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We commonly think of the psychedelic sixties as an explosion of creative energy and freedom that arose in direct revolt against the social restraint and authoritarian hierarchy of the early Cold War years. Yet, as Fred Turner reveals in The Democratic Surround, the decades that brought us the Korean War and communist witch hunts also witnessed an extraordinary turn toward explicitly democratic, open, and inclusive ideas of communication and with them...
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America's most inspirational voices, in their own words… Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist's most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we sustain it in the darkest of times? An alternative, more personal chronicle of the "American century," Hope Dies Last is a testament to the indefatigable spirit that Studs...
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During the five full years of his presidency (1964—1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing. These and other "Great Society" programs reformed the federal government, reshaped intergovernmental...
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"Sepich offers his insight and detailed research to the less knowledgeable reader. He crafts a book that will delight the McCarthy specialists." -Western American Literature
Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered...
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Rayanne's roommate convinces her to go out on a blind date with her, her boyfriend, and his buddy. Reluctant, Raynne agrees. The guys are shipping out the next day. Where was the harm in a little fun for one night? Except, Luca's deployment to Europe was rescheduled and two months later he is back in town. Albeit for only two weeks. A good man, he checks in to make sure the girl he can't forget, is okay. Not okay is an understatement. With no family...
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In this sequel to Stonebridge, it is 1959, and Rynna Wyatt's abusive husband Jason has fallen to his death after a fight with his bookish, disabled cousin Ted Demeray. The police would like to know exactly what happened, but it's impossible to tell the whole truth. Jason's death doesn't end his relationship with them. Rynna is pregnant with his child and traumatized by his abuse. She and Ted leave Stonebridge Manor to start a new life in Brenford,...
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Más de 30 millones de personas han leído la historia de Ana Frank, la niña de trece años que se escondió con su familia en Ámsterdam durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y que fue descubierta por los nazis y enviada a un campo de concentración; donde murió. Pero a pesar de todos los artículos, libros, obras de teatro y novelas dedicadas al tema, ninguno ha explicado de manera concluyente cómo los Frank y otras cuatro personas lograron vivir...
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A spellbinding moment-by-moment account of one of the most spectacular disasters off the coast of New York, which killed more than 130 people, Shipwreck answers the question that until now has remained unanswered: Was it a terrible accident - or arson? In the early morning hours of September 8, 1934, the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle, carrying 316 passengers and 230 officers and crew, caught fire a few hours out of the New York harbor on a return...
10) The Governors
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They seek change by any means. Declaring their Death List, they launch a decade of terror. A cloud of fear smothers the Island. By the end of the storm, five murders have been committed, young love has been decimated, and countless families destroyed. Two of the guilty face the death penalty. The last executions to ever be carried out on British Territory. A sentence that sent shock waves through the British Establishment.
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In 1996, prominent Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert embarked on a fourteen-day journey into the past with a group of his graduate students from University College, London. Their destination? Places where the terrible events of the Holocaust had left their mark in Europe. From the railway lines near Auschwitz to the site of Oskar Schindler's heroic efforts in Krakow, Poland, Holocaust Journey features intimate personal meditations from one of...
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"A richly developed portrait of the rise and decline of one of America's best known social klans...a great tale." - BusinessWeek
"This fascinating family saga told with the brisk spirit of its subjects, evokes the strength necessary to create a dynasty." - Nicholas Fox Weber, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The stories [the Ungers] compile are a rich and fascinating tapestry." - John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News
"I am enthralled. A page-turner....
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Paul Burrell served Diana, Princess of Wales, as her faithful butler from 1987 until her death in 1997. He was much more than an employee: he was her right-hand man, confidant, and friend whom Diana herself described as "the only man she ever trusted." Featuring previously unseen interior photographs and remarkably intimate details, The Way We Were flings open the doors to Kensington Palace, leading readers deep inside the private world of Princess...
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The Washington Century chronicles the hundred-year rise of the nation's capital as it grew to become the most powerful city in the world -- a story made vivid through the history of three very different families, each representing an essential aspect of Washington: the Cafritzes, headed by a real estate mogul and his consummate hostess wife; the Boggs family, a political force in the ultimate political town; and the Hobsons, lead by a prominent black...
15) Honor Thy Father
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A classic masterwork newly updated
The electrifying true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family
On New York's Park Avenue on a rainy Tuesday night in October 1964, the famous Mafia chieftain Joseph Bonanno was kidnapped by two mobsters and reported by the police as dead on the following morning. More than a year later, Bonanno mysteriously reappeared, setting off a bloody mob feud that came to be known as the "Banana...
16) Inside U.S.A
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The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Gunther's classic portrait of America
John Gunther's Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., his magnum opus, Gunther set out from California and visited every state in the country, offering frank, lucid, and humorous observations along the way in what legendary publisher Robert Gottlieb, writing in the New York Times, calls Gunther's "fluent,...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The sinking of the Titanic 100-years ago in 1912, and the subsequent deaths of over 1,500 passengers, sent shock waves around the world. Never before or since has a maritime disaster in a time of peace had such an impact. TITANIC: HISTORY IN AN HOUR is an entertaining and well researched account of the events leading up to the sinking of this 'unsinkable' ship, providing an fascinating commentary...
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In World War II–torn England, a young woman must fight to keep her family together, whatever the cost
Ginnie Travis has been working in her father's shop for the past five years, trying to keep it afloat. When scandal rocks her family just as relentless Nazi raids threaten their very lives, Ginnie and her sister are forced to flee and stay with their aunt in the North of England. The last thing she expects to find in the quiet countryside is love,...
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From lowly shopkeeper…
To society lady?
Linked to The Widows of Westram. When the Earl of Westram accuses antiques seller Harriet Godfrey of peddling fakes, she accepts his grudging offer to help bring her supplier to justice. Only, spending time with Westram sparks an irresistible attraction… As an earl, he's destined for a suitable society match, and she never wants to give up her independence. So perhaps this is the last chance for both of...
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In Lily Dale, New York, the dead don't die. Instead, they flit among the elms and stroll along the streets. According to spiritualists who have ruled this community for five generations, the spirits never go away-and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums in hopes of communicating with dead relatives or catching a glimpse of the future. Weaving past with present, the living with the dead,...
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