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Today tourists flock to the warm waters of Myrtle Beach, explore refurbished plantations, and stroll the picturesque str......more
The tumultuous political events that swept Russia in the early twentieth century sent powerful ripples around the world.......more
In a wealthy waterfront neighborhood filled with tradition, gardens and grand houses, residents of Beverly Farms once en......more
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Learn about the University of Massachusetts-Amherst when it was still a quiet agricultural college barely past its infan......more
From triumphs to tragedies, A History of Connecticut s Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe vividly recounts the long lost histo......more
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Hydroplane racing captured the heart and soul of Seattle in the early 1950s and never let go. No Seahawks, Sonics, or Ma......more
Wilfred Scawen Blunt, 1840-1922, was one of England s true eccentrics: a wildly individual, larger-than-life personality......more
The definitive record of the history, lore, and lost secrets of the Eclectic Society at Wesleyan University from its inc......more
If variety is the spice of life, then Louisiana s history is a red-hot gumbo. Roadside History of Louisiana is a piquant......more
In Medford’s past, the Mystic River was the origin and the lifeblood of the town. On June 17, 1630, Governor John Winthr......more
Have you ever seen a giant letter on a mountain slope and wondered what it was all about? If you ve traveled by car in t......more
If you lived in Hull, Massachusetts, during the first four decades of the twentieth century, you were susceptible to two......more
The real reasons for the war In Iraq--control of all pricing and policies, expansion of US power, establishment of US ba......more
Risking their lives, intrepid journalists and photographers from all over the world have laboured in often desperate and......more
In this charming retrospective, Lee County native Prudy Taylor Board writes with love, respect, and wry humor as she rev......more
Maine is a rural backwater? Meet Hiram Abrams, born in Portland in 1878 the son of a Russian immigrant real estate broke......more
As history s raw material, documents serve as our gateway into the past. In this exciting new book, Lexington historian ......more
In December 1864, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the Siege of Savannah. Using this guide you will tour the city......more
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The city of St. Petersburg is known as a thriving destination on Florida’s beloved Gulf coast. For the thousands of full......more
Columbia, South Carolina--the capital of the Palmetto State for more than 200 years--has earned a well-deserved reputati......more
From the Kennedy assassination to 9/11, this work examines the underlying parapolitics that animate the secret elites an......more
The islands history from the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers to the recent strivings for native sovereignty....more
Concise history and full-color guide to the cultural, geographic, and historical riches of Michigan....more
Lifelong resident and columnist John Galluzzo, recalls those days of splendor on the Nantasket shore as well as some of ......more
Indian Balm is the captivating account of a journey Paul Hyland made along the little-known course of the sacred Godavar......more
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This sensational book reveals the true and compelling story of the Special Force units of the Coalition, such as the SAS......more
Here is a passionate and eclectic collection of essays, poems, and scholarship that brings to life Jerusalem, that most ......more
Published with the USM Muskie School This collection of essays by Maine’s leading policy experts explores significant ch......more
This book is part of the Tempus Oral History series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photograp......more
With the days of the great buffalo herds as his focal point, the author looks at the Northern Plains through the lenses ......more
This updated edition examines the current drive to invade Iraq as part of George Bush s global war on terrorism, even ......more
In the paperback edition of the critically acclaimed hardcover, bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills......more
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A qualitative analysis of the threat posed to the United States by the use of toxic weapons....more
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After ruling Hong Kong for 155 years, what did the British leave behind when they withdrew at midnight on 30 June 1997? ......more
Brinton undertakes an innovative analysis of the Russian revolution and its implications for workers autonomy. As he de......more
Strange and scary days for an ecology movement that was conceived in fierce opposition to power. Fractured, as ever, by ......more
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The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum was for fifty years (1868-1918) the home for some 3,500 boys and girls, most of them ......more
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The inside story of a band of entrepreneurial upstarts who made millions selling painkillers--until their scheme unravel......more
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--e......more
Longlisted • Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year A revelatory account of the Cold War origins of the ......more
Russell Shorto s work has been praised as first-rate intellectual history (Wall Street Journal), literary alchemy (C......more
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On January 18, 1984, Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut and a respected scholar of Middle East......more
There s something unique about baseball in New England. While following the Boston Red Sox has become somewhat of a regi......more
The result of a major research project involving more than 80 specialists from several countries, under the guidance of ......more
A compilation of essays presenting the conditions and promises of the university for African American faculty and studen......more
A terrified scream forever shattered the quiet calm of a Utah neighborhood as a distraught husband pulled is beloved wif......more
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This text is one man s quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship to explain the character and a......more
History is written by the victors of any war. But what happens when the victors forget to write down their history or om......more
President Trump’s last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an "impo......more
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*Winner of the Moore Prize on Human Rights Literature!* A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel that lays bare China’s repressi......more
"[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe’s past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece."--The Wall Street Jour......more
A boldly rendered--and deeply intimate--account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore w......more