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The winner of South Africa's prestigious Sunday Times/Alan Paton prize, this moving, illuminating memoir chronicles the life of an extraordinary wo...
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Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity."Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times ...
View full detailsImagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars through the Mississippi skies. Beginning in the land of Elvis at Tupelo, one moves down...
View full detailsAs a survivor of the devastating civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Joseph Kaifala recounts the harrowing details of an early life punctuated ...
View full detailsSan Antonio was named for the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. The actual founding of the c...
View full detailsWorld War II was a conflict that split a majority of the world's nations into two opposing sides, the Allies and the Axis. Spanning much of the glo...
View full detailsRichmond is an American city quintessentially founded on change. From its colonial birth to the present, it has constantly rebuilt and reshaped its...
View full detailsMobile's long history includes joyous Mardi Gras celebrations and tragic natural disasters. Civil War and segregation, shipping and manufacturing, ...
View full detailsThe borough of Queens has been many things—a playground for wealthy Manhattanites, a recreation area for pleasure seekers, a highly industrialized ...
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Nestled in a valley beside the Tennessee River and surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains, Chattanooga is truly Tennessee’s most scenic c...
View full detailsFounded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town, St. Petersburg quickly emerged as the "Sunshine City," a preferred west-coast destinatio...
View full detailsDelaware, the First State, has always been a vibrant reflection of early American history. Historic Photos of Delaware captures more than a century...
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The Ultimate Warship Her keel measured 126 feet, and she stretched to 160 feet overall. Her 46.5-foot beam sacrificed speed for the sake of stabili...
View full details(From the Preface) Traces in the Dust focuses upon the African American families and residents of Carbondale since the founding of the Carbondale T...
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A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of history's most desperate gambles.Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat...
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On April 25, 1945, the historic link-up of American and Russian soldiers at the Elbe River split Nazi Germany in half. American, Russian and Germ...
View full detailsNative South Carolinian and historian Benjamin Brawley once wrote, "The little triangle on the map known as South Carolina represents a portion of ...
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The history of Ireland told through the words of the people who lived it Eyewitness to Irish History draws upon original source materials to captu...
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A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It is the story of Paul Kagame, a refugee who, after a generation of exile, found his w...
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A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America...
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Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth...
View full detailsBy the late nineteenth century, the city of Tampa was a vibrant, cultural center. Through the early twentieth century, two World Wars, and into the...
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Arizona, the 48th state of the United States of America, is a land of diverse environments and unbelievable natural beauty. It is also a land where...
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From one of the world's most revered historians, the first major history of contemporary Jerusalem "Gilbert is a first-rate storyteller." —The W...
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