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Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century France.

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Sherman is the most controversial general of the American Civil War, . Written with th energetic confidence that marked his later campaigns, his Memoirs provides both a vivid firsthand account of crucial events of the Civil War and a unique record of the emergence of its most innovative strategist.

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Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. This book explores the Winchesters' unique place in history, revealing the technical secrets of their success with a full array of colour artwork, period illustrations and close-up photographs.

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An oral history of Britains first West Indian immigrants and their descendants

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A fascinating insight into how the Allies learned about the capabilities and limitations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and Japanese Army Air Force through flight testing and evaluation of enemy equipment.

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"The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"--

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Now in paperback, the rich and compelling account of military flying from its heroic early days to the present.

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From celebrated historian John Ferling, the underexplored history of the second half of the Revolutionary War, when, after years of -fighting, American independence often seemed beyond reach.

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The history of the most acrimonious presidential handoff in American history--and of the origins of twentieth-century liberalism and conservatism

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A fascinating look into how and why the English love to be beside the seaside.

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"Wisteria House: Life in a New England Home, 1839-2000 tells the story of the lives lived in a particular house in a particular town at a particular time based on the buildings, furnishings, clothing, personal effects, photographs, correspondence, and financial papers of two upper-middle class families"--

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A lively and immersive global history of witchcraft which shows its evolution from the Middle Ages to the present day and shines a light on the stories of the victims, told in thirteen trials.

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September 1613.

In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of Englands great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thousand.

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'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history ... fascinating' Independent on Sunday

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At the end of 1917 Britain and France faced a strategic nightmare. Their great offensives against Germany had been calamitous, leaving hundreds of thousands of young men dead and wounded for negligible territorial gains. This book retells the story of 1918. It goes to the very roots of this instrumental turning point in modern history.

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Her letters are read by censors and she must hide her notes and photographs not only from her minders but also from her colleagues, evangelical Christian missionaries, whose faith she does not share.

As the weeks pass she discovers how easily her students lie, and how total is their obedience to Kim Jong-il.

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A lively history of the Second World War on the Home Front told through the stories of the women serving in the Women's Voluntary Services

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From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking book reveals the outsized impact the car has hadand will continue to haveon the lives of women.

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Explores the expectations and experiences of women in the crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution

This fascinating work tells the untold story of the role of women in the Civil War, from battlefield to home front.

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The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology.