Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
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On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a...
Fighting for General Lee: Confederate General Rufus Barringer and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade
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Rufus Barringer fought on horseback during the Civil War with General Lee's Army of Northern...
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist
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The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers ...
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A Circle of Firelight
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The execution is for the most part charming and clever, with lively dialogue, easy pacing, and...
Warsaw Boy: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
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Warsaw Boy is the remarkable true story of a sixteen-year old boy soldier in war-torn Poland 'The...
Humans are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
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What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, do intricate legal...
The Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for...
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th...
Robert Capa: A Graphic Biography
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'If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.' - Robert Capa. 'Robert Capa: A...
From the Western Front to Salonika: A French Soldier Writes Home (1914-1918)
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The book's editor, Catherine Labaume-Howard, found 300 of her grandfather's letters in an old potato...