
A Dream of Death
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On a remote Scottish island, American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton wrestles with her own past while...
Fiction Mystery Thriller

Lindsay (1774 KP) rated Genteel Secrets in Books
Apr 9, 2019
I was have been born in the northern part of the civil war. Making me not have slaves. I would not be a slave owner. To me that owing other human beings is something which never happened. I am not one that ignore the fact that it happen though.
I would have let slaves be humans but that me. I know about my civil war in my American history. Genteel Secrets is about a woman that is forced to be a confederacy spy. It tell as story of someone that is against slavery but is born in the south and raised with slaves. It also tell the story of a Pinkerton detective.
The author does a good job portray what Washington and what some folk trying to help the south and some important events and people with helping the South win the Civil war. They seem to be against the government and Lincoln.
Will a northerner and Southern belle be able to survive and live a happy life? You will need to read to find out. If you are into American history this is also a good book to tell about south culture and a bit of the beginning of the Civil War.

The Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s
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In this concise yet thorough history of America in the 1980s, Doug Rossinow takes the full measure...

Breaking Bad: A Cultural History
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As one of the most critically acclaimed shows of all time, Breaking Bad explored the life and crimes...

Time Slips: Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History
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This bold book investigates how performance can transform the way people perceive trauma and memory,...

Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power
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Prior to 1967 fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions had featured the work of African American...
Art social issues politics

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated American Made (2017) in Movies
Apr 27, 2020
The plot: Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of the Medellin cartel and almost brings down the Reagan White House.
If you havent watched this movie and like "Narcos", "Mindhuter", "Zodiac" and "Manhunt" than you will like this movie.
A New Public Management in Mexico: Towards a Government That Produces Results
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This title was first published in 2001: This innovative text applies new institutional economics,...

Bob Dylan in America
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Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a...

Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging: Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Cultural Objects
Paul Bourcier, Heather Dunn and Nomenclature Task Force
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Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging is an updated and expanded edition of Robert G. Chenhall's...