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The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale's secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history.

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From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.

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The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.

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"An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them"--

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The personal account of one man's groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in the countless oft-overlooked former slave dwellings that still stand across the country, the fascinating history behind those sites, and how he has used the experiences to shed light on larger issues of race in America.

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In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country-revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.

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The photographer and author recalls his experiences during World War II.

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Nothing less than one of the most interesting soldiers of his generation, Slim's 'smart' style of soldiering paved the way for how we make war today.

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The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters -- it's between the publishers themselves. For more than 50 years, Marvel and DC have been locked in an epic war, tirelessly trading punches and trying to do to each other what Batman regularly does to the Joker's face.

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The kids in Ms. Brandt's class are doing another group report--this time on all 43 presidents of the United States, one per page. The book is current through the 2004 presidential election and includes two fill-in pages for kids to record its outcome. Full color. Consumable.

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Written by one of the world's leading experts on D-Day, Smashing Hitler's Guns, is a ground-breaking new history of the legendary Rangers' attack on Pointe-du-Hoc.

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"A unique, panoramic look at women's history in the United States through the lens of ordinary objects from, by, and for extraordinary women. Featuring more than 280 artifacts from 16 Smithsonian museums and archives, and more than 135 essays from 95 Smithsonian authors, this book tells women's history as only the Smithsonian can."--

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The Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures, and his own understanding of self.

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The Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures, and his own understanding of self.

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A highly illustrated history of Operation Suvorov, the Soviet assault against German positions around Smolensk in late 1943.

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Warburg, condemned to obscurity and confined to a mental hospital, regained his sanity by studying the rituals of the Native Americans of the Southwest who, for thousands of years, practiced the ritual of the 'snake dance' in an attempt to harness the power of lightening.

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Politicians claim social mobility is real a just reward for ambition and hard work.

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Snow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.

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A vivid and original portrait of a year that stands at a crossroads between two great monarchs and two ages of English history.

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The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation.