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Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945

By Saul David

From the award-winning historian, Saul David, the riveting narrative of the heroic US troops, bonded by the brotherhood and sacrifice of war, who overcame enormous casualties to pull off the toughest invasion of WWII's Pacific Theater -- and the Japanese forces who fought with tragic desperation to stop them.

Published: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Published by: Hachette Books

Available in: Paperback (9780316534680)

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The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution

By Chris DeRose

In The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution , New York Times bestselling author Chris DeRose reveals the true, never-before-told story of the men who brought their overseas combat experience to wage war against a corrupt political machine in their hometown.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Published by: St Martin's Press

Available in: Hardcover (9781250266194)

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American Resistance: From the Women's March to the Blue Wave

By Dana R Fisher

Who are the millions of people marching against the Trump administration? American Resistance traces activists from the streets back to the communities and congressional districts around the country where they live, work, and vote. Using innovative data, Dana R. Fisher analyzes how resistance groups have channeled outrage into activism.

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Published by: Columbia University Press

Available in: Paperback (9780231187657)

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The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market

By Naomi Oreskes, Erik M Conway

The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America's most tenacious--and destructive--false ideas: the "magic of the marketplace."

Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing

Available in: Hardcover (9781635573572)

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Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping (Revised)

By Rachel Bowlby

Asserting that a history of shopping has been, until recently, a history of women, Bowlby trains her eye on the evolution of the modern shopper. She examines the curious history of our ideas about women and consumption--from the glamorous nineteenth-century department store to our own functionalist superstores, using a compelling blend of history, literary analysis, and cultural criticism to explore the rise of department stores and supermarkets in the United States, France, and Great Britain.

Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Published by: Columbia University Press

Available in: Paperback (9780231122757)

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Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, a Search for Family

By Joe Mozingo

In this gorgeously written and "vividly fascinating" ( Elle ) account, a prize-winning journalist digs deep into his ancestry looking for the origins of his unusual last name and discovers that he comes from one of America's earliest mixed-race fa

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Published: Saturday, September 5, 2015

Published by: Free Press

Available in: Paperback (9781451627602)

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The Fight to Vote

By Michael Waldman

Examines "a crucial American struggle: the drive to define and defend government based on 'the consent of the governed.' From the beginning, and at every step along the way, as Americans sought to right to vote, others have fought to stop them. This is the first book to trace the full story from the founders' debates to today's challenges: a wave of restrictive voting laws, partisan gerrymanders, the flood of campaign money unleashed by Citizens United"--Dust jacket flap.

Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Available in: Hardcover (9781501116483), Paperback (9781501116490)

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The Fight to Vote (Reissue)

By Michael Waldman

On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.

Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Available in: Paperback (9781982198930)

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Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor

By Andrew Kirtzman

"Giuliani was hailed after 9/11 as 'America's Mayor,' a singular figure who at the time was more widely admired than the pope. He was brilliant, accomplished--and complicated. He conflated politics with morality and caused his own downfall with a series of disastrous decisions and cynical compromises. ... Kirtzman, who was with Giuliani at the World Trade Center on 9/11, conducted hundreds of interviews to write this ... portrait of this polarizing figure, from the beginning of his rise to his ruinous role as Donald Trump's personal lawyer"--Dust jacket fla

Published: Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Available in: Hardcover (9781982153298)