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Nonfiction books about U.S. and world history.
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Our Lincoln : New Perspectives On Lincoln and his World In 1876 the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, "No man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." Undeterred, the contributors to Our Lincoln believe it is possible even now, especially if the starting point is the interaction between the life and the times.Several of these original essays focus on Lincoln's leadership as president and commander in chief. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West This book vividly reconstructs the 2,000 mile Lewis and Clark expedition. In addition to exploring and laying claim to the west, Lewis and Clark undertook one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions ever. The author uses Lewis' journals to recreate encounters with Indian tribes, river travel, mountain portages, and battles with insects, animals and weather. 1996 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Armstrong, Karen Islam: A Short History Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices. 2000 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Avnery, Uri 1948 : a Soldier's Tale : the Bloody Road to Jerusalem Written from the trenches, this moving memoir of a young Israeli soldier is the first eyewitness account of the Israeli War of Independence, and is widely recognized as the outstanding book of that war - the Middle East's All Quiet on the Western Front. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Baigent, Michael Holy Blood, Holy Grail A revolutionary study explores the startling information uncovered in mysterious parchments unearthed in a small French church that reveal new insight into the mystery of the Holy Grail. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Bailyn, Bernard To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders Harvard professor Bailyn, who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, here has written an engaging, approachable portrait of our country's founders, including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. In a handful of essays, he explores the pull between idealism and pragmatism in political thought. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Brokaw, Tom The Greatest Generation Brokaw tells the stories of close to 50 famous and not so famous individuals who came of age between the Great Depression and World War II. His portraits of diverse individuals, such as Daniel Inouye (U.S. Senator) and Margaret Ray (one of the first female military pilots), bring to life a generation that he describes as united by common values and a common cause. 1998 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Bryson, Bill A Short History of Nearly Everything In this extremely broad yet accessible account, Bryson covers the history of life from the creation of the universe to the emergence of Homo sapiens. He also highlights the many eccentric personalities who have contributed to our knowledge of the universe. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Buchanan, Patrick J. Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War : How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen--Winston Churchill first among them--the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe's central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations.--From amazon.com. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Chang, Iris The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II An account of the 1937 massacre of 250,000 Chinese civilians in Nanking by the invading Japanese military, a carnage for which the Japanese government has never admitted responsibility. 1997 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?...Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture of Easter Island to the formerly flourishing Native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals or environment gives us. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies An intriguing study of the rise of civilization argues that human development is not based on race or ethnic differences but rather is linked to biological diversity, discussing the evolution of agriculture, technology, writing, political systems, and religious belief. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Ferguson, Niall Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power A well-known British historian examines the origins of the British Empire and its eventual collapse. He acknowledges the negative aspects of empire, but also argues that Britain played a positive role in the creation of the “modern world”. He contends that the U.S. in particular must learn from Britain's demise. Maps, photographs and illustrations enliven the text. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book provides a detailed and vivid study of the Roosevelts and the U.S. during World War II. 1994 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Kelly, John The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time One-third of the European population died in the plague of the mid-fourteenth century. Kelly recounts how the plague began and discusses the conditions of overpopulation, increased trade and environmental stresses that made Europe ripe for a disastrous outbreak. Reminiscences from doctors and monks who cared for the victims present a snapshot into daily life during the plague years. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Koppel, Lily The Red Leather Diary : Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal Rescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman. For more than half a century, the red leather diary lay silent, languishing inside a steamer trunk, its worn cover crumbling into little flakes. When a cleaning sweep of a New York City apartment building brings this lost treasure to light, both the diary and its owner are given a second life. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The 1893 Chicago World's Fair is the setting for this true story contrasting Daniel H. Burnahm, the designer and builder assigned the mammoth task of constructing all the structures for the fair and Herman Webster Mudgett, a serial killer who traps and kills women in his hotel located only blocks from the fair site. A well-researched and gripping tale. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Laskin, David The Children's Blizzard Tells the story of a monstrous blizzard on January 12, 1888, that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise, with warm temperatures in the morning and raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds in the afternoon. Temperatures plunged and by the next morning five hunderd people lay dead on the drifted prairie. Draws on family intervies, memoirs and contemporary accounts to tell the experiences of those on the prairie that day. 2004 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Lovoll, Odd Sverre Norwegians On the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town "Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll takes the premise one step further in Norwegians on the Prairie, tracing the development of three midwestern towns whose histories reveal a distinctively ethnic flavor." [Book Jacket] 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Macmillan, Margaret Olwen Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World At the end of World War I, world leaders assembled at the Paris Peace Conference in the hopes of creating an enduring peace. They re-drew national boundaries, created new countries including Iraq and Yugoslavia, and formed the League of Nations (precursor to the U.N.). Macmillan brings to life the personalities that participated in this pivotal event. 2002 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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