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From 1730 to 1869, five generations of one middle-class family from the Scottish Highlands sought...
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The films of Orson Welles inhabit the spaces of cities-from America's industrializing midland to its...
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With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of...
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After the loss of her young son, Carver, an African-American preacher’s wife named Delilah Evans...
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For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the...
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This book presents a feminist historical materialist analysis of the ways in which the law, policing...
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Hitler's Machtergreifung, or seizure of power, on January 30, 1933, marked the end of the Weimar...
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"An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is...