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“Marten’s regimental biography, like all good biographies, reveals tragedy, heroism, struggle, suffering, courage, cowardice, fear, responsibility, duty, and faith.

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The extent of Jewish involvement in the Atlantic slave trade has been wildly exaggerated by antisemites of all stripes,’ Kreitner writes.

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Despite its size, Mark Twain reads like a novel.

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tells the story of those American women, the Atta-Girls, who willingly left the relative safety of mainland United States and deliberately placed themselves in th

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“[the] engrossing narrative often reads like historical fiction, drawing the reader deeply into the tale and vividly describing a battle scene with an uncanny ability that makes this a genu

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"Suzann Cope rights a wrong in this exhaustive book, detailing through four women's particular experiences the pivotal role women had in fighting the fascist occupation."

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“John Bicknell . . . frames this story around the competing approaches to emancipation of President Abraham Lincoln and Union General John C. Fremont in a splendidly written new book .

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“Reading Dalrymple’s prose is a lively journey for the modern-day armchair Marco Polo. The big picture is always present, but never at the expense of the adventure.”

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“This well-chosen and written series of essays brings new light to this often overlooked campaign and shows that this was not a side-show of the Eastern Theater, but a critical battle in it

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“Professor Ferling weaves the political, military, social, and economic aspects of the war seamlessly together into a highly readable narrative . . .”

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The first six months after Pearl Harbor were a very dismal time for America. Facing nothing but constant defeat at the hands of the Japanese Empire, America desperately needed heroes.

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First and foremost, Gothic Modern is a collection of essays intended to accompany a museum exhibition held at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and The National Museum in Oslo, N

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An engrossing book that inspires the reader to consider a life of adventure, history, science, or, in the case of some of the characters in this story, combinatio

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For several decades, historians plumbing the depths of Native American history have enriched our understanding of their culture, lives, and travails.  

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"Readers will find much to spark their curiosity."

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“‘There is a lineage to the American hard right of today and to understand it, we need to understand its roots in the Red Scare.’” 

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“She was hounded by the Gestapo, which during the war visited her very often in the palace. Officers of the secret police demanded that she bring her children back to the Third Reich.

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“Adams argues that the rules by which Early Medieval English kings exercised power ‘are the same rules by which politicians and corporations play today.’ That, however, is only one of the m

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offers a multifaceted history of Franklin’s invention.

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“Ku Klux Klansmen in full-sheeted splendor escorted the hearse carrying Mrs. Cook’s body from the undertaker to the church to its final resting place in the boneyard.”

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“a good general overview of the various combat arms, weapons, tactics, and innovations that combat has forced troops to develop as the 21st century battlefield becomes more lethal.”

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“for readers fascinated by the future of AI, this book is an eye-opening exploration of a revolution unfolding before our eyes.”

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The House on the Canal: The Story of the House That Hid Anne Frank is an unusual picture book because the main character is the building itself.

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