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“While histories may not provide the comfort of clear resolutions, Geary’s research, writing, and graphics assure us that we’ve experienced compelling narratives.”

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“British journalist Robert Verkaik tells the story of Market Garden’s failure in the context of one of the most remarkable and consequential spy stories of World War II.”

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What can be said about Food Network’s Ina Garten that fans of Food TV’s Barefoot Contessa don’t already know?

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Gettysburg: The Tide Turns . . . ‘brings in the people who were part of the story, large and small in importance, to tell it.’”

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“Jade Scott explains that, depending on your belief, Mary Queen of Scots was innocent, naïve, cunning, manipulative, deceitful, adulterous, tyrannical . . . and more.”

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Love and death, suffering and addiction, family and displacement, all become interwoven into a commentary on the present intractable mess.

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Cherry has the will and the strength to shoulder her poems, but also the knowledge, courage, and music to sing them into the air.”

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It’s easy to say that Josephine Baker (1906–1975) was a one-of-a-kind personality.

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details the history of the Mohawk men from eastern Canada’s Caughnawaga reserve who supported their families by constructing some of the longest and tallest bridges and bu

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“‘The mind remains a great frontier, and we need thinkers and artists to join us in exploring the perplexing cosmos within our heads.’”

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“to ignore the missteps on America’s part that led to Ukraine’s tragedy would be to risk repeating the folly in the future.

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This book sets out to tell the story of “the female pioneers of Wall Street, its original She-Wolves, . . .

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Somewhere Toward Freedom is well-written, fast, and entertaining. It presents points of view often overlooked in Civil War studies.”

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George Cukor began directing at the beginning of the sound era and continued until he was 81 years old, when he directed his 55th production, Rich and Famous. He wasn’t as versati

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“This work is far more than a beautifully illustrated coffee table book. The author has done 50 years of in-depth work on the subject and in other experts' research.”

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"part history, part murder mystery, part sea-going adventure—entirely captivating."

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“Richard Pavlick can now be discussed in the same breath with other of America’s would-be presidential assassins . . .”

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In her Acknowledgements, author Amy Gamerman writes, “A story like this comes along once in a lifetime.” Readers can be grateful that Gamerman was there when this story came along, and that she—as

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“This book shares two important lessons: Don’t take selfies with wild elephants or let fear keep you from your dreams.”

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“Lai’s story, Clifford writes, has ‘exposed the cruelty and barbarity of the Chinese communist system.’”

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Eva Payne’s invaluable study, Empire of Purity, sheds fresh light on a critical moment of U.S.

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"Ironic, isn't it, that people professing to be ‘Christians’ adamantly oppose the instructions and teachings of the person they claim to have accepted as their ‘personal savior.’"

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