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Allies: Pearl Harbor to D-Dayby John S.D. EisenhowerISBN 0306809419 (0-306-80941-9)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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The American Earthquakeby Edmund WilsonISBN 0306806967 (0-306-80696-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Earthquake'Book summary:During a twelve-month period in 1930 and 1931, Edmund Wilson wrote a series of lengthy articles which he then collected in a book called American Jitters: A Year of the Slump. The resulting chronicle was hailed by the New York Times as "the best reporting that the period of depression has brought forth in the United States," and forms the heart of the present volume. In prose that is by turns dramatic and naturalistic, inflammatory and evocative, satirical and droll, Wilson painted an unforgettable portrait of a time when "the whole structure of American society seemed actually to be going to pieces." The American Earthquake bookends this chronicle with a collection of Wilson's non-literary articlesincluding criticism, reportage, and some fictionfrom the years of "The Follies," 19231928, and the dawn of the New Deal, 19321934. During this period, Wilson had grown from a little-known journalist to one of the most important American literary and social critics of the century. The American Earthquake amply conveys the astonishing breadth of Wilson's talent, provides an unparalleled vision of one of the most troubling periods in American history, and, perhaps inadvertently, offers a self-portrait comparable to The Education of Henry Adams.[via]More editions of The American Earthquake:
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Art and Politics in the Weimar Period: The New Sobriety, 1917-1933by John WillettISBN 0306807246 (0-306-80724-6)
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Beat Punksby Victor BockrisISBN 0306809397 (0-306-80939-7)
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Beyond Category: The Life & Genius of Duke Ellingtonby John Edward HasseISBN 0306806142 (0-306-80614-2)
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Black Abolitionistsby Benjamin QuarlesISBN 0306804255 (0-306-80425-5)
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The Black Panthers Speakby Philip S. FonerISBN 0306806274 (0-306-80627-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Panthers Speak'Book summary:From its founding in 1966 to contemporary attempts to censure its history and revise its significance, the Black Panther party has aroused fear, hope, pride, vilification, and government-sponsored oppression. The trials of Huey Newton, the Chicago Eight, and the Panther 21 made it enormously difficult for many Americans to distinguish the propaganda from the philosophy; the media's indifference to the Panthers' free breakfast programs, neighborhood clinics, and liberation schools only complicated the problem.This is the first and only collection of the most vital, representative writings of the party. Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence, and education; as well as songs, poems, and political cartoons. This book explains exactly what the Black Panthers stood for and what issues they confronted, almost all of which remain unresolved today.[via]More editions of The Black Panthers Speak:
Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War IIby Robert Sinclair ParkinISBN 0306810697 (0-306-81069-7)
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Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Soundby Robert CantwellISBN 0306804956 (0-306-80495-6)
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Bram Stoker and the Man Who Was Draculaby Barbara BelfordISBN 0306810980 (0-306-81098-0)
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Brave Black Regimentby Luis F. EmilioISBN 0306806231 (0-306-80623-1)
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Cats of Any Color: Jazz Black and Whiteby Gene LeesISBN 0306809508 (0-306-80950-8)
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Chancellorsville and Gettysburgby Abner DoubledayISBN 0306805499 (0-306-80549-9)
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Chaplin: His Life and Artby David RobinsonISBN 0306806002 (0-306-80600-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chaplin: His Life and Art'Book summary:Of the many books about Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), among them the Tramp's own charming but evasive 1964 autobiography, this magisterial volume does by far the best job of detailing and analyzing his genius as a filmmaker. Chaplin's widow allowed David Robinson to examine their personal archives in Switzerland, and he makes good use of this access in his meticulous descriptions of the movies that created the legend, including City Lights and Modern Times. Robinson is less interested in Chaplin's tumultuous personal life, skating rather lightly over the lawsuits and scandals that plagued his later years in the United States. No matter: Chaplin lovers will find their understanding of his films enhanced; those unfamiliar with his artistry will learn why an actor-director whose greatest work was done before 1940 remains a key figure in the history of motion pictures. [via]
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The Civil War: In the Writings of Colonel G. F. R. Hendersonby G. F. Henderson, Jay LuvaasISBN 0306807181 (0-306-80718-1)
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Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapesby S.B. Sutton, Frederick Law OlmstedISBN 0306807653 (0-306-80765-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes'Book summary:Frederick Law Olmsted (18221903) designed New York City's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Chicago's South Park and Jackson Park, Montreal's Mount Royal Park, the park systems of Boston and Buffalo, and many others. But Olmsted also designed parkways and neighborhoods, reshaping cities around their parks. He thus reinvented the American urban landscape as a democratic outdoor setting that encouraged a new kind of participation in city life. Olmsted was one of the most gifted of American writers of his generation: prior to designing Central Park, he had written five important books, including The Cotton Kingdom (an account of his travels in the slave states), and his writings on American landscapes are unfailingly lively, eloquent, and passionate. Civilizing American Cities collects Olmsted's plans for New York, San Francisco, Buffalo, Montreal, Chicago, and Boston; his suburban plans for Berkeley, California and Riverside, Illinois; and a generous helping of his writings on urban landscape in general. These selections, expertly edited and introduced, are not only enjoyable but essential reading for anyone interested in the historyand the futureof America's cities.[via]More editions of Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes:
The Complete Essays of Mark Twainby Charles NeiderISBN 0306809575 (0-306-80957-5)
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Conversations of Goetheby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, J. K. Moorhead, Johann Peter Eckermann, Havelock Ellis, John OxenfordISBN 0306808811 (0-306-80881-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conversations of Goethe'Book summary:German poet, dramatist, novelist, translator, scientist, and musician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was the last universal genius of the West and a master of world literature, the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister, and Faust. Nowhere else can one encounter a more penetrating, many-sided, and personal Goethe than in the extraordinary Conversations (1836) by Johann Peter Eckermann (17921854), a German author and scholar as well as Goethe's friend, archivist, and editor. Although only thirty-one when first meeting the seventy-four-year-old literary giant, Eckermann quickly devoted himself to assisting Goethe during his last nine years while never failing to record their far-ranging discourse. Here are Goethe's thoughts on Byron, Carlyle, Delacroix, Hegel, Shakespeare, and Voltaire, as well as his views on art, architecture, astronomy, the Bible, Chinese literature, criticism, dreams, ethics, freedom, genius, imagination, immortality, love, mind over body, sculpture, and much more. Eckermann's Conversationscomparable to Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnsonallows Goethe to engage the reader in a voice as distinct as it is entrancing.[via]More editions of Conversations of Goethe:
The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States Based upon Three Former Volumes of Journeys and Investigationsby Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Frederick Law OlmstedISBN 0306807238 (0-306-80723-8)
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Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'N' Rollby Nick ToschesISBN 0306807130 (0-306-80713-0)
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The Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S.by Christiane BirdISBN 0306810344 (0-306-81034-4)
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Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twainby Ron PowersISBN 0306810867 (0-306-81086-7)
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Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the Ss Kommandant at Auschwitzby Steven Paskuly, Rudolf Hoss, Primo Levi, Andrew PollingerISBN 0306806983 (0-306-80698-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the Ss Kommandant at Auschwitz'Book summary:SS Kommandant Rudolph Höss (19001947) was history's greatest mass murderer, personally supervising the extermination of approximately two million people, mostly Jews, at the death camp in Auschwitz, Poland. Death Dealer is a new, unexpurgated translation of Hösss autobiography, written before, during, and after his trial. This edition includes rare photos, the minutes of the Wannsee Conference (where the Final Solution was decided and coordinated), original diagrams of the camps, a detailed chronology of important events at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Höss's final letters to his family, and a new foreword by Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. Death Dealer stands as one of the most importantand chillingdocuments of the Holocaust.[via]More editions of Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the Ss Kommandant at Auschwitz:
The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywoodby Julie SalamonISBN 0306811235 (0-306-81123-5)
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The Devil's Music: A History of the Bluesby Giles OakleyISBN 0306807432 (0-306-80743-2)
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Diary of the Sinai Campaignby Moshe DayanISBN 0306804514 (0-306-80451-4)
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The Dillinger Daysby John TolandISBN 0306806266 (0-306-80626-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dillinger Days'Book summary:For thirteen violent months in the 1930s, John Dillinger and his gang swept through the Midwest. The criminals of the Depression robbed almost at will (the Indiana State Police had only 41 members, including clerks and typists). Dillinger's daring escapes-single-handed at Crown Point jail or through the withering machine gun fire of FBI agents at Little Bohemia Lodge-and his countless bank robberies excited the imagination of a despondent country. He eluded the lawmen of a half-dozen states and the growing power of the FBI, earning him the dubious honor of Public Enemy Number One and captivating Americans to the present day. His brief but significant career is vividly chronicled here in extraordinary detail, as is the entire outlaw era of Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, and Machine Gun Kelly. The author conducted hundreds of interviews; his research took him through thirty-four states, into the cells where Dillinger was confined, and into every bank he robbed. The Dillinger Days is the inside account of a desperate and determined war between the law and the lawless, a struggle that did not end until a unique set of circumstances led to Dillinger's bloody death outside a Chicago movie house.[via]More editions of The Dillinger Days:
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Doo-Dah: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Cultureby Ken EmersonISBN 0306808528 (0-306-80852-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doo-Dah: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture'Book summary:Ken Emerson's thickly textured narrative features an affectionate examination of American music's diverse strands as well as a perceptive portrait of the nation's first great songwriter. Stephen Foster (1826-64) was born in Pittsburgh and visited the South only briefly, yet songs like "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Oh! Susanna" drew on black Southern culture to create a uniquely American form of popular music. The author is clear-sighted about the complex blend of racism and genuine compassion that infused Foster's "blackface" compositions. [via]
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhartby Susan ButlerISBN 0306808870 (0-306-80887-0)
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Einstein: His Life and Timesby Philipp Frank, Shuichi Kusaka, George RosenISBN 030681109X (0-306-81109-X)
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Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickokby Rodger StreitmatterISBN 0306809982 (0-306-80998-2)
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The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary Americaby John Mack FaragherISBN 0306806878 (0-306-80687-8)
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Film As Film: Understanding and Judging Moviesby V.F. PerkinsISBN 0306805413 (0-306-80541-3)
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Four Years With the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journals of William R. Ray, Co. F., Seventh Wisconsin Infantryby Lance Herdegen, Sherry MurphyISBN 0306811197 (0-306-81119-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Years With the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journals of William R. Ray, Co. F., Seventh Wisconsin Infantry'Book summary:The recently discovered journal of William Ray of the Seventh Wisconsin is the most important primary source ever of soldier life in one of the war's most famous fighting organizations. No other collection of letters or diaries comes close to it.Two days before his regiment left Wisconsin in 1861, the twenty-three-year-old blacksmith began, as he described it, "to keep account" of his life in what became the "Iron Brigade of the West." Ray's journal encompasses all aspects of the enlisted man's life-the battles, the hardships, the comradeship. And Ray saw most of the war from the front rank. He was wounded at Second Bull Run, again at Gettysburg, and yet a third time in the hell of the Wilderness. He penned something in his journal almost every day-occasionally just a few lines, at other times thousands of words. Ray's candid assessments of officers and strategy, his vivid descriptions of marches and the fighting, and his evocative tales of foraging and daily army life fill a large gap in the historical record and give an unforgettable soldier's-eye view of the Civil War.[via]More editions of Four Years With the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journals of William R. Ray, Co. F., Seventh Wisconsin Infantry:
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The Francis Parkman Readerby Francis Parkman, Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN 0306808234 (0-306-80823-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Francis Parkman Reader'Book summary:Francis Parkman (18231893), struggling against painful chronic illnesses and very largely self-taught in his field, was not only a pioneering historian but an enduring one. His monumental seven-volume history of discovery, conquest, and empire-building in the New World, France and England in North America (the final volume, Montcalm and Wolfe, is available in its entirety from Da Capo Press/ Perseus Books Group), remains unrivaled for its power, depth, scope, accuracy, and literary artistry. This reader, superbly edited by Samuel Eliot Morison, the Pulitzer Prizewinning historian in the Parkman tradition, comprises approximately one-seventh of the original. Rather than stitch together a patchwork of brief, disconnected extracts, Morison has chosen whole chapters or groups of chapters, thereby allowing the reader to follow a story from start to finish, and what stories they are: Champlain's efforts to establish a French empire in the vast forest wilderness; the torture and martyrdom of Father Jogues; La Salle's western expeditions and his murder by mutineers; the bloody Deerfield Massacre; the improbable, madcap, and successful siege of Louisbourg; the swift, dramatic battle on Quebec's Plains of Abraham, in which the fate of a continent was decided; and much more. The result is both an enthralling portrait of early North American colonial history and an unsurpassed introduction to the works of Francis Parkman.[via]More editions of The Francis Parkman Reader:
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Frederick Douglass on Women's Rightsby Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon FonerISBN 0306804891 (0-306-80489-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frederick Douglass on Women's Rights'Book summary:In their long, continuing struggle for equality, American women have had to rely primarily on their own resources, which have been considerable. Yet many men have helped advance their cause. Perhaps foremost among them was the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass. According to the women of the time, Douglass was their preeminent male supporter. As Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, "He was the only man I ever saw who understood the degradation of the disfranchisement of women." This book collects the speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass on women's rights. Since suffrage was the major concern of the movement, the issue of voting was primary among Douglass's themes; however, he also spoke and wrote resolutely on the need for women to reach their full potential by participating in every phase of American society and in every aspect of decision-making. No one was more insistent that the oppression of women violated the principles proclaimed at the birth of the American Republic. He was, in short, in favor of "absolute justice and perfect equality" for women. And because of his pride in his own race, he never failed to remind the white women who led the movement that black women endured an even greater oppression in white, male-dominated society than they did. Always eloquent and rarely less than inspiring, Frederick Douglass on Women's Rights presents the words of one of America's greatest spokesmen on one of the most important issues of the nineteenth century, words which still ring with truth and power today.[via]More editions of Frederick Douglass on Women's Rights:
Frederick the Great on the Art of Warby Jay Luvaas, FrederickISBN 0306809087 (0-306-80908-7)
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, a Dreamby H. G. BissingerISBN 0306809907 (0-306-80990-7)
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Generalship of Ulysses S. Grantby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306804506 (0-306-80450-6)
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George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadershipby George Athan BilliasISBN 030680560X (0-306-80560-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership'Book summary:America's victory came as a surprise to many people. How did untrained American generals, essentially military amateurs at the outbreak of war, and their ragged, half-starved troops manage to defeat British professionals? To what extent did the quality of British military leadership affect the outcome? Was the American success due to the British commanders' incompetence and faulty strategy, or were timing and opportunity more responsible for Washington and his colleagues' achievement? This book provides superbly balanced portraits of the British and American leadership. Renowned historians have contributed concise, remarkably informative, and authoritative essays on generals of both sides. The military gallery includes such Americans as George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette, and eight others. The British are well-represented by Thomas Gage, Sir William Howe, Charles Lord Cornwallis, and seven others.Each piece not only explores the subject's personality and exploits, but interprets his contribution to victory or defeat. In the process the scholarship never loses sight of the brave, touchy, brilliant, and flawed personalities who fought beside and against one another. Rarely, if ever, has one volume offered such stimulating commentary and insights into key commanders of the Revolutionary War.[via]More editions of George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership:
Germany's Undergroundby Allen Welsh Dulles, Peter HoffmannISBN 0306809281 (0-306-80928-1)
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Grand Admiralby Erich RaederISBN 0306809621 (0-306-80962-1)
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The Grand Guignol: Theatre of Fear and Terrorby Mel GordonISBN 0306808064 (0-306-80806-4)
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Great Architecture of the Worldby John Julius NorwichISBN 0306804360 (0-306-80436-0)
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Great Documents in American Indian Historyby Wayne Moquin, Charles Lincoln Van DorenISBN 0306806592 (0-306-80659-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Documents in American Indian History'Book summary:This remarkable collection of nearly one hundred primary documents presents a mosaic of individual Indian voices that span the vastness of their history while illuminating its particular moments. From an ancient Zuni creation myth to the resurgence of "Red Power" in the 1970s, this book gathers together the views of Indian leaders past and present, including Pontiac, Red Jacket, Chief Seattle, Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Ely S. Parker, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Luther Standing Bear, Ruth Muskrat Bronson, and Vine Deloria, Jr. Here is a Pawnee mother's advice to her son Lone Chief; Charles Eastman's memories of his tribal boyhood; Speckled Snake's biting response to President Jackson's Indian Removal policy; Big Eagle's account of the Great Sioux Uprising; Two Moons's eyewitness account of the Battle of Little Big Horn; Chief Joseph's history of the Nez Perces tribe; the Massacre at Wounded Knee in the words of Sioux survivors; and much, much more. The result is a masterful, kaleidoscopic survey of American Indian thought, culture, and history that is as fascinating to read as it is impossible to forget.[via]More editions of Great Documents in American Indian History:
Groucho and Meby Groucho MarxISBN 0306806665 (0-306-80666-5)
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Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marxby Groucho MarxISBN 030680607X (0-306-80607-X)
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The Guinness Book of Espionageby Mark LloydISBN 0306805847 (0-306-80584-7)
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Gustavus Adolphus: A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War, With a Detailed Account of the Campaignsby Theodore Ayrault DodgeISBN 0306808633 (0-306-80863-3)
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The Handbook of Classical Literatureby Lillian FederISBN 0306808803 (0-306-80880-3)
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Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Punic Warsby John PrevasISBN 0306810700 (0-306-81070-0)
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiographyby Charles Samuels, Ethel WatersISBN 0306804778 (0-306-80477-8)
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In the Steps of St. Paulby H. V. MortonISBN 030681112X (0-306-81112-X)
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Jefferson Davis: Private Letters, 1823-1889by Jefferson Davis, Hudson StrodeISBN 030680638X (0-306-80638-X)
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John Coltraneby Bill ColeISBN 030681062X (0-306-81062-X)
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Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815by Cavalie MercerISBN 0306806517 (0-306-80651-7)
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The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961-1972by Ned RoremISBN 0306809648 (0-306-80964-8)
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Liberation Was for Others: Memoirs of a Gay Survivor of the Nazi Holocaustby Pierre Seel, Joachim NeugroschelISBN 0306807564 (0-306-80756-4)
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Lincoln and the Negroby Benjamin QuarlesISBN 0306804476 (0-306-80447-6)
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Mapplethorpe: A Biographyby Patricia MorrisroeISBN 0306807661 (0-306-80766-1)
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Marching Orders: The Untold Story of World War IIby Bruce LeeISBN 0306810360 (0-306-81036-0)
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Military Memoirs of a Confederate: A Critical Narrativeby Edward Porter AlexanderISBN 030680509X (0-306-80509-X)
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The Modern Language of Architectureby Bruno ZeviISBN 0306805979 (0-306-80597-9)
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Moshe Dayan: Story of My Lifeby Moshe DayanISBN 0306804972 (0-306-80497-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life'Book summary:"Moshe Dayan" is the autobiography of a soldier who never forgot his roots as a farmer, a loner who rose to the highest echelons of government. Here he describes his kibbutz childhood, his involvement in the Jewish underground, the battles he fought as the head of a commando unit in the War of Independence, his experiences as chief of staff and mastermind of the 1956 Sinai Campaign, and his tenure as Minister of Defence during the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars. One of the greatest generals in modern history, Dayan was also a man who hated the suffering that war brings, and who loved the land of Israel more than himself. He writes of his heroes, friends and enemies, providing candid portraits of Kissinger, Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and other notables. This is a story of a brilliant soldier who grew up to be one of the most respected and heroic figures in the Middle East. [via]
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Musings: The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller A Collection of His Writingsby Gunther SchullerISBN 0306809028 (0-306-80902-8)
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My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962by David Emblidge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marcy Ross, Blanche Wiesen CookISBN 0306810107 (0-306-81010-7)
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My Enemy, My Brother: Men and Days of Gettysburgby Joseph E. PersicoISBN 0306806924 (0-306-80692-4)
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My Rise and Fallby Benito Mussolini, Max Ascoli, Richard LambISBN 0306808641 (0-306-80864-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Rise and Fall'Book summary:Here, for the first time in one volume, are two rare autobiographical works by Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), founder of Fascism and Italian dictator for twenty-one years. The first volume (published in English in 1928 as My Autobiography ) describes Mussolini's youth, years as an agitator and journalist, experiences in World War I, the formation and revolutionary struggles of the Fascist Party, the March on Rome, and his early years in power. The second volume (published in English in 1948 as The Fall of Mussolini ) was written during the brief period between his rescue by the Germans in September 1943 and his execution by Italian partisans in April 1945. Here the Duce recounts his last year in power and the coup d'état that deposed him. My Rise and Fall allows readers to view the dictator from two unique vantage points: Il Duce, eyes on the horizon, chin thrust forward, as he nears his political zenith; and Mussolini at his nadir, a desperate, powerless, sawdust Caesar, soon to be shot and hanged, head down, for all to scorn. [via]
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Nowhere to Run : The Story of Soul Musicby Gerri HirsheyISBN 0306805812 (0-306-80581-2)
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The Patton Papers, 1885-1940by Martin BlumensonISBN 0306808625 (0-306-80862-5)
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Pearl Harbor: Final Judgementby Henry C. Clausen, Bruce LeeISBN 0306810352 (0-306-81035-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement'Book summary:In 1944, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, knowing that high-ranking members of the military had falsely testified before the various bodies investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor, selected a then-unknown major by the name of Henry C. Clausen to undertake a new investigation. From November 1944 to September 1945, Clausen traveled more than 55,000 miles and interviewed over a hundred U.S. and British Army, Navy, and civilian personnel. He was given the authority to go anywhere and question anyone under oath, from enlisted personnel right up to George C. Marshall, the chief of staff. He ultimately presented an 800 page report to Stimsona report that revealed a massive operational failure by the United States to use the priceless intelligence signals that it had obtained months before Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is the "final judgement"-the story behind Clausen's investigation and a blistering account of his conclusions.[via]More editions of Pearl Harbor: Final Judgement:
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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan: General United States Armyby Philip Henry SheridanISBN 0306804875 (0-306-80487-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan: General United States Army'Book summary:General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) was the most important Union cavalry commander of the Civil War, and ranks as one of America's greatest horse soldiers. From Corinth through Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, he made himself a reputation for courage and efficiency; after his defeat of J.E.B. Stuart's rebel cavalry, Grant named him commander of the Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley. There he laid waste to the entire region, and his victory over Jubal Early's troups in the Battle of Cedar Creek brought him worldwide renown and a promotion to major general in the regular army. It was Sheridan who cut off Lee's retreat at Appomattox, thus securing the surrender of the Confederate Army. Subsequent to the Civil War, Sheridan was active in the 1868 war with the Comanches and Cheyennes, where he won infamy with his statement that "the only good Indians I ever saw were dead". In 1888 he published his "Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan", one of the best first-hand accounts of the Civil War and the Indian wars which followed. [via]
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The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958by Jack BeattyISBN 0306810026 (0-306-81002-6)
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Rebel: The Life and Times of John Singleton Mosbyby Kevin H. SiepelISBN 0306807750 (0-306-80775-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebel: The Life and Times of John Singleton Mosby'Book summary:John Singleton Mosby (18331916) was the Confederacy's best-known practitioner of guerrilla warfare. At heart a Unionist, he nonetheless joined the Southern cause when his homestate of Virginia seceded. He served first in the cavalry and later as commander of a partisan unit in Northern Virginia, where his operations tied up such large numbers of Federal troops that sufficient force could not be gathered to break Robert E. Lee's army till April 1865. Mosby's narrow escapes and impossible exploits (including the capture of a Union general from his bed) earned him a status as a cavalry commander equal to Stuart and Forrest, and a preeminence among the partisan leaders of history. Mosby was only thirty-one when the war ended. Rebel fully explores his long and eventful postwar career: his political battles; his close friendships with former enemies; his association with presidents from Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore Roosevelt; his service as U.S. consul in Hong Kong; and his involvement in the West's range-fencing crisis. In the process this book reveals the fierce independence and eccentric vision of one of America's most controversial, uncompromising figures.[via]More editions of Rebel: The Life and Times of John Singleton Mosby:
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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945by Christopher DuffyISBN 0306805057 (0-306-80505-7)
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The Revolutionary War Memoirs of General Henry Leeby Robert E. Lee, Henry LeeISBN 0306808412 (0-306-80841-2)
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Riding on a Blue Note: Jazz and American Popby Gary GiddinsISBN 0306809249 (0-306-80924-9)
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Rise and Fall of the Confederate Governmentby Jefferson DavisISBN 0306804182 (0-306-80418-2)
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The Roots of the Blues: An African Searchby Samuel Barclay ChartersISBN 030680445X (0-306-80445-X)
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Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraudby Karl SabbaghISBN 0306810603 (0-306-81060-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud'Book summary:Take a garrulous old university professor with a knack for making extraordinary (and highly suspicious) botanical discoveries, a scientific community becoming increasingly skeptical of his claims, and an amateur botanist keen to find out the truth, and the stage is set for an absorbing tale of scientific chicanery and academic intrigue.
Professor John Heslop Harrison of Newcastle University was one of the most respected and knowledgeable botanists of the first half of the 20th century. His greatest passion was for the plants of the Hebridean islands off the west coast of Scotland. He came to believe that some of the islands' plants were survivors from a time before the last Ice Age, a theory bound to be controversial given that the last advance of the ice sheets extended well south of mainland Scotland. In support of his theory, Heslop Harrison began to report sightings of plants that no one had ever seen on the islands before, and the botanical community started to get suspicious. Were the plants really where Heslop Harrison claimed they were? If so, how did they get there? Could they really have survived on the islands since the last interglacial? Or had the wily old professor carried the specimens to the Hebrides from their sites of origin and planted them?
Karl Sabbagh relates the shady tale of John Heslop Harrison in his highly engaging book A Rum Affair (Rum is the name of the Hebridean island where Harrison made many of his most extraordinary--and suspicious--discoveries). Sabbagh examines the thoughts, actions, and motivation of Harrison and his academic enemies with great aplomb, and goes on to explore how some scientists are driven to the belief that fakery can be in the interest of science. Sabbagh's writing style is sometimes dry and detailed, as befits the treatment of a rather touchy subject, but the book is also laced with absorbing anecdotes and wry humor. It's a winner in a popular history of science genre that is becoming a bit overpopulated these days. --Chris Lavers, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Second World War, 1939-45: A Strategical and Tactical Historyby Fuller, J.F.C., MajorISBN 0306805065 (0-306-80506-5)
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Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Storyby Stefan KanferISBN 0306809184 (0-306-80918-4)
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Sherman's Battle for Atlantaby Jacob D. CoxISBN 030680588X (0-306-80588-X)
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Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Raby John F. SzwedISBN 0306808552 (0-306-80855-2)
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Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862by William AllanISBN 0306806568 (0-306-80656-8)
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Strange Ground: An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam 1945-1975by Harry MaurerISBN 0306808390 (0-306-80839-0)
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Survivorsby Zalin GrantISBN 0306805618 (0-306-80561-8)
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Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentaryby Tim RileyISBN 0306811200 (0-306-81120-0)
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This Is Ragtimeby Terry WaldoISBN 0306804395 (0-306-80439-5)
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Thunder at Hampton Roadsby A. A. HoehlingISBN 0306805235 (0-306-80523-5)
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Transformer: The Lou Reed Storyby Victor BockrisISBN 0306807521 (0-306-80752-1)
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Turncoats, Traitors and Heroesby John Edwin BakelessISBN 0306808439 (0-306-80843-9)
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Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvisby Nick ToschesISBN 0306808919 (0-306-80891-9)
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Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War IIby Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose, Tad JonesISBN 030680493X (0-306-80493-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II'Book summary:"Up from the Cradle of Jazz" is an intimate history of New Orleans music during the last 45 years. It describes the piano playing of Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Huey "Piano" Smith and Dr John; the singing of Irma Thomas, Little Richard, Aaron Neville and Lee Dorsey; the compositions and performances of Allen Toussaint, Guitar Slim, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, The Meters and The Neville Brothers. From smoky bars and nightclubs to the open air revelry of Mardi Gras, this work aims to be the definitive story of the music of contemporary New Orleans. Jason Berry is the author of "Amazing Grace: with Charles Evers in Mississippi"; Jonathan Foose, a musician and producer, co-produced, with Berry, the television documentary of the same title as this book, and Tad Jones is a researcher at Tulane University. [via]
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