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by R. G. Grant (Author)From the early pioneers to the latest spaceflight technology, this groundbreaking book charts the inspirational story behind humankind's conquest of the skies. In the 100 years since the Wright brothers' first powered flight, aviation has witnessed many memorable events. From record-breaking flights and aerial warfare, to advances in aircraft design and the race for space, Flight covers the most memorable moments in the history of aviation. Describing the feats of the b...

Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1963 - Hardcover

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by Shelby Foote (Author)A matchless account of the Battle of Gettysburg, drawn from Shelby Foote's landmark history of the Civil War Shelby Foote's monumental three-part chronicle, The Civil War: A Narrative, was hailed by Walker Percy as "an unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the scholarship of the historian and the high readability of the first-class novelist." Here is the central chapter of the central volume, and therefore the capstone of the arch, in a...

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - Hardcover

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by Yeonmi Park (Author), Maryanne Vollers (Author)"I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea." - Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring." - The Bookseller "Park's remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman's incredible d...

My Little Golden Book about the Statue of Liberty - Hardcover

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by Jen Arena (Author), Viviana Garofoli (Illustrator)Now the littlest readers can learn about how the Statue of Liberty came to be--and what it means to people all over the world. In this engaging book, preschoolers will learn the fascinating story behind the creation of the Statue of Liberty. Simple words and bright artwork bring to life the story of the people--a professor, a sculptor, a poet, a newspaperman--who helped establish this famous landmark. Little ones will learn that the torch w...

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Paperback

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by Karen Armstrong (Author)Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these religions influenced each other? In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. The epic story begins with the Jews' gradu...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - Hardcover

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by John Berendt (Author)Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining firs...

The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book: Singin', Praisin', Raisin' - Paperback

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by Foxfire Fund Inc (Author)For almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, and customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American institution. The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book continues the beloved tradition of celebrating a simpler life, this time with a focus on Appalachian music, folk legends, and a history full...

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by Hugh Thomas (Author)"Mr. Thomas has understood the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject."--Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book Review A masterpiece of the historian's art, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant new material, including new reve...

Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 - Paperback

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by Rósa Magnúsdóttir (Author)Enemy Number One tells the story of the Soviet cultural and propaganda apparatus and its efforts to control information about the United States in the postwar landscape. Beginning with the 1945 meeting of American and Soviet troops on the Elbe, this period saw cultural relations develop in close connection to oppression as the Soviet authorities attempted to contain and appropriate images of the United States. Rósa Magnúsdóttir analyzes two official narratives abo...

Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City - Paperback

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by Megan Asaka (Author)From the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle's urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive economy of the Pacific Northwest. Though the city benefitted from this mobile labor force--consisting largely of Indigenous peoples and Asian migrants--municipal authorities, elites, and reformers continually depicted these workers and the spaces they inhabited as troubles...

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer - Paperback

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by Irene Gut Opdyke (Author), Jennifer Armstrong (With)"No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful."--School Library Journal, starred I did not ask myself, "Should I do this?" but "How will I do this?" Through this intimate and compelling memoir, we are witness to the growth of a hero. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, In My Hands has become a profound testament to individual courage. You must understand that I did not become a resis...

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty - Hardcover

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by Robert K. Massie (Author)A "magnificent and intimate" (Harper's) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great "A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it."-...

Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution - Paperback

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by H. W. Brands (Author)"A fast-paced, often riveting account of the military and political events leading up to the Declaration of Independence and those that followed during the war ... Brands does his readers a service by reminding them that division, as much as unity, is central to the founding of our nation."--The Washington Post From best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands comes a gripping, page-turning narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be mor...

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by Augustine (Author), Marcus Dods (Translator), Thomas Merton (Introduction by)One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities--representing the omnipresent struggle between good and evil--Augustine explores human history in its relation to all eternity. In Thomas Merton's words, "The City of G...

What Was the Harlem Renaissance? - Paperback

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by Sherri L. Smith (Author), Who Hq (Author), Tim Foley (Illustrator)In this book from the #1 New York Times bestselling series, learn how this vibrant Black neighborhood in upper Manhattan became home to the leading Black writers, artists, and musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outp...

Cape Cod Modern: Midcentury Architecture and Community on the Outer Cape - Hardcover

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by Kenneth Frampton (Foreword by), Peter McMahon (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Christine Cipriani (Text by (Art/Photo Books))From the "summer Bauhaus" on, the Cape's modern designers enjoyed a lifestyle based on communion with nature, solitary creativity and shared festivityIn the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and a professor at Harvard's new Graduate School of Design, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. There, he and his wife, Ise, hosted a f...

The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability - Hardcover

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by Annette Kehnel (Author)A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France,...

Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World - Hardcover

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by Caroline Alexander (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air--meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is ...

The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President

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Report copyright infringementby Eden Collinsworth (Author)From the acclaimed author of What the Ermine Saw and Behaving Badly, a portrait of Victoria Woodhull, a celebrated and maligned 19th-century businesswoman and activist, and a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and labor reforms. In 1894, a remarkably self-possessed American woman, with no formal education to speak of, stood before a British court seeking damages for libel from the trustees of the British Museum. It was yet anothe...

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat - Paperback

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by Bee Wilson (Author)Award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies - from the fork to the microwave and beyond - have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat. Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious -- or at least edible. But these tools have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer...

Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict - Hardcover

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by Oren Kessler (Author)"Kessler's history is key to understanding the current situation between Israelis and Palestinians." --Booklist, Starred Review "[Kessler] has done an exceptional job and opened new vistas on troubles past and present." -- Wall Street Journal A gripping, profoundly human, yet even-handed narrative of the origins of the Middle East conflict, with enduring resonance and relevance for our time. In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that targeted both the lo...

Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939 - Hardcover

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by Adam Selzer (Author)The most sensational and intriguing murders from across the United States are reexamined in this disquieting volume, which introduces readers to the most lethal killers from every state. Uncovering homicides from a seminal period of American criminal history, this compendium covers from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of WWII, the era that saw the first murderer convicted using fingerprints and the birth of the FBI laboratory.Every murder case is accompanied b...

Leonardo's Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master - Paperback

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by Leonardo Da Vinci (Author), H. Anna Suh (Editor)Leonardo's Notebooks is a biography of the genius in his own words, connecting moments of his life to artistic accomplishments through his writings, drawings, and intimate thoughts. Leonardo da Vinci -- artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man -- is a perennial source of fascination. His astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about both the natural and man-made world influenced his numerous works of art, theories, and sentim...

The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War - Paperback

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by Peter Hart (Author)Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart ...

The Clockwork of Civilization, How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human Progress

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Report copyright infringementby Emmanuel Joseph Joseph (Author)The Clockwork of Civilization: How History, Technology, and Philosophy Shape Human ProgressIn "The Clockwork of Civilization," readers embark on an enlightening journey through the pivotal moments and forces that have shaped human history. Spanning from the dawn of civilization to the digital age, this book delves into the intricate interplay of history, technology, and philosophy that drives human progress.Each chapter provides a...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie Azzarone (Author), Robert F. Rodriguez (Photographer)A stunning exploration of New York's most enchanting fountains New York City's fountains are more than just decorative features--they are historical landmarks, cultural icons, and dynamic works of art that shape the city's landscape. In Fabulous Fountains of New York, award-winning author and native New Yorker Stephanie Azzarone takes readers on a captivating journey through the artistry, history, ...

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter - Paperback

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by Kai Bird (Author)"Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look."--The New York Times Book Review An essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter's presidential legacy--from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American PrometheusFour decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is often la...

Communities of Computing: Computer Science and Society in the ACM

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas J Misa (Editor)Communities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and political context. The book's 12 core chapters are organized into three thematic sections. "Defining the Discipline" examines the 1960s and 1970s when ...

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830 - Paperback

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by Ian Mortimer (Author)A vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellington. This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; the sartorial elegance of Beau Brummell and the poetic license of Lord Byron; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and Waterloo; the threat o...

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by John Dougill (Author)Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have shaped its often dramatic history. Courtiers and courtesans, poets and prie...

Righteous Rebels [Revised Edition]: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World - Hardcover

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by Patrick Range McDonald (Author)In a riveting portrait of the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, award-winning journalist Patrick Range McDonald reveals AIDS Healthcare Foundation's unlikely rise from a feisty grassroots organization during the height of 1980s AIDS crisis to its position today as a global leader in the fight to control HIV and AIDS. This untold story highlights AHF's bold history of activism, its hard-charging advocacy on the behalf of vulnerable people, and it...