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"The Lincoln Reader is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by sixty-five authors. Paul Angle, the noted Lincoln scholar, selected passages from the works on contemporaries, later biographers, and e"

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Former Israeli ambassador Itamar Rabinovich provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. His presentation includes a detailed insider account of the peace processes of 19921996 and a frank dissection of the more dispiriting record since then.

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In the years following World War I, the British Legion became a symbol for service, tradition, and stability in British life.

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This book explores the world of secret police surveillance within the Soviet Union, delving into the collusion of religious communities with the Soviet secret police. These issues are addressed through an in-depth analysis of previously untapped archival sources from the Soviet secret police archives and eyewitness testimonies.

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This collection tells the story of Thomas Becket's turbulent life, violent death and extraordinary posthumous acclaim in the words of his contemporaries. It provides a valuable glimpse of the late twelfth-century world, and an insight into the minds of those who witnessed the events. -- .

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Reveals Epizephyrian Locri - a Greek colony on the Adriatic coast of Italy - as a third way in Greek culture, neither Athens nor Sparta. Drawing on a range of literary and archaeological evidence, this work offers an account of this poorly understood Greek city-state, and in particular the distinctive role of women and marriage therein.

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The presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler was described in 1840 as the most memorable ever known to party annals in this country. This book describes its events from the opening roar of cannon for the Whig standard bearers in the log-cabin and hard-cider campaign to the death of Harrison soon after he took office.

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By 1700, London was the largest city in the world, with over 500,000 inhabitants. Very weakly policed, its streets saw regular outbreaks of rioting by a mob easily stirred by economic grievances, politics or religion. This title draws a portrait of the public life of the modern world's first great city.

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An account of the 1975 World Series, reputed as the best of all time, describes its dramatic pre-season salary negotiations, key players and contributors, and game events, which culminated in a final, history-making home run. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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One of the few NATO studies to concentrate on the history of the alliance, particularly the relationship between its senior partner and its European allies, this study examines critical issues in depth, to uncover the ability of the allies to surmount their internal divisions and to confront their Soviet adversary.

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One of the few NATO studies to concentrate on the history of the alliance, particularly the relationship between its senior partner and its European allies, this study examines critical issues in depth, to uncover the ability of the allies to surmount their internal divisions and to confront their Soviet adversary.

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A chilling true story of deception and survival set amidst the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic.

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Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March.

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This study tells the epic story of how a routed group of Chinese Communists marched tens of thousands of miles with Mao on a journey that would lead to their eventual triumph and rule of the whole of China.

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After the Great War, the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by disease and starvation when the conflict was over.

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