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  • Stephane Kirkland gives an engrossing account of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and…

    Paris Reborn

    By Stephane Kirkland rating of short cover   ( 10customer ratings) St. Martin's Press, April 2013 History, France
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  • The truth and nothing but the truth—Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends.The story of Columbus discovering the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.The pilgrims…

    Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American…

    By Richard Shenkman rating of short cover   ( 214customer ratings) HarperCollins, March 2013
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  • "I have told you nothing about man that is not true." You must pardon me if I repeat that remark now and then in these letters; I want you to take seriously the things I am telling you, and I feel…

    Letters from the Earth

    By Mark Twain rating of short cover   ( 4199customer ratings) HarperCollins, March 2013 Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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  • A conspiracy within the Vatican—to stop an outspoken PopeIn 1938, Pope Pius XI was the world's most prominent critic of Hitler and his rhetoric of ethnic "purity." To make his voice heard, Pius called…

    The Pope's Last Crusade

    By Peter Eisner rating of short cover   ( 11customer ratings) HarperCollins, March 2013 Military, World War II
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  • The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time   In 1941, the architects of Japan's…

    Operation Storm

    By John Geoghegan rating of short cover   ( 5customer ratings) Crown Publishing Group, March 2013 Military, World War II
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  • On the morning of June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sarajevo railway station, Europe was at peace. Thirty-seven days later, it was at war. The…

    The Sleepwalkers

    By Christopher Clark rating of short cover   ( 44customer ratings) HarperCollins, March 2013
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  • The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into…

    Between Man and Beast

    By Monte Reel rating of short cover   ( 329customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 2013 Modern, 19th Century
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  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between…

    Out of Order

    By Sandra Day O'Connor rating of short cover   ( 134customer ratings) Random House Publishing Group, March 2013 Law, Legal History
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  • A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the…

    Stalin's Curse

    By Robert Gellately rating of short cover   ( 13customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 2013 Modern, 20th Century
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  • Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Vermonter, nicknamed "Silent Cal," has long been dismissed as quiet and passive. History has remembered…

    Coolidge

    By Amity Shlaes rating of short cover   ( 161customer ratings) HarperCollins, February 2013 Biography & Memoir, Political
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