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Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War: Facts and Photos for Readers of All AgesMany thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but only a handful cover the story of the Southern soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform and fought for the Confederacy.Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War offers a complete guide...
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The Emperors: How Europe's Rulers Were Destroyed by the First World WarOn 28 June 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated on a visit to Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip. The assassination set in motion the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War, one of the...
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The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840-1945)The Mill Women of Lowell, Massachusetts--the first female industrial wage earners in the United States--were a new social and economic phenomenon in American society. In the 1830s and 1840s, drawn by the highest wages offered to female employees anywhere in America, they sought and...
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James Joyce's Ulysses: A StudyAuthor: Stuart GilbertPublisher: VintagePublished: 01/12/1955Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 7.23h x 4.39w x 0.93dISBN: 9780394700137About the AuthorStuart Gilbert (1883-1969) was an English scholar and translator. He's translated works by Alexis de Tocqueville, André Malraux, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry into English. Gilbert was also one...
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Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: And Other ConversationsAn extraordinary collection of pugnacious, charming, and revealing interviews with the Nobel Prize-winning author who defined and transformed American literature Hemingway was not only known for his understated style, but for his public image as America's greatest author and journalist--and for the grand, expansive,...
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Autobiography of Red Cloud: War Leader of the OglalasA brilliant military strategist, Red Cloud honed his skills against his tribe's traditional enemies -- the Pawnees, Shoshones, Arikaras, and Crows -- long before he fought to close the Bozeman Trail. Here, for the first time in print, is Red Cloud's "as-told-to" autobiography, where...
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All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went TabloidNow a major motion picture "The Front Runner" starring Hugh Jackman An NPR Best Book of the Year In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart--a dashing, reform-minded Democrat--seemed a lock for the party's presidential nomination and led George H. W. Bush by double digits...
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The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s AmericaFor four consecutive years she was the world's box-office champion. With her image appearing in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily, she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of countless admirers,...
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A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover ClevelandThe child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to...
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Hamburger Hill: The Brutal Battle for Dong AP Bia: May 11-20, 1969The battle for Ap Bia Mountain (Hill 937), was one of the fiercest of the entire Vietnam War.Author: Samuel ZaffiriPublisher: Presidio PressPublished: 12/06/1999Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.60w x 0.72dISBN: 9780891417064About the AuthorSamuel Zaffiri is a military historian and a former soldier....
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Denmark Vesey: The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led ItIn a remarkable feat of historical detective work, David Robertson illuminates the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if successful, it might have changed the face of the antebellum South. This is the story of a man who, like Nat...
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True North: A MemoirConway's The Road from Coorain presents a vivid memoir of coming of age in Australia. In 1960, however, she had reached the limits of that provincial--and irredeemably sexist--society and set off for America. True North--the testament of an extraordinary woman living in an extraordinary...
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Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist"We had much rather be all alone in the right than with the whole world in the wrong." So wrote Jeremiah Hacker in 1862. He was the main writer and editor of The Pleasure Boat, which may have the distinction of being Portland, Maine's...
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The Thirteenth Child: A WW2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true storyInspired by the true story of the author's ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisch family's heart-wrenching struggle against Nazi oppression.When the Nazis invade the Netherlands in 1940, the Jews of Amsterdam know nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. As...
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The Baker's Secret: Absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War Two historical fictionIn Nazi-occupied Latvia, two sisters are forced to make an impossible choice. To save a child, one sister must flee, while the other must stay behind. The secret of what happens next will endure for generations. But the truth won't stay hidden forever...Riga, 1943....
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its CanyonsAuthor: John Wesley PowellPublisher: Simon & BrownPublished: 10/15/2018Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51dISBN: 9781613829868Audience: Young AdultThis title is not returnable
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Collected Political Writings of James OtisAuthor: James Otis, Richard A. SamuelsonPublisher: Liberty FundPublished: 05/15/2022Pages: 1Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781614872702
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Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this...
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Walking Man: The Life and Times of a 19th Century Superstar Who Defied the Limits of Human EnduranceJames Kennovan was a rebellious youth who went to sea as a teenager and later walked the rugged streets of the Bowery as a New York City cop. Then, in 1849, he answered the siren's call and sailed to California intending to fill a...
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Tesla Vs Edison: A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas EdisonExplore the War of the Currents and the Individual Lives of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison Two captivating manuscripts in one book: Nikola Tesla: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a...
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