An chronicle of Germany's transformation during a pivotal year describes the devastation that the war's final battles inflicted on German cities, the death marches and acts of vengeance that were suffered by everyday citizens, and the first postwar year's burgeoning social, economic, and political ... Read more

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Thomas Buergenthal, a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, relives the incredible story of how he survived the Auschwitz concentration camp as a 10-year-old boy. At first, Buergenthal was protected by his parents, who used their fluency in German and their fair complexions to av... Read more

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In an introduction to the concept of "disaster capitalism," the award-winning author of No Logo offers a revealing expos? of how the global "free market" has exploited crises, violence, and shock over the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large cor... Read more

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An evaluation of America's impact on Catholicism draws on historical, social, and religious sources to trace the church's transformation from a reactionary monolith to an institution in which the deepest aspects of faith are being called into question; in an account that discusses the author's own w... Read more

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Humankind has produced some pretty horrifically destructive inventions during its tenure on earth, but the botanical world beats us hands down in terms of variety and nuance of effect. The bestselling author of FLOWER CONFIDENTIAL wittily catalogs the range of mother nature's fatal flora in WICKED P... Read more

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The Constitution is the cherished and much-praised foundation document of the American government. Thanks to Richard Beeman's story of its making, we are reminded that, as the title states, our founding document was the product of the efforts of PLAIN HONEST MEN. The "founders"--a term the... Read more

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The Navy veteran and U.S. senator describes the military careers of his grandfather and father, his own experiences as a POW in Vietnam, and his political career. ... Read more

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A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century. ... Read more

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In this history, novelist Ross King chronicles the career of Filippo Brunelleschi, the 15th-century goldsmith and clockmaker, who designed the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore of Florence. King also considers Brunelleschi's contemporaries and how they were influenced by him. ... Read more

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Draws on extensive interviews with top officers in Iraq to document the war as it has unfolded in recent years, placing a focus on the unorthodox strategies of General David Petraeus, from his work with foreign advisors to the ways in which his officers disagreed with key decisions. 250,000 first pr... Read more

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The final volume in Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a people's community to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide. ... Read more

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An all-encompassing chronicle of the landmark port of entry's history documents its role as an execution site, immigration post, and deportation center that was profoundly shaped by evolving politics and ideologies. ... Read more

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A thoughtful and provocative journalist takes an unflinching look at Europe, caught in a demographic revolution it never expected, and at the increasingly assertive Muslim population shaping the continent's future. ... Read more

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Bringing to light a shameful chapter in American history, a shocking study reveals how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off the outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to small-town businesses, provincial f... Read more

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During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story. ... Read more

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Conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg finds many parallels between the liberal agenda today and the fascist agendas of the National Socialists and Italian fascists, including: free health care, gun control, and the redistribution of wealth. Goldberg argues that it was the American left and progressive ... Read more

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A thought-provoking tour of the eighteenth-century houses belonging to some of America's most important early leaders looks inside the domestic world of the Founding Fathers to chronicle the private lives, families, culture, interests, and aspirations of Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Hamilton, and o... Read more

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