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Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli ConquestOffering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat's efforts since the historic Oslo Peace Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups...
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A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War IIThe untold story of four special operations officers who fought together behind enemy lines across multiple theaters of World War II, and then continued to serve, officially and unofficially, for decades after in the hottest parts of the Cold War There have always been...
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A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's CabinThe remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective story In December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John...
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A Plague on the WorldThe world today faces many grave problems, but arguably the gravest and most urgent is what has long been called the Jewish Question: how society should respond to the presence of a wealthy, powerful, and malicious Jewish minority. This question has existed for as...
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America's Hidden Heroes: The History and Evolution of U.S. Navy Frogmen and SEALsNoted SEAL historian and retired Navy SEAL Commander Tom Hawkins recounts how today's Navy SEALs can trace their capabilities and origins back to four formidable legacy units formed during World War II. For the first time in one volume are the stories of the...
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American Modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus, IndianaThe definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, IndianaThe midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community....
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American Anti-Pastoral: Brookside, New Jersey and the Garden State of Philip RothOne of the best-known novels taking place in New Jersey, Philip Roth's 1997 American Pastoral uses the fictional hamlet of Old Rimrock, NJ as a microcosm for a nation in crisis during the cultural upheavals of the 1960s-70s. Critics have called Old Rimrock mythic,...
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America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of WarBestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator...
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Amazonian Indigenous Cultures in Art and Anthropological ExhibitionsThe book discusses the representation of Amazonian indigenous cultures in exhibitions from a postcolonial perspective through the analysis of several temporary exhibitions taking place in both art and anthropological institutions from the 1980s onwards.Author: Cinthya LanaPublisher: Anthem PressPublished: 02/13/2024Pages: 284Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h...
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Alton B. Parker: The Man Who Challenged RooseveltThis first full-length biography of Alton Brooks Parker provides an in-depth look into the life, career, and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age. Parker had the courage to challenge Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency in 1904--at the...
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All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's WarWhat happens when a seasoned journalist and travel writer takes on his most challenging assignment yet--crossing not just continents but also history--by retracing his father's steps on the battlefields of Italy in World War II? When a slim packet of his father's letters came...
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A Life StolenIn "A Life Stolen," Elsa Kristiansen, a brilliant young physicist and a committed pacifist, finds herself torn from her moral foundations and thrust into a world of danger and deception during the height of World War II. As she embarks on a perilous mission...
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Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of ArchitectureAn essential look at the Italian architect, writer, and designer whose work paved the way for the postmodern movement Now available in paper, this crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi's (1931-1997) architecture examines his writings, drawings, and product design, including the coffeepots and clocks he...
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A Korean War Odyssey: Bringing Home Uncle Donnie - Mia in Korea Since 1950The picture of the young soldier with the ears sticking out graced my mother-in-law's kitchen forever. When asked, she would reply that her younger brother Donnie disappeared during the Korean War at the tender age of eighteen. In 2010, my wife, Sandy, and I...
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A History of Modern PsychologyHistory doesn't have to be dull, and this book is living proof with coverage of interesting topics ranging from the controversial use of IQ tests at Ellis Island to the psychodynamics of gum chewing. A market leader for over 30 years, A HISTORY OF...
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A History of British Tramp Shipping, 1870-1914 (Volume 1): Entry, Enterprise Formation, and Early Firm GrowthCelebrated in the novels of Joseph Conrad and vintage films, tramp ships - the precursor of bulk carriers - are not well understood today. Yet, these vessels transported in bulk essential minerals and ores, grains, timber, and other commodities and played a vital role...
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A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil WarFrom popular historian and author of the "marvelous" (The New York Times Book Review) The Last American Aristocrat comes the fascinating story of how in 1854, a new law--the Kansas-Nebraska Act--unexpectedly became the greatest miscalculation in American history, dividing North and South, creating the...
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A Genealogical and Psychological Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and His Descendants: With a Historical Introduction Referring to the Wiltsee NationThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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A Diary from DixieMary Chesnut kept her diary from early in 1861, just before the Civil War began, to shortly after the end of the war, in 1865. Though not a day-by-day account of the conflict, the diary gives an up-close-and-personal view of this critical period in...
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A Defence of Classical EducationThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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