New York Times bestsellers like Unbroken, Boys on the Boat, and Band of Brothers, No Surrender is an unforgettable story of a father's extraordinary acts of valor in World War II and a son's thrilling journey to discover them?an...
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Fulfill Your Destiny: 25 True StoriesDid you know that much of the modern construction equipment was invented by someone who had dropped out of school in the seventh grade? That a lot of people have gone bankrupt before reaching their greatest success in life. That even a drug addict...
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