History

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Churchill's Shadow Raiders is a genuine techno-thriller . . .”

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“Foxfire served as a radical revalorization of a denigrated southern mountain culture, often slapped with the pejorative label of ‘hillbilly.’”

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"Davis and Douglas arose from very different Americas to create one tragic national history."

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“These women were heroes in every sense of the word and for more reasons than one.”

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“Justice, even decades later, should send a message that these are crimes for which atonement must be paid in full.”      

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The Invention of Yesterday is a solid read for anyone curious about how the connections between human cultures have shaped the narrative of our history as a species.”

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“This is the story of George Washington’s founding of the city that would bear his name and that grew to be the most important capital city in the world.”

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“Bernice Lerner has provided us the opportunity to see what results when one woman’s will to survive and one man’s humanity are combined.”    

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“a well-researched, interesting and enjoyable biography of someone who really should be in the pantheon of feminist heroes . . .”

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“Boris Morros was an empty vessel who could be turned left or right depending on how it satisfied his personal interest.”

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The Sword and the Shield delivers both strong storytelling and exemplary history, dismantling popular distortions of its subjects, and arriving at a nuanced and profoundly reveali

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Every Drop of Blood is a masterful narrative of the day, weaving together a cast of characters and events in a compelling work that reads like ha

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“Richardson’s scholarly work puts to an end the fantasy of American exceptionalism.”

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Italian TV, March 22, 2020, showed more than 30 Cuban health workers in Italy for corona virus. They hold a picture of Fidel Castro, dead three years.

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“‘The rise of the religious right should be cause for alarm among all who care about the future of democracy in America.’”

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“Fritzche’s focus in this erudite and interesting book is less on how and why Hitler gained power, and more on the mostly favorable response of the German people to the Third Reich.”

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“As with many other topics related to the world’s greatest and deadliest human conflict, there is much here for all of us to learn, know and try to understand about ourselves in chaotic and

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This book shines a light upon the contributions of one remarkable culture, without which our world would appear very different today.

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“With the current campaign ramping up more and more each day, something surely needs to be done to ensure all citizens’ votes are counted and that fairness and legitimacy are the hallmarks

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“Joseph Whelan does a deft job of blending ground and naval actions with the Japanese accounts of the battle, writing a gripping and timely account in time for the 75th anniversary of the l

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“a real game changer for the historiography of the Pacific Theater in World War II . . .

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“a worthwhile, engrossing read as an education in one of the most critical parts of United States' history . . .”

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“Preston provides a highly readable, highly detailed account of the historic meetings and often difficult and contentious negotiations between Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and their staffs

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The Splendid and the Vile is a tale of courage, perseverance, sacrifice, fear, tragedy, human drama, and ultimately inspiration for free peoples everywhere.

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“Barnes is a delightful raconteur, and there’s a good deal of first-person rumination here throughout.

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