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The New Dealers: Power Politics in the Age of RooseveltThis bold new analysis of the New Deal dramatically revises our vision of the Roosevelt legacy -- and of the new relation between government and business it made a central fact of American life. With impressive scholarship and narrative brio, Jordan A. Schwarz persuasively...
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The Town That Started the Civil WarBefore the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . . "A fascinating, gripping narrative."--James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of FreedomOn a crisp autumn day in Ohio, 1858, two Kentucky slave hunters were...
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Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga2016 NAACP Image Award WinnerWinner of the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in NonfictionAn award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit--a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in...
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The Ventriloquists" A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing." --Booklist, starred review In this triumphant debut inspired by true events, a ragtag gang of journalists and resistance fighters risk everything for an elaborate scheme to undermine the Reich. The Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be...
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Intimate Voices from the First World WarThe story of World War I is brought to life through the gripping personal narratives of those at the center of the storm.World War I was waged by young people from twenty-eight countries in an era without the advantages of military "embeds," satellite phones,...
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Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth CenturyThe popular author of Dirty Little Secrets, Dirty Little Secrets of World War II, and Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War offers a comprehensive look at what really happened in our century, exposing the real stories behind what we've always assumed as fact....
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Crooked HeartPaper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy, set in World War II England, chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee.When Noel Bostock--aged ten, no family--is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment,...
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Tempest Glory: a gripping WWII aviation adventure thrillerDISCOVER A GRIPPING WWII AVIATION THRILLERAfter months of ferocious fighting during the Battle for France, Squadron Leader Harry Rose's leadership skills see him promoted to Wing Commander.Sent to Volkel in Holland, Wing Commander Rose is put in charge of two squadrons - the Free...
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Fools, Angels and the DevilHitler seduces Germany-an angel who hates him falls in love with a fool who worships him. Summary: In 1930s Germany, the fate of two young lovers hangs on the growing power of Hitler's regime. In Fools, Angels and the Devil, Juliette and Peter, aspiring...
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Cat Dreaming: A Story of Friendships and Second ChancesAuthor: Stephanie SchorowPublisher: Brother MockingbirdPublished: 11/03/2023Pages: 282Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.77dISBN: 9781960226099
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Origins of the Second World WarFrom influential British historian A.J.P. Taylor, a reprint of his influential text The Origins of the Second World War. Controversial for his thesis that Hitler was an opportunist with no thorough plan, The Origins of the Second World War is an extensive exploration of...
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Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave PowerIn "Negro President" the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills explores a pivotal moment in American history through the lens of Thomas Jefferson and the now largely forgotten Timothy Pickering, and "prods readers to appreciate essential aspects of our distressed but well-intentioned representative democracy" (Chicago...
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Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American WestMustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on...
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Paris Journal, 1965-70This volume begins with the French elections of 1956 and concludes with a portrait of an aging, lonely President Charles de Gaulle. Flanner shows readers a Paris (and, from a Parisian perspective, a world) very much in flux-politically, socially, and artistically. Edited by William...
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K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely TouristKhrushchev's 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as...
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The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and ProgressToday we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians laments our current condition -- as slaves to technology, coarsened by popular culture, and insecure in the face of economic change. The...
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Sketchbook 1966-1971Stories, authobiography, impressions, interviews, and reflections on a variety of topics from politics to women, marriage, friendship, and death. Translated by Geoffrey Skelton. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.Author: Max FrischPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 03/31/1983Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.54h x 5.54w x 0.78dISBN: 9780156827478About...
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October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978On the morning of October 2, 1978, the World Champion NewYork Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. That day these rousing ball clubs would meet at Fenway Park. Both had won ninety-nine games. Only one would win one...
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The Civilization of Europe in the RenaissanceThe masterpiece of Britain's leading Renaissance scholar. Winner of the Time-Life Silver Pen Award and The Royal Society of Literature Award.'A superb evocation of the Europe of the "long 16th-century", wonderfully fresh and rich in its copious illustrative detail, full of innumerable delights. The...
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Depicting the Divine: Mikhail Bulgakov and Thomas MannTwo of the iconic novels of the twentieth century, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita (1928-40) and Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers (1933-43), each engage with religious themes in the face of militant, sometimes violent, cultural opposition: Soviet communism and Nazi anti-Semitism. They...
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