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Making history : the storytellers who shaped the past.

Authors : Cohen, Richard, 1947-, author

Subjects: Historians; World history; Historiography

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Illuminating history : a retrospective of seven decades.

Authors : Bailyn, Bernard, author

Subjects: Historians -- United States -- Biography; Autobiographies; BiographiesUnited States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography; United States -- Civilization -- To 1783Bailyn, Bernard

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Scientists who changed history.

Authors : DK Publishing, Inc, publisher.

Subjects: Scientists -- Biography; Scientists -- History; Biographies

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The sisterhood : the secret history of women at the CIA.

Authors : Mundy, Liza, 1960-, author

Subjects: Espionage, American -- History; Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Women spies -- United States -- History -- BiographyUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History

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On this day she : putting women back into history one day at a time.

Authors : Bell, Jo, author; Hershman, Tania, author; ...

Subjects: Women -- History; Women -- Biography; Biographies

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Return to Uluru : the hidden history of a murder in outback Australia.

Authors : McKenna, Mark, 1959-, author

Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.); Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.) -- Death; Police shootings -- Australia -- Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.) -- History -- 20th centuryUluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.) -- History -- 20th century; Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.) -- History; Australia -- Race relationsMcKinnon, Bill; McKenna, Mark, 1959-

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Shine bright : a very personal history of black women in pop.

Authors : Smith, Danyel, author

Subjects: African American women musicians; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism; African American singers

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Leon Russell : the master of space and time's journey through rock & roll history.

Authors : Janovitz, Bill, author

Subjects: Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography; BiographiesRussell, Leon

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I am still with you : a reckoning with silence, inheritance, and history.

Authors : Iduma, Emmanuel, author

Subjects: Authors, Nigerian -- Biography; BiographiesNigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970Iduma, Emmanuel -- Travel -- Nigeria; Iduma, Emmanuel -- Family

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Daughter of the dragon : Anna May Wong's rendezvous with American history.

Authors : Huang, Yunte, author

Subjects: Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography; BiographiesWong, Anna May, 1905-1961

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Changes : an oral history of Tupac Shakur.

Authors : Pearce, Sheldon, author

Subjects: Rap musicians -- Biography; Cloth or Hardcover; Biography / AutobiographyShakur, Tupac, 1971-1996

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The dirty tricks department : Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare.

Authors : Lisle, John, author

Subjects: Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century; HistoryUnited States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Development Branch -- History; United States. Office of Strategic Services -- Officials and employees -- Biography; United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th centuryLovell, Stanley P. -- Influence

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The island of extraordinary captives : a painter, a poet, an heiress, and a spy in a World War II British internment camp.

Authors : Parkin, Simon, author

Subjects: Jewish refugees -- Great Britain -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Isle of Man; Noncitizens -- Isle of Man -- History -- 20th centuryIsle of Man -- History -- 20th centuryHutchinson Internment Camp (Douglas, Isle of Man) -- History...

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Code over country : the tragedy and corruption of Seal Team Six.

Authors : Cole, Matthew A., 1970-, author

Subjects: Military discipline -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Special operations (Military science) -- Moral and ethical aspects; Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- AtrocitiesUnited States. Naval Special Warfare Development Group -- History; United States. Navy. SEALs -- History -- 21st century; United States. Navy. SEALs -- Biography

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The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts.

Authors : Grush, Loren, author

Subjects: Women astronauts -- United States -- History; Astronauts -- United States -- History; Informational worksUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church.

Authors : Swarns, Rachel L., author

Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History; African Americans -- History; Racism -- United StatesGeorgetown University -- History; Jesuits -- United States -- History; Catholic Church -- United States -- History

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Built from the fire : the epic story of Tulsa's Greenwood district, America's Black Wall Street : one hundred years in the neighborhood that refused to be erased.

Authors : Luckerson, Victor, author

Subjects: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921; Urban renewal -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History; African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Social conditionsGreenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History; Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History; Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- BiographyGoodwin family

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Courtiers : intrigue, ambition, and the power players behind the House of Windsor.

Authors : Low, Valentine, author

Subjects: Monarchy -- Great Britain; History; BiographiesGreat Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 21st century; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022Windsor, House of; Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948-; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022

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The wonders : the extraordinary performers who transformed the Victorian age.

Authors : Woolf, John, author

Subjects: Abnormalities, Human -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Freak shows -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryBarnum's American Museum -- HistoryHudson, Jeffrey, 1619-1681; Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883; Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837

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The manuscripts club : the people behind a thousand years of medieval manuscripts.

Authors : De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-, author

Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval -- Europe -- History; Manuscripts, Medieval -- United States -- History; Manuscripts, Medieval -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History

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The visionaries : Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the power of philosophy in dark times.

Authors : Eilenberger, Wolfram, 1972-, author; Whiteside, Shaun, translator

Subjects: Women philosophers -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Feminist theory; Philosophy -- HistoryEurope -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryBeauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986; Weil, Simone, 1909-1943; Rand, Ayn

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The last outlaws : the desperate final days of the Dalton Gang.

Authors : Clavin, Tom, 1954-, author

Subjects: Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Outlaws -- Kansas -- Coffeyville -- History -- 19th century; BiographiesWest (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945; West (U.S.) -- BiographyDalton Gang...

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The football 100.

Authors : Sando, Mike, editor; Pompei, Dan, editor

Subjects: Football players -- United States -- Biography; Football -- United States -- History; Essays

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Guardians of the valley : John Muir and the friendship that saved Yosemite.

Authors : King, Dean, 1962-, author

Subjects: Nature conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; National parks and reserves -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Conservationists -- United States -- BiographyYosemite National Park (Calif.) -- History; Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- HistorySierra Club -- Biography...

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Mr. B : George Balanchine's 20th century.

Authors : Homans, Jennifer, 1960-, author

Subjects: Ballet -- History -- 20th century; Choreography -- History -- 20th century; Choreographers -- United States -- BiographyBalanchine, George

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The watermen : the birth of American swimming and one young man's fight to capture Olympic gold.

Authors : Loynd, Michael, author

Subjects: Swimmers -- United States -- Biography; Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography; Swimming -- History -- 20th centuryDaniels, Charles M., 1885-1973

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Reading the rocks : how Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life.

Authors : Maddox, Brenda, author

Subjects: Geologists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Geology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Geologists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryGeological Society of London -- History -- 19th century

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42 today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy.

Authors : Long, Michael G., editor; Burns, Ken, 1953-, author of introduction, etc; ... ... ...

Subjects: African American baseball players -- Biography; Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century; BiographiesUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryRobinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Influence

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Tough mothers : amazing stories of history's mightiest matriarchs.

Authors : Porath, Jason, author

Subjects: Mothers -- Biography; Mothers -- History -- Anecdotes; Women -- Biography

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Ghosts of Honolulu : a Japanese spy, a Japanese American spy hunter, and the untold story of Pearl Harbor.

Authors : Harmon, Mark, 1951-, author; Carroll, Leon, Jr., author

Subjects: Espionage -- United States -- History; Espionage -- Japan -- History; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941United States -- History -- 20th centuryYoshikawa, Takeo, 1912-1993; Wada, Douglas

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The American way : a true story of Nazi escape, Superman and Marilyn Monroe.

Authors : Stapinski, Helene, author; Siegler, Bonnie, author

Subjects: Immigrants -- United States -- Biography; German Americans -- Biography; Comic books, strips, etc. -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDC Comics, Inc. -- HistoryDonenfeld, Harry (Comic book publisher); Schulback, Jules; Superman (Fictitious character)

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John Adams under fire : the founding father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial.

Authors : Abrams, Dan, 1966-, author; Fisher, David, 1946-, author

Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Law -- Massachusetts -- History; Lawyers -- Massachusetts -- BiographyMassachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Boston (Mass.) -- Trials, litigation, etcAdams, John, 1735-1826

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The planter of modern life : Louis Bromfield and the seeds of a food revolution.

Authors : Heyman, Stephen, author

Subjects: Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Ohio; Agriculture -- Ohio -- History -- 20th centuryOhio -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryBromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 -- Homes and haunts -- Ohio

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In the waves : my quest to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine.

Authors : Lance, Rachel, author

Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston; Shipwrecks -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations -- Submarine; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Antiquities; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, ConfederateH.L. Hunley (Submarine)...

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Super-infinite : the transformations of John Donne.

Authors : Rundell, Katherine, author

Subjects: Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Charleston Literary Festival -- 2023Donne, John, 1572-1631

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Young Bloomsbury : the generation that redefined love, freedom, and self-expression in 1920s England.

Authors : Strachey, Nino, author

Subjects: Bloomsbury group -- History; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Artists -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- Biography

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Folk music : a Bob Dylan biography in seven songs.

Authors : Marcus, Greil, author; Clarke, Max, illustrator

Subjects: Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism; Folk singers -- United States -- Biography; Singers -- United States -- BiographyDylan, Bob, 1941-

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The Sassoons : the great global merchants and the making of an empire.

Authors : Sassoon, Joseph, author

Subjects: Jewish families -- Great Britain; Jewish businesspeople -- England -- London -- Biography; Jewish businesspeople -- China -- Shanghai -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryDavid Sassoon & Co. -- History...

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The school that escaped the Nazis : the true story of the schoolteacher who defied Hitler.

Authors : Cadbury, Deborah, author

Subjects: Boarding schools -- England -- Kent -- History -- 20th century; Refugee children -- Education -- England -- Kent -- History -- 20th century; Refugees -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryKent (England) -- History -- 20th centuryEssinger, Anna, 1879-1960

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Phil : the rip-roaring (and unauthorized!) biography of golf's most colorful superstar.

Authors : Shipnuck, Alan, 1973-, author

Subjects: Golfers -- Biography; Golf -- History -- Biography; BiographiesMickelson, Phil, 1970-

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The Europeans : three lives and the making of a cosmopolitan culture.

Authors : Figes, Orlando, author

Subjects: Culture and globalization -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Arts and globalization -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; BiographiesEurope -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Friends and associates; Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910 -- Friends and associates; Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 -- Friends and associates

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The ghosts of Eden Park : the bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked jazz- age America.

Authors : Kahler, Abbott, 1973-, author

Subjects: Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 20th century; Uxoricide -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 20th century; Alcohol trafficking -- United States -- BiographyUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932Remus, George, 1878-1952 -- Trials, litigation, etc

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If : the untold story of Kipling's American years.

Authors : Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954-, author

Subjects: Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryKipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 -- Travel -- United States

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What you have heard is true : a memoir of witness and resistance.

Authors : Forché, Carolyn, author

Subjects: Political activists -- United States -- Biography; Political activists -- El Salvador -- Biography; Government, Resistance to -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th centuryEl Salvador -- History -- 1944-1979Forché, Carolyn

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The kissing bug : a true story of a family, an insect, and a nation's neglect of a deadly disease.

Authors : Hernández, Daisy, author

Subjects: Chagas' disease; Communicable diseases -- Social aspects -- United States; Communicable diseases -- Political aspects -- United States

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Longstreet : the Confederate general who defied the South.

Authors : Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963-, author

Subjects: Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana; BiographiesUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; New Orleans (La.) -- BiographyConfederate States of America. Army -- Biography...

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Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon.

Authors : Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986-, author

Subjects: Nevills Expedition (1938); Women travelers -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century; Botany -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th centuryGrand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travelClover, Elzada U., 1897-1980 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon; Jotter Cutter, Lois, 1914-2013 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon

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Chanel's Riviera : glamour, decadence, and survival in peace and war, 1930-1944.

Authors : De Courcy, Anne, author

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Riviera -- History; Socialites -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th century; Celebrities -- France -- Riviera -- History -- 20th centuryRiviera (France) -- History -- 20th century; Riviera (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryChanel, Coco, 1883-1971 -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Riviera

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Waxing on : The karate kid and me.

Authors : Macchio, Ralph, 1961-, author

Subjects: Karate kid (Motion picture : 1984); Cobra Kai (Television program); Actors -- United States -- BiographyMacchio, Ralph, 1961-

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Camera man : Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema, and the invention of the Twentieth Century.

Authors : Stevens, Dana (Film critic), author

Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography; Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography; Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th centuryKeaton, Buster, 1895-1966

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