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Richard Petty: The Life and Legacy of The King of NASCAR*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary articles about Petty's races*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called." - Richard Petty A person may not know anything about baseball, but they still likely know the name Babe Ruth....
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Dorothy Dandridge: The Life and Legacy of One of Hollywood's First Successful Black Actresses*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"If I were white, I could capture the world." - Dorothy DandridgeThe bright summer sun shined blissfully on a secluded valley tucked into the romantic Costa del Sol in southern Spain. Water bubbled friskily over a rocky streambed...
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Clara Barton: The Life and Legacy of the Civil War Nurse Who Founded the American Red Cross*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of Barton's writing*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them." - Clara BartonThe Civil War was the...
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The Colonies of British South Africa: The History and Legacy of British Imperialism in Modern South Africa and Zimbabwe*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Napoleonic Wars radically altered the old, established European power dynamics, and in 1795, the British, now emerging as the globe's naval superpower, assumed control of the Cape as part of the spoils of war. In doing so,...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey: The History of the Ottoman Empire's Collapse and the Establishment of a New State*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science." - Mustafa Kemal Atat...
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The Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's Biggest Cities: The History and Legacy of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingWhen one thinks of the world's first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some of the first to come to mind, but if the focus then shifts to India, then Harappa and Mohenjo-daro will...
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Woolly Mammoths: The History and Legacy of the Most Famous Extinct Elephant Species*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIt was a frosty, wintry September morning in 2012 when 11-year-old Yevgeny "Zhenya" Salinder donned his warmest quilted jacket, a knitted woolen cap, and matching mittens and headed out the door with his faithful, tail-wagging dogs in tow....
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The La Brea Tar Pits: The History and Legacy of One of the World's Most Famous Fossil Sites*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingEven at a distance, the acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people's nostrils, and when the blustering winds subside, the potent miasma lingers in the air. To the untrained eye, the La Brea Tar...
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The Internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II: The History and Legacy of the Federal Government's Most Controversial W*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor is second only to slavery in terms of America's most tragic and regrettable chapters in history. While the forced relocation and internment of Japanese...
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The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover: The History and Legacy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Under Its First Director*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody." - J. Edgar HooverNo single figure in 20th century American history inspires such opposing opinions as J. Edgar Hoover, the iconic first Director of...
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The Colonization and Decolonization of Africa: The History and Legacy of European Imperialism across the African Continent*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884,...
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Nat Love: The Life and Legacy of the Former Slave Who Became the Wild West's Most Famous Black Cowboy*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Mounted on my horse my ... lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt ... I felt like I could defy the world." - Nat Love The American mountain man, with his myriad of practical...
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Arches across the Roman Empire: The History of the Roman Arches Built in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Minor, and North Africa*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingSome of the most iconic symbols of the Roman Empire that have survived into the modern world today are the arches that Romans erected to commemorate military victories and glorify individual emperors. The story of how arches came...
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Antoine-Henri Jomini: The Life and Legacy of the Swiss General and His Famous Military Treatises about the Napoleonic Wars*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of Jomini's work*Includes a bibliography for further reading"War in its ensemble is NOT a science, but an art. Strategy, particularly, may indeed be regulated by fixed laws resembling those of the positive sciences, but this is not true of war viewed...
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The First Battle of Heligoland Bight: The History and Legacy of the Royal Navy's Greatest Victory in World War I*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of sailors' accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe most iconic images of the First World War are of the war on land. They depict the trench lines, the shell holes, and the barbed wire. They show a generation of young men...
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Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I am Cyrus the king, an Achaemenian." - An inscription found at the Persian capital of PasargadaeAt one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen,...
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The Santa Fe Trail: The History and Legacy of 19th Century America's Most Popular Overland Route to the Southwest*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Lewis and Clark Expedition, notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration, was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America by the United States. It set in motion...
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King Darius the Great: The Life and Legacy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire's Ruler during the First Invasion of Greece*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingLying in the middle of a plain in modern day Iran is a forgotten ancient city: Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its day as the richest...
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The Young Turks: The History and Legacy of the Political Movement that Attempted to Reform the Ottoman Empire Before Its Collapse*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIn August 2017, Turkey's President Recip Tayyip Erdogan gave a directive to the Foreign Ministry to go into ravaged Syria and rescue an 87-year-old Turkish man stranded in Damascus by the civil war. The elderly gentleman lived his...
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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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