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Yugoslavia: The History of the Eastern European Nation from Its Founding to Its Breakup*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingYugoslavia was arguably one of the most unusual geopolitical creations of the 20th century. The Yugoslav state had never existed in any historical sense, and the ties that bound together its constituent peoples were tenuous...
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I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy FreakFred Litwin recounts how he became a JFK conspiracy freak at eighteen, and then slowly moved to believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin. I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak demonstrates how the left and right have used the JFK assassination...
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The Mighty Endeavor: American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II'Mr. MacDonald's knowledge, perception, and insight, together, with his narrative power and grace, are impressive. The best and most readable account to date, The Mighty Endeavor will be unsurpassed for many years to come' - Martin BlumensonCovering such famous and dramatic episodes as the...
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A Whisper of BonesMaude Travers gulped for air. Why had this man struck her? Why was she on this kitchen floor in this ramshackle tenement? Blinking hard she was instantly sitting back in the anthropology lab questioning her own sanity. Was that a vision? An hallucination? Could...
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The Medic's Wife: Love, War and SecretsLOVE BLOSSOMS, SECRETS UNRAVEL, AND LIVES HANG IN THE BALANCEAmid the chaos and uncertainty of World War II, a remarkable romance unfolds. Meet a courageous young combat medic, Staff Sergeant Edmund Kruszynski, whose dedication to saving lives takes him to the front lines of...
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American Pied PiperAuthor: Sam FosterPublisher: Agave Americana BooksPublished: 10/10/2023Pages: 340Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76dISBN: 9798988406402
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Dirty Mines: Coal Mining in PennsylvaniaDIRTY MINES is a story about coal mining in Pennsylvania. The reader experiences what the mystery of coal mining. It's a great read, I grew up in northeastern PA, my grandfather was a coal miner. Writing this book, I wanted to know more about...
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Munich 1919: Diary of a RevolutionMunich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer provides a moving and thrilling account of what turned out...
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Choosing the Hard Path: A Personal History and MemoirJim Wilson's fascinating work Choosing the Hard Path: A Personal History and Memoir is the story of one man's fight on the front lines of American history at a tumultuous time defined by the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. Wilson labored alongside...
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Gunplay: The True Story of Pistol Pete on the Hootowl TrailFor those who know Pistol Pete only as a college mascot, here is the story of the real man who inspired the image. Frank Eaton (1860?-1958), better known as Pistol Pete, came of age in the old Indian Nations, before Oklahoma, as such, existed....
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Unsinkable Sailors: The Fall and Rise of the Last Crew of USS Frank E. Evans"Unsinkable Sailors by retired US Navy Reserve Captain Paul Sherbo is a chilling historical account of the at-sea collision of the USS Frank E. Evans (DD-745), a United States Navy destroyer, and the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. This book is the only comprehensive...
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Rangers and Pioneers of TexasThe true-life tales of life as a Texas Ranger among the pioneers of Texas. A Ranger who lived through much of it and knew many others who were present for these historic times relates his and other Ranger's experiences fighting in the War of...
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He's Dead, All Right!: Father Oscar L. Huber, the Kennedy Assassination, and the News Leak ControversyThe assassination of President John F. Kennedy has sparked a remarkable number of historical controversies, particularly surrounding the Warren Commission's official findings of a lone gunman and its so-called magic bullet theory. One of the lesser-known controversies, however, involves Father Oscar L. Huber, C.M....
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Pride of the Sea: Courage, Disaster, and a Fight for SurvivalOn a warm spring morning in May 1986, twelve crew members were sailing the Atlantic on perhaps the most historically accurate sailboat of its day, the Pride of Baltimore. They were on the journey home, completely unaware of the desperate fight for survival that...
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Mrs. IkeIn an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a saucy young lady from Denver, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, meets her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, a farm boy fresh out of West Point, and becomes the...
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Dueling in the Old South: Vignettes of Social HistoryWhen the "code of honor" ruled the antebellum South--or at least its upper classes--the slightest insult might give rise to a pistol duel at twenty paces, conducted with elaborate politeness. A crime on the statue books but a matter of honor to Southern gentlemen,...
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The Dublin Cattle Market's Decline, 1955-73The Dublin Cattle Market was an institution in the Irish livestock sector of the 1950s. Located between Prussia Street and the North Circular Road, the market sold up to 6,000 cattle a week and attracted buyers from England, Scotland and the Continent. It set...
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Conspiracy to Assassinate President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.This book is about grasping power and once achieving it, using that power to assassinate all challengers to the power gained. The Warren Commission Report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and was not part of a conspiracy, and went on to say...
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The Tesla FBI FilesOne of the more controversial topics involving Nikola Tesla is what became of many of his technical and scientific papers after he died in 1943. Just before his death at the height of World War II, he claimed that he had perfected his so-called...
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30 April 1945: The Day Hitler Shot Himself and Germany's Integration with the West BeganA reissue of Alexander Kluge's kaleidoscopic view of a historically important day and its effects on many people's lives. April 30, 1945, marked an end of sorts in the Third Reich. The last business day before a national holiday and then a series of...
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