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Takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain. This book introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and paints a picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world.

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A thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge Roy Bean and his brothers - and their violent adventures in Wild West America.

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A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.

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A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.

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PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Four beautiful sisters whose brilliant marriages made them queens of France, England, Germany and Sicily.

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The tenth volume in the Foxfire series covers a variety of new topics and includes the voices of heretofore untapped Appalachian citizens who present a vibrant picture of the American South in transition, from the turn of the century through the Depression years. Full of wit and wisdom--a celebration of what is basic to life. 150 photographs and line drawings.

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A sweeping and vibrant history of Europe and America during the inter-war years, by the acclaimed author of The Vertigo Years.

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An authoritative history of the French nation that can be read for novelistic pleasure, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Discovery of France and Parisians.

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The Sunday Times bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great nation.

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Born in slavery, Douglass, educated himself, escaped, and became one of the greatest leaders in American history. Here in one volume are his three autobiographical narratives: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845); My Bondage and My Freedom (1855); and Life and Times (1881).

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An historical account of the Non-Conformist contribution to social welfare in Britain, from 1800 to the present day.

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The story of India's struggle for independence, told in this account (first published in 1975) by two journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Mcdougall offers his readers an understanding of the uniquenss of the "American character" and how this character has shaped the wide ranging course of historical events. McDougall explains that Americans have always been in a unique position of enjoying "more opportunity to pursue their ambitions..than any other people in history."

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a base from which they are able to launch attacks against the Middle East.

Once again John Pilger gives a voice to the people living through these momentous times and, in gripping detail, shows us the lives behind the headlines.

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A kaleidoscopic narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America's long civil rights movement-the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and the assassinations of Medgar Evers and John F. Kennedy

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Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy.

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Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy.

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY! An "important, deeply affecting-and regrettably relevant" (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way.