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Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Immerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published! Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is deemed "acceptable" in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to culture. Banned Books explores why some of the world's most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read - whether f...

Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History - Paperback

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by Sarah Prager (Author), Sarah Papworth (Illustrator)One of Time Out's "LGBTQ+ books for kids to read during Pride Month," this groundbreaking, pop-culture-infused illustrated biography collection takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the lives of fifty influential queer figures who have made a mark on every century of human existence. Rainbow Revolutionaries brings to life the vibrant histories of fifty pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world. Through Sarah Prager's (Queer,...

The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World - Paperback

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by Walter Rodney (Author), Robin D. G. Kelley (Editor), Jesse Benjamin (Editor)Renowned Pan-African and socialist theorist on the Bolshevik Revolution and its post-colonial legacy In his short life, Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the foremost thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Wherever he was, Rodney was a lightning rod for working-class Black Power organizing. His deportation sparked Jam...

The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman - Hardcover

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by Nathan Hale (Author)New York Times Bestselling Series! "These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history." --New York Times Meet Underground Railroad abductor Harriet Tubman in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series! Araminta Ross was an enslaved woman born in Delaware. After years of backbreaking labor and the constant threat of being sold and separated from her family, she escaped north to fr...

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by Oakley Dean Baldwin (Author)This story explores my mother's first cousin three times removed, Ira "Bad Ira" Mullins and the Pound Gap Massacre. This story was handed down to my mother who enlightened me, as I have done with my children. This story is one of the wildest stories ever told to me as well as one of my absolute favorites. The Mullins families were early settlers to Letcher County, Kentucky, Wise County, Virginia, and parts of southern West Virginia.Author BiographyABOUT ME Oakle...

Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000 - Paperback

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by Peter Nabokov (Author), Vina Deloria (Foreword by)From the author of How the World Moves--the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen though Indian eyes and told through Indian voices. Beginning with the Indians' first encounters with European explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers to the challenges confr...

The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848 - Paperback

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by Niall Ferguson (Author)From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family...

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by Joseph Wambaugh (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological."--Truman Capote This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field. "A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling "--The New York Times "Once the action begins it is d...

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam

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Report copyright infringementby Vinh Nguyen (Author)An unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family's journey through world history With the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished. De...

The Struggle of a Black Child Continues - Paperback

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by Sinakhokonke Majola (Author), Sinakhkonke Majola (Author)Being black is who and what we are and we also proud of it, because we have overcome many obstacles we have faced as Africans. Today I want to share with you'll in details what it was like being black and how It is like in our generation and also share the changing [Lifestyles of Our People]. I wrote this book to illustrate how life is twisting twirls nowadays and as someone good in environmental scanning. I want to share my thought...

Lego(r) Jurassic World(tm) Complete Dinosauria: A Jurassic Explorer Field Guide - Hardcover

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by Ameet Sp Z O O (With)Learn all about LEGO(R) Jurassic World(TM) dinosaurs with this awesome Jurassic Explorer Field Guide!Who would have thought that the book with the most information about dinosaurs would be found accidentally in some bushes! This amazing Field Guide contains a compilation of notes and scientific research that takes you as close as possible to the awesome dinosaurs from LEGO(R) Jurassic World(TM). Big and small, aggressive and gentle, flying, running, swimming--learn abo...

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest - Paperback

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by Mark Synnott (Author)***NPR Books We Love selection*** "If you're only going to read one Everest book this decade, make it The Third Pole. . . . A riveting adventure."--OutsideShivering, exhausted, gasping for oxygen, beyond doubt . . . A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as "the Year Everest Broke." What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from ...

On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience - Hardcover

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by Michael D. Gordin (Author)Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella-- astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to ...

The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune - Paperback

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by P. J. Lynch (Author), P. J. Lynch (Illustrator)In the first book he has both written and illustrated, master artist Lynch brings the story of a young "Mayflower" voyager to vivid life, capturing a pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail. Full color. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.8 x 10.8 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 02, 2018

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by Abraham Lincoln (Author)The Gettysburg Address was delivered on the afternoon of November 19, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the battlefield of the Civil War's bloodiest battle. Included in this edition is the Bliss text of the address, contemporary reactions, and other important documents relating to this moving speech by one of America's most beloved Presidents. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.32 x 6.86 x 4.16 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2010 Accelerated...

Churchill: Walking with Destiny - Paperback

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by Andrew Roberts (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of 2018One of The Economist's Best Books of 2018One of The New York Times's Notable Books of 2018 "Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain's savior." --Wall Street Journal In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based o...

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by Jimmy Akin (Author)Front JacketIn The Bible Is a Catholic Book, Jimmy shows how the Bible cannot exist apart from the Church. In its origins and its formulation, in the truths it contains, in its careful preservation over the centuries and in the prayerful study and elucidation of its mysteries, Scripture is inseparable from Catholicism. This is fitting, since both come from God for our salvation. If you're a Catholic who sometimes gets intimidated by the Bible (especially scriptural chal...

Weird But True! Know-It-All Greek Mythology - Paperback

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by Sarah Wassner Flynn (Author)Classic stories from Greek mythology come to life in this latest single-subject themed book in the Weird But True spin-off series, Know-It-All. Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite, Hera, Poseidon, Hercules, Achilles, Ares, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Dionysus, Prometheus! Fans of Rick Riordan will find this is the perfect companion book to dive a little deeper into the incredible stories from Greek mythology. Weird-but-true facts accompanied by lush original full-color art cov...

Magicians of the Gods: Updated and Expanded Edition - Sequel to the International Bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods - Paperback

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by Graham Hancock (Author)With over 5 million copies sold worldwide of Fingerprints of the Gods, its New York Times bestselling sequel Magicians of the Gods brings new evidence supporting Hancock's thesis that a global cataclysm wiped out a great global civilization. On the heels of the very successful hardcover edition, Hancock returns with this paperback version including three new chapters brimming with recent reporting of fresh scientific advances (ranging from DNA to astrophysics) that s...

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny - Paperback

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by Brian Kilmeade (Author), Don Yaeger (Author)Now in paperback with a new afterword.... Another pageturning New York Times bestseller by the authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing ...

The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books Thirty-One to Forty - Paperback

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by Livy (Author), J. C. Yardley (Author), Waldemar Heckel (Editor)"With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition."Thus Livy describes the reaction to the Roman commander T.Q. Flamininus' proclamation of the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian games near Corinth in 196 BC. Half a century later Greece was annexed as a province of...

Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Michael Ferber (Author)In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Ferber explores Romanticism during the period of its incubation, birth, and growth, covering the years roughly from 1760 to 1860. This is the only introduction to Romanticism that incorporates not only the English but the Continental movements, and not only literature but music, art, religion, and philosophy. Balancing lively details with intriguing topics, it sheds light on such subjects as the "Sensibility" movement, which p...

Iran: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Ali Ansari (Author)Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding of Iran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and nuanced political culture and civilization. This Very Short Introduction presents a radical reinterpretation of Iranian history and politics, placing the Islamic Revolution in the context of a century of political change an...

The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution - Paperback

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by Michael J. Klarman (Author)Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to believe that they also had interests. Based on prodigious research a...

Catiline's Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories - Paperback

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by Sallust (Author), William W. Batstone (Author)Sallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust's abrupt and distinctive style is the perfect vehicle for his moral urgency, bitter condemnation, and satirical cynicism. William W. Batstone's new translation, which includes the fragmentary Histories, captures the severity of his Latin style. Catiline's ...

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 - Paperback

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by Stephen Kotkin (Author)A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin is a landmark achievement. Stephen Kotkin offers a biography that, at long last, is equal to this shrewd, sociopathic, charismatic dictator in all his dimensions. We see a man inclined to despotism who could be utterly charming; a pragmatic ideologue; a leader who obsessed over slights yet was a precocious geostrategic thinke...

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America - Paperback

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by Thomas King (Author)In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King debunks fabricated stories of Indian savagery and White heroism, takes an oblique look at Indians (and cowboys) in film and popular culture, wrestles with the history of Native American resistance and...

Ancient Egypt (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3) - Paperback

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by Stephanie Warren Drimmer (Author)Dig into the amazing past of ancient Egypt in this new Level 3 Reader from National Geographic Kids. From pyramids and mummies to pharaohs and gods, kids will learn all about the history and culture of this fascinating land. Level 3 text provides accessible yet wide-ranging information for fluent readers. The expert-vetted text, along with brilliant photos and a fun approach to reading have proved to be a winning formula with kids, parents, and educators.Au...

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II - Paperback

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by Sarah Rose (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II "Gripping. Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery)--and all of it true."--Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To...

Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Paperback

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by Laura Hillenbrand (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-le...

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters - Paperback

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by Dick Winters (Author), Cole C. Kingseed (Author)"Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters's soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades' bravery."--Publishers Weekly They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe--an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Winner of the Distinguishe...

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story - Paperback

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by William Guarnere (Author), Edward Heffron (Author), Robyn Post (Author)Tom Hanks introduces the "remarkable" (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO(R) miniseries Band of Brothers. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army--members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, incl...