The American Theatre Wing, an Oral History: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles
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In 1943, a wounded soldier aided by a cane limped into the Stage Door Canteen, the American Theatre...
Anwar Al-Sadat: Transforming the Middle East
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Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of...
Arendt and America
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German political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-75) fled from the Nazis to New York in 1941, and...
Bill Clinton: New Gilded Age President
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Of the original Gilded Age, historian Richard Hofstadter wrote: "There is no other period in the...
Murphy Plays:6: Cherry Orchard; She Stoops to Folly; The Drunkard; The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant
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Murphy Plays: 6 brings together four plays by the author inspired by other great works of...
Plants and People: Origin and Development of Human--Plant Science Relationships
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An exploration of the relationship between plants and people from early agriculture to modern-day...
Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700
Jeffrey G. Williamson and Peter H. Lindert
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Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States,...
Naked: A Cultural History of American Nudism
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In 1929, a small group of men and women threw off their clothes and began to exercise in a New York...
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
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In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic...
Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey
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Heroin, Organized Crime, and the Making of Modern Turkey explores the history of organized crime in...