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American Legends: Abbott & Costello*Includes pictures. *Includes Abbott and Costello's own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a transcript of "Who's on First?" *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? But for twenty years as a...
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American Gangsters: The Life and Legacy of Lucky Luciano*Includes pictures of Lucky and other important people in his life. *Explains Lucky's relationships with other notorious gangsters of his era, including Gambino, Genovese, and Bugsy Siegel. *Includes some of Lucky's most colorful quotes and newspaper articles reporting his most famous hits. *Explains the...
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt CobainIncludes pictures of Kurt and important people in his life. Includes a Suggested Playlist of 15 songs. "It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label...Most people don't have any dignity in the first place." - Kurt Cobain The...
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The Ultimate Wild West Collection: Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Butch Cas*Includes biographies of each famous Western icon. *Discusses the mysteries and legends of their famous lives and deaths. *Comprehensively covers legendary events like the Shootout at the OK Corral, and the murders of Wild Bill and Jesse James. *Includes a Bibliography on each person...
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The Battle of Vienna (1683): The History and Legacy of the Decisive Conflict between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Holy Roman Empire*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"Ours are treasures unheard of . . . tents, sheep, cattle and no small number of camels . . . it is victory as nobody ever knew before, the enemy now completely ruined, everything lost...
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The Mossad: The History and Legacy of Israel's National Intelligence Agency*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is technically 69 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the Middle East peace process...
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Apartheid in South Africa: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Segregationist Policies in the 20th Century*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic...
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The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City's Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingIn the late 18th century, as political unrest stirred in the heart of Paris, local residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the city's urban cemeteries faced a pressing crisis: the putrefying stink of rotting corpses,...
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The Cumans and Magyars: The History and Legacy of the Steppe Nomads Who Raided Europe Throughout the Late Middle Ages*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporaneous accounts*includes a bibliography for further readingBefore the Mongols rode across the steppes of Asia and Eastern Europe, the Cumans were a major military and cultural force that monarchs from China to Hungary and from Russia to the Byzantine Empire...
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Medieval Ukraine: The History of the Region and the Civilizations that Fought to Control It Before the Advent of the Russian Empire*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world." - Napoleon BonaparteThe history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The...
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The Tulsa Massacre of 1921: The Controversial History and Legacy of America's Worst Race Riot*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Lurid flames roared and belched and licked their forked tongues into the air. Smoke ascended the sky in thick, black volumes and amid it all, the planes - now a dozen or more in...
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The Palmer Raids: The History of the Arrests and Deportations of Anarchists and Communists in America during the First Red Scare*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The war power is of necessity an inherent power in every sovereign nation. It is the power of self-reservation and that power has no limits other than the extent of the emergency." - Attorney...
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The Battle of Manzikert: The History and Legacy of the Seljuk Turks' Decisive Victory over the Byzantine Empire*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Byzantine Empire existed for over a thousand years, with a history spanning from the division of the Roman Empire in 395 until the Ottomsn conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was formed from the previous Eastern Roman...
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The Gullah: The History and Legacy of the African American Ethnic Group in the American Southeast*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"If you do not know where you're going, you should know where you come from." - Old Gullah ProverbCharming drawls, bluegrass bops, NASCAR, mouthwatering barbecues, and the Great Smoky Mountains are all customs that make America's Deep South...
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The Roma: The History of the Romani People and the Controversial Persecutions of Them across Europe*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams." - Old Romani ProverbIn the 21st century, cultural differences and individuality are often celebrated and protected across much...
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The Battle of Hamburger Hill: The History and Legacy of One of the Vietnam War's Most Controversial Battles*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"We are in for some tough fighting ahead, but I feel we have never before been more capable of success than now. The NVA we are going to meet out there will be highly trained, well-equipped, hard-core troops...
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La KGB y la Stasi: la historia de las agencias de inteligencia más infames del bloque del este"La Stasi usaba a menudo un m todo que era realmente diab lico. Se llamaba Zersetzung, y se describe en otra pauta. La palabra es dif cil de traducir porque significa originalmente "biodegradaci n". Pero en realidad, es una descripci n bastante precisa. El...
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Mining for Michigan: The History of Mining along the Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as the automobile industry is to the Lower. Centuries before the first white man set foot in the New World, local natives...
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Ancient Alexandria: The History and Legacy of Egypt's Most Famous City*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria, as well as the founding of the city *Highlights the city's cultural, economic, and religious influence upon the ancient world *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table...
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The Sinking of the General Slocum: The History of New York City's Deadliest Maritime Disaster*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disaster by survivors and rescuers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "There were scenes of horror on the General Slocum and on shore such as it would not be decent...
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