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Retribution
By: Hastings, Max
"Spectacular . . . Searingly powerful. Hastings makes important points about the war in the East that have been all too rarely heard." --Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegraph ... more
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Countdown to Crisis
By: Timmerman, Kenneth R.
Kenneth R. Timmerman is the New York Times bestselling author of The French Betrayal of America, Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America, Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jacks ... more
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Over the Edge of the World
By: Bergreen, Laurence
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the Worldmore
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The Art of War
By: Tzu, Sun
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and cilivzat ... more
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God's Secretaries
By: Nicolson, Adam
A net of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson and Bacon; of the Gunpowder Plot; the worst outbreak of the plague England had ever seen; Arcadian landscapes; murder ... more
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General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse
By: Glatthaar, Joseph
""You would be surprised to see what men we have in the ranks,"" Virginia cavalryman Thomas Rowland informed his mother in May 1861, just after joining the Army of Northern Virginia. His ar ... more
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Oval Office Oddities
By: Fawcett, Bill
Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader—a personage of unimpeachable sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But truth be told, presidents and th ... more
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Celebrity Secrets: Official Government Files on the Rich and Famous
By: Redfern, Nick
SEXUAL DEVIANTS, NAZI SPIES, DANGEROUS LONERS, COMMUNISTS, DRUG ADDICTS, TRAITORS, AND MOBSTERS. THIS IS HOLLYWOOD. DECLASSIFIED. It's tough being rich and f ... more
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Ladies of Liberty
By: Roberts, Cokie
In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned poli ... more
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Band of Brothers
By: Ambrose, Stephen E.
Band of Brothers is the account of the men of the remarkable Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's E ... more
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Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
By: Franken, Al
"Al Franken, ""one of our savviest satirists"" (People), takes on the issues, the politicians, and the pundits in one of the most anticipated books of the year. ... more
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
By: Cahill, Thomas
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne--the "dark ages"--learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of western civilization--from the Greek an ... more
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Lincoln and the Decision for War
By: McClintock, Russell
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over 50 ye ... more
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Southern Cultures
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Intentionally plural, Southern Cultures, the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from s ... more
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America's Hidden History
By: Davis, Kenneth C.
Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode t ... more
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Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm, The
By: Swift, Will
In The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm, Will Swift presents a fresh, empathetic interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shif ... more
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The Israel-Arab Reader
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In print for forty years , The Israel-Arab Reader is a thorough and up-to-date guide to the continuing crisis in the Middle East. It covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict-including a new chapter recounting the Ga ... more
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Hunters & Shooters
By: Fawcett, Bill
The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition ... more
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Stupid Wars
By: Strosser, Ed
When winners write history, they sometimes "forget" to include their own embarrassing misjudgments. Fortunately, this take-no-prisoners edition of history isn't going to let the winners (or the losers) forget the mista ... more
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Dream Lucky
By: Orgill, Roxane
The time: 1936-1938. The mood: Hopeful. It wasn't wartime, not yet. The music: The incomparable Count Basie and Benny Goodman, among others. The setting: Living rooms across America and, most of all, New York City.more
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
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by Foner, EricThe Longest Patrol
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by Kozak-Holland, MarkParis: An Electronic Tour of the Old City
by Berger, Robert, W.The Art of War
by Tzu, SunThe Demon in the Freezer
by Preston, Richard, Jr.Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
by Milton, GilesThe Spymaster's Lady
by Bourne, JoannaEgyptian Texts of the Bronzebook: The First Six Books of The Kolbrin Bible
by The Wealth of Nations
by Smith, AdamDeath in the Afternoon
by Hemingway, ErnestAuschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
by Nyiszli, MiklosThe Girl From Rotterdam
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by Hespeler-Boultbee, John, Jeremy
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