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December 8, 1941 by William H. Bartsch (Hardcover - Texas A & M Univ Pr)
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The devastating defeat of American military forces in the Phillipines is chronicled in this fascinating, lively account of an often overlooked chapter in American history.
Macy's by Robert M. Grippo (Hardcover - Square One Pub)
Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail by Lewis H. Garrard (Paperback - Univ of Oklahoma Pr)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group)
Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project against a backdrop of the budding civil rights era. 100,000 first printing.
Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War by Eric Foner (Paperback - Oxford Univ Pr on Deman
Studies the interrelationship of social, political, and intellectual forces shaping the Civil War era, and the ways historians have interpreted them.
A History of the Holocaust by Rita Steinhardt Botwinick (Paperback - Subsequent)
<H3>New to the Third Edition:</H3> <UL> <LI>Contemporary evaluations of the causes of Hitler's hatred for the Jews, based on new research, new approaches, and new ideas. This new coverage gives students updated material on current German/Jewish relations and asks students to evaluate the present-day environment.</LI> <LI>"Can it Happen Again?" feature examines genocides which have occurred since the Second World War.</LI> <LI>New final chapter: <I>Aftermath</I> covers what happened to survivors, the post-war trials of the Nazi war criminals, and the division and occupation of Germany after the Allied invasion, providing students with more complete and updated information about this period of history and its aftermath.</LI> <LI>Updated bibliography including Websites, providing students with the latest publications in Holocaust history.</LI> </UL>
Buried Secrets by Victoria Sanford (Paperback - Palgrave Macmillan)
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw (Paperback - Oxford Univ Pr)
The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 17751864 by John Graf
The Gladiators by Fik Meijer (Paperback - Reprint)
The Secrets of the Freemasons by Michael Bradley (Hardcover - Sterling Pub Co Inc)
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge (Paperback - Cambridge Univ Pr
The Civil Rights Movement by Steven Kasher (Paperback - Abbeville Pr)
The Real History of the American Revolution by Alan Axelrod (Hardcover - Sterling Pub Co Inc)
An authoritative history of the American Revolution furnishes fresh insights into a seminal period in history, drawing on period quotes, rarely viewed illustrations, eyewitness accounts, pop culture, maps, statistics, and other sources to go beyond conventional views of the birth of the United States, the causes of the war, and more.
Plains Indian History and Culture by John Canfield Ewers (Paperback - Univ of Oklahoma Pr)
The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz (Paperback - Belknap Pr)
A Day in a Medieval City by Chiara Frugoni (Paperback - Univ of Chicago Pr)
The Battle for Saudi Arabia by As'Ad Abukhalil (Paperback - Seven Stories Pr)
Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher (Paperback - Reprint)
When the High Lord of Kalare enters into a dangerous alliance with the Canim, and treachery destroys the Aleran army's command structure, an inexperienced, young Tavi of Calderon leads a poorly equipped legion against the Canim horde. Reprint.
God's Crucible by David Levering Lewis (Hardcover - W W Norton & Co Inc)
A panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of <IT>W. E. B. Du Bois <RO>traces five centuries of engagement between the Muslim imperium and an emerging Europe to describe key Islamic cultural contributions and the interplay of cooperation between disparate religions. 50,000 first printing.
Paradise Found by Steve Nicholls (Hardcover - Univ of Chicago Pr)
The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with birds, seas and rivers teemed with fish, and the forests and grasslands were a hunter's dream, with populations of game too abundant and diverse to even fathom. It's no wonder these first settlers thought they had discovered a paradise of sorts. Fortunately for us, they left a legacy of copious records documenting what they saw, and these observations make it possible to craft a far more detailed evocation of North America before its settlement than any other place on the planet. Here Steve Nicholls brings this spectacular environment back to vivid life, demonstrating with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. The story of the continent's colonization forms a backdrop to its natural history, which Nicholls explores in chapters on the North Atlantic, the East Coast, the Subtropical Caribbean, the West Coast, Baja California, and the Great Plains. Seamlessly blending firsthand accounts from centuries past with the findings of scientists today, Nicholls also introduces us to a myriad cast of characters who have chronicled the changing landscape, from pre-Revolutionary era settlers to researchers whom he has met in the field. A director and writer of Emmy Award-winning wildlife documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and PBS, Nicholls deploys a cinematic flair for capturing nature at its most mesmerizing throughout. But PARADISE FOUND is much more than a celebration of what once was: it is also a reminder of how much we have lost along the way and an urgent call to action so future generations are more responsible stewards of the world around them. The result is popular science of the highest order: a book as remarkable as the landscape it recreates and as inspired as the men and women who discovered it.
Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer by Philip C. Winslow (Paperback - Beacon Pr)
The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Paperback - Reprint)
<p>In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.</p>
A Tale of Two Subs by Jonathan J. McCullough (Hardcover - Grand Central Pub)
Draws on survivor testimonies, previously untranslated Japanese war documents, and other sources to recount the story of the doomed submarine U.S.S. <IT>Sculpin<RO>, tracing how its commander elected to go down with the ship rather than risk revealing military secrets and how its sister ship, the <IT>Sailfish, <RO>struggled to rescue captive survivors.
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica by Tim Barringer (Hardcover - Yc British Art)
Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene (Paperback - Da Capo Pr)
The Atlas of Climate Change by Kirstin Dow (Paperback - Revised; Updated)
A Nation by Design by Aristide R. Zolberg (Paperback - Harvard Univ Pr)
American Africans in Ghana by Kevin K. Gaines (Paperback - Univ of North Carolina Pr)
Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (Paperback - Reprint)
An intriguing journey into the colorful world of eighteenth-century London captures the practical details of everyday life--cooking, laundry, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, medicine, sex, education, etiquette, religion, crime--drawing on period diaries, newspapers, advice books, and other papers spanning the period from 1740 to 1770. Reprint. 10,000 first printig.