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Byzantium
Born to rule Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams …
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The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy
Rich with imagery and emotion, this collection of captivating tales of a 13th-century community reflects the timeless drama of people learning to love and accept God's grace.
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The River at the Center of the World
Chronicle of the author's adventures following the often difficult course of the Yangtze River in China, providing a portrait of the vast country, its history, politics, geography, climate, and culture.
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Miracle At Philadelphia
A classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents: the Constitution of the United States. From …
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The Fatal Shore
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. "One of the greatest non-fiction books …
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • An “urgently readable” (Newsweek) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history—from the New York Times bestselling author of Nicholas and Alexandra, The Romanovs, and …
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The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making …
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The Killer Angels
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies …
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Krakatoa
Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense …
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The Triangle Fire
On March 25, 1911, 146 employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City were killed in the span of a few minutes because no provision had been made …
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Red Victory
A chronicle of the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921.
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The Harvest of Sorrow
Chronicles the events of 1929 to 1933 in the Ukraine when Stalin's Soviet Communist Party killed or deported millions of peasants; abolished privately held land and forced the remaining peasantry …
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The 900 Days
The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944 was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. Nearly three million people endured it; just under half of …
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Citizen Soldiers
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: from D-Day to the surrender …
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed …
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Colditz: The Definitive History
Chronicles the experiences of the prisoners within the walls of Colditz Prison, a medieval castle that was converted into a high security fortress by the Germans during World War II.
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Fighter
An altogether factual and comprehensive picture o the men, the machines, the strategies (and the blunders), and the events on both sides of the war.
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Abandon Ship!
Originally published in 1958, "Abandon Ship!" was the first book to describe how the survivors of the "U.S.S. Indianapolis" sinking watched their shipmates fall prey to shark attacks, dehydration and …
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Wild Swans
Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.
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October Sky
This book is the basis for the motion picture, October Sky.