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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Mexico

This series presents Americans who have had a profound impact on the shape of American history, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Each title contains capsule biographies that mix the essential accomplishments of their subjects with fascinating, lesser known details. Arranged chronologically and covering all aspects of American history, these concise entries will appeal to readers who want a sweeping view of American history, as well as those who want to quickly get the key facts about an important figure. Each title also contains a special section with a trivia quiz and suggested projects.

100 Hispanic Americans Who Changed American History

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#hardcover #ww2 #nonfiction #juvenile #womenpilots #history 

A Story of World War II

To Touch the Stars

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Hampshire

A Novel of Ireland

Charles O'Brien falls in love with April Burke, a beautiful, much younger Englishwoman, when he offers to help her reclaim and restore her family's Irish estate, in a saga set against the Irish struggle to regain land taken from them by England's coloniza

Tipperary

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Florida

Reconstruction

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Remember the Alamo (Events in American History)

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Ruby Oaks's From a Grandfather's Heart: Memories for My Grandchild is a beautiful guided journal for grandfathers to record their memories, advice, and hopes. This memory book has inspiring prompts, sweet quotations about family, and places to paste in favorite photos. Whether he’s called grandfather, papa, zayde, or grandpa, he can create a one-of-a-kind keepsake that his grandchild will treasure for years.

Georgia

Memories for My Grandchild

From a Grandfather's Heart

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John Madden

Maryland

The Story of America's Game

The author shares his extensive knowledge of football in a resource that traces the sport's history, profiles prominent players, and reveals game-making plays.

John Madden's Heroes of Football

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Vivian Green

Texas

Personal Trauma and the Fate of Nations

"'Prithee, nuncle,' the fool asks King Lear, 'tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeoman?' 'A king,' Lear replies, 'a king!'" "A remarkable number of rulers throughout Europe have at various points in their lives been considered 'mad'. This unique and pioneering study traces the connections between madness and kingship from the early centuries of the Christian era to modern times. This provides, on the one hand, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which madness, interpreted broadly, has affected rulers in the past as well as dictators in the present and, on the other, an assessment of the impact that this has made on the peoples under their authority. The author cites examples ranging from the 'bewitched' Charles VI of France, whose fragility of mind was such that be believed for a time that he was made of glass and might break, to George III, whose 'peculiarity of constitution' baffled contemporaries; according to The London Chronicle, his illness 'was owing solely to his drinking the waters of Cheltenham'." "King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the patron of Richard Wagner, was deposed on the basis of a medical report that pronounced the king to be 'in a very advanced state of insanity' which made him 'incapable of exercising government'. This is a theme that recurs throughout the book and leads the author to argue that mental health has played a determinant part in the making of history. The horrific manner in which this has been seen to take place in the twentieth century underlies the importance of this challenging and thought-provoking study to our understanding not only of history but also of contemporary politics." "King Ludwig's medical report concluded: 'Gripped by the illusion that he holds absolute power in abundance . . . he stands like a blind man without a guide at the edge of an abyss.' In Shakespeare's King Lear blindness provided a means of insight. For the first time this volume offers an analysis of the actual consequences of the 'mad king' in the history of Europe."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Madness of Kings

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Richard C. Lyons

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Arkansas

Volume II

Shadows of the Acropolis is a work of history describing the changes in American federal governance from 1900 to 2010. The format is chronological based on episodic retellings of such periods of history as the Theodore Roosevelt presidency, the Woodrow Wilson philosophy and presidency, the roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Dwight Eisenhower's highway system, LBJ's Great Society, Ronald Reagan's attempts at government reform, George Bush's ill fated tax hikes, Barack Obama's executive agency over-reach and the election of 2016 and its aftermath. The book contains commentary defining the changes made over time to America's federal structure of government. It describes the movement of power in the nation from local to federal authority and in the federal government, the shift in power from the people's representatives to the executive branch alone.

Shadows of the Acropolis

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Carol Berkin

Massachusetts

Inventing the American Constitution

In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia, determined to create a more stable framework of government, hoping that it would last long enough to bring an end to the crisis.".

A Brilliant Solution

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Tara Gallagher

Fiona Biggs

Fionnbarra O Duibhir

North Carolina

This compact yet detailed book explores the 1916 Rising in Ireland, from the historical context, to a day-by-day account of the events, to biographies of the leading figures.

A Pocket History of the 1916 Rising

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William B. Breuer

New Jersey

Loss of life, destruction, unending pain and misery - the results of war never seem to make sense. War defies logic. Having searched through stacks of periodicals, military reports, interviews, and other publications, author William Breuer has come up with over one hundred such illogical events, and presents them in Unexplained Mysteries of World War II. From popular mysteries to barely believable happenings, Breuer sheds light on the absurdity of war from a different angle. The book is broken down into multiple sections, and delves into mysteries like: Who torched the Normandie in New York Harbor? Did a New Yorker ad warn of Pearl Harbor? Did Churchill have a “feeling” that saved his life? Ernest Hemingway lives to tell about switching seats. The night when an American and Japanese soldier accidentally shares a foxhole overnight. A U-boat gives a battleship a piggyback ride in the Atlantic.

Unexplained Mysteries of World War II

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Presents an overview of the history of basketball from its beginning in 1891 and profiles some notable players and coaches of modern times.

The Story of Basketball

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Three fates intertwine in this moving and passionate love story set in Victorian London. 


Mary Finn: country girl, maid to a lord in London

Caden Tucker: liar, scoundrel, and heart's delight

James Nelligan: age six, tossed into a herd of boys

When Mary Finn falls into the arms of handsome Caden Tucker, their frolic changes the course of her life. What possesses her? She's been a girl of common sense until now. Mary's tale alternates with that of young James Nelligan, a new boy in an enormous foundling home.


In Folly, Marthe Jocelyn's breathtaking command of language, detail, and character brings Victorian London to life on every page, while the deep emotions that illuminate this fascinating novel about life-changing moments are as current as today's news.

Folly

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Denise Kiernan

Joseph D'Agnese

Missouri

The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

In July 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy the British and sign the most important document in the history of the United States-and yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, criminals, and crackpots who were chosen to sign this historic document-and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some died from war-related injuries; others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers; a few rose to the highest levels of U.S. government (ten signers were later elected to Congress). George Wythe was murdered by his nephew; Button Gwinnet was killed in a duel; and of course Sam Adams went on to fame and fortune as a patriot/brewer. Complete with a reversible parchment jacket (offering a facsimile of the Declaration on the reverse), Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.

Signing Their Lives Away

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For many Americans the Statue of Liberty was their first glimpse of the country they came to call home. The story of the Statue of Liberty is as fascinating as the country she represents. Learn how she came to be created and how she came to represent freedom for oppressed people around the world.

La Estatua de la Libertad

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Steve Twomey

New York

The Twelve Days to the Attack

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter chronicles the 12 days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, examining the miscommunications, clues, missteps and racist assumptions that may have been behind America's failure to safeguard against the tragedy,"--NoveList.

Countdown to Pearl Harbor

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John, Caroline, and the New Generation - a Legacy of Tragedy and Triumph

From New York Times best-selling Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli comes his most astonishing Kennedy book yet. A unique burden was inherited by the children born to the original Kennedy icons: JFK and Jackie; Bobby and Ethel; Ted and Joan; and the rest. Raised against a backdrop of American history, their mandate was to be of service, just like their ancestors. Based on exclusive first-hand interviews, as well as oral histories from the JFK Presidential Library and the Ted Kennedy Institute, Taraborrelli takes his readers behind the scenes of a sweeping and epic family drama as these Kennedy heirs succeed and fail in ways both triumphant and heartbreaking. These are the Kennedy stories you’ve never heard before.

The Kennedy Heirs

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Walter Dean Myers

A World War II Soldier - Normandy, France, 1944

A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France.

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

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#olympics #berlin #Germany #Hitler #Nazi #Fascism #politics #sports #history

Sixteen Days in August

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, and Financial Times

A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographer

Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters--Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians. While the events in the Olympic stadium, such as when an American tourist breaks through the security and manages to kiss Hitler, provide the focus and much of the drama, it also considers the lives of ordinary Berliners--the woman with a dark secret who steps in front of a train, the transsexual waiting for the Gestapo's knock on the door, and the Jewish boy fearing for his future and hoping that Germany loses on the playing field.

During the games the Nazi dictatorship was in many ways put on hold, and Berlin 1936 offers a last glimpse of the vibrant and diverse life in the German capital in the 1920s and 30s that the Nazis wanted to destroy.

Berlin 1936

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A Parable of American Healing

"One of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders" (Washington Post), a New York Times bestselling author, community organizer, investigative journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on America's racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal, and work fearlessly to make America one nation.

Never Forget Our People Were Always Free illuminates for each of us how the path to healing America's broken heart starts with each of us having the courage to heal our own.The son of parents who had to leave Maryland because their cross-racial marriage was illegal, Ben Jealous' lively, courageous and empathetic storytelling calls on every American to look past deeply-cut divisions and recognize we are all in the same boat now. Along the way Jealous grapples with hidden American mysteries, including:

 * Why do white men die from suicide more often than black men die from murder?
 * How did racial profiling kill an American president?
 * What happens when a Ku Klux Klansman wrestles with what Jesus actually said? 
 * How did Dave Chappelle know the DC Snipers were Black? 
 * Why shouldn't the civil rights movement give up on rednecks?
 * When is what we have collectively forgotten about race more important than what we actually know?
 * What do the most indecipherable things our elders say tell us about ourselves?

 Told as a series of parables, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free features intimate glimpses of political, and faith leaders as different as Jack Kemp, Stacey Abrams, and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and heroes as unlikely as a retired constable, a female pirate from Madagascar, a long lost Irishman, a death row inmate, and a man with a confederate flag over his heart.

More than anything, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free offers readers hope America's oldest wounds can heal and her oldest divisions be overcome.

Never Forget Our People Were Always Free

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#hardcover #fiction #historicalfiction #popular #lifeafterlife #fantasy #history #bittersweet 

Pennsylvania

A Novel

The award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. 75,000 first printing.

Life after Life

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Soldier Slang of World War II

FUBAR is your handy dictionary of soldiers' vocabulary and slang from World War I and World War II that has evolved from US, German, and Commonwealth troops.



FUBAR is a detailed survey of the slang of World War II as it was used and evolved by US, German, and Commonwealth fighting men and women. This book lists hundreds of distinctive and evocative slangs, complete with their definitions and origins. FUBAR also includes period accurate cartoons and images that will transport you back through the decades into the world of the WWII warrior.



Humorous, sarcastic, sober, pessimistic, fatalistic, defiant, or defeatist, slang is an important part of every soldier's vocabulary. Whether they're making themselves understood, saving time, or "lightening" the mood with some gallows humor, these words were so ingrained into the soldier's vocabulary that their use was continued by a new generation of soldiers. By the end of the war some terms had even passed into standard everyday usage.

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100 Hispanic Americans Who Changed American History

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Remember the Alamo (Events in American History)

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Reconstruction

Ruby Oaks

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John Madden's Heroes of Football

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The Madness of Kings

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Shadows of the Acropolis

Carol Berkin

A Brilliant Solution

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William B. Breuer

Unexplained Mysteries of World War II

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The Story of Basketball

Marthe Jocelyn

Folly

Denise Kiernan; Joseph D'Agnese

Signing Their Lives Away

Anne Hempstead

La Estatua de la Libertad

Steve Twomey

Countdown to Pearl Harbor

J. Randy Taraborrelli

The Kennedy Heirs

Walter Dean Myers

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

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Never Forget Our People Were Always Free

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