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“O’Connor and Weatherall’s work will help us face the ‘alternative facts’ that Trump relies upon.”

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Voluntary repatriation was psychological warfare. So argues this intriguing book about the Korean War.

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"Clavin sets out to sort facts from popular legend and 'it was a delight to discover that the truth' 'can be at least as dramatic and potent as its fabrications.'"

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“Fault Lines is a comprehensive portrait of American history over the last half-century that ignores the nation’s changing place in the increasingly globalized wor

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Emmett Till’s murder was the “first great media event of the Civil Rights movement.” Let the People See: The Story of Emmett Till provides new detail: the family, the trial, and o

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“this graphic novel is for readers who know how to snap their fingers while turning the page.”

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“One-Dimensional Queer raises provocative and important questions about the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality, and about the extent to which capital

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“Perhaps the Congo is at its darkest just before sunrise. Let us hope so, even if its history suggests otherwise.”

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“Spy Pilot is a compelling read of the forgotten heroism of a father and the determination of a son to bring that heroism to light.”

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“To say that this book is a small gem of understanding China’s history would be a major understatement.”

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“One fascinating aspect of Ronald’s text is that it is written from the British perspective, rarely the case in literature about the American Revolutionary War.”

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“The appeal of Jelley’s elegant book is the product of her literary style and the abundant reproductions of Vermeer’s work and that of his contemporaries.

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“Although When Death Becomes Life is about courage and innovation and dedication, it is foremost a book about hope.”

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"This beautiful book has a fast and entertaining narrative that encourages the reader to go out to discover and wonder."

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“New colors are created every day and their future longevity will still hinge on reducing toxicity, discovering renewable sources, and finding new applications in both the arts and the scie

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“Placeless People delves deeply into the philosophy of human rights but with easy prose and a structure that would give anyone pause when thinking about our times.

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"White Fury tells a highly readable complete history of the once-powerful colonial Jamaican sugar economy through the letters of Simon Taylor, one of its greatest planters."

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For the Hindus, Ganga is a river and a goddess indivisible from each other. All the great rivers in the world are revered but no river has been mythologized more than Ganga.”

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“for anyone interested in understanding the shocking manner in which the rights of the Palestinians, along with international law, have been violated for decades, all with U.S.

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“a valuable resource for understanding the lack of military effectiveness of Arab armies, along with a dour outlook on any expectation of improvement in the current political and cultural e

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“[T]he obsession with Ypres by the warring states, especially the British, increased because so much blood was spilled there.

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“a fascinating read for anyone interested in fin-de –siècle Parisian society . . .”

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“In spite of the depth and detail of this book, it is a fast read and worth sitting with a cup of tea by a warm fire from first page to last.”

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“a brief but informative overview of the most dangerous flashpoints threatening global peace . . .”

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