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  After the Civil War - The Heroes...

  James I. Robertson

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  Returning to the turbulent days of a nation divided, bestselling author and acclaimed historian James Robertson explores seventy fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond. 
  Relentless politicians, intrepid fighters, cunning innovators—the times called for bold moves, and this resilient generation would not disappoint. From William Tecumseh Sherman, a fierce leader who would revolutionize modern warfare, to Thomas Nast, whose undefeatable weapon was his stirring cartoons, these are the people who weathered the turmoil to see a nation reborn. 
  Following these extraordinary legends from the battle lines to the White House, from budding metropolises to the wooly west, we rediscover the foundation of this great country.

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  A Rare Recording of Titanic...

  Frank Prentice

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  RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of an ocean liner or cruise ship. Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the Titanic, offers his account of how he survived the sinking of the ship.

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  Hitler and His Inner Circle -...

  Paul Roland

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  How could a devout Catholic such as Franz Stangl live a normal family life after sending thousands of innocent men, women and children to the gas chambers? How did educated and cultured men such as Albert Speer and Reinhard Heydrich justify the brutal liquidation of the ghettos and the slave labour programme which saw so many starved, beaten and worked to death? 
   
  Hitler and His Inner Circle presents a series of fascinating psychological profiles of Hitler and his leading henchmen, along with their most devoted disciples, in an attempt to discover what fatal character flaws made them commit their terrible crimes against humanity. The Nazis kept extensive files on practically everybody in the Third Reich. Here, author Paul Roland turns the tables with this intriguing exposé.

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  Dioses Y Mitos De Los Egipcios

  Onofre Quezada

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  Dioses y Mitos de los Egipcios es un fascinante recorrido por el vasto y enigmático mundo de la mitología del antiguo Egipto. Desde los poderosos dioses creadores como Ra y Atum, hasta las deidades del inframundo como Osiris y Anubis, este libro desentraña los relatos que dieron forma a una de las civilizaciones más influyentes de la historia. 
  A través de relatos cautivadores, descubrirás el significado de los mitos egipcios, su impacto en la cultura y la religión, y cómo estas creencias influenciaron la vida cotidiana de los faraones y el pueblo egipcio. Con ilustraciones y descripciones detalladas, esta obra te transportará a un mundo donde la magia, la eternidad y el destino se entrelazan en historias llenas de misterio y sabiduría ancestral. 
  Si eres un apasionado de la historia, la mitología o simplemente sientes curiosidad por los secretos de los dioses egipcios, este libro será una lectura imprescindible.

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  Black Women Writers at Work

  Claudia Tate

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  Long out of print, Black Women Writers at Work is a vital contribution to Black literature in the twentieth century. 
   
   
   
  Through candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux, Nikki Giovanni, Kristin Hunter, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Margret Walker, and Sherley Anne Williams, the book highlights the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after. 
   
   
   
  Responding to questions about why and for whom they write, and how they perceive their responsibility to their work, to others, and to society, the featured playwrights, poets, novelists, and essayists provide a window into the connections between their lives and their art. 
   
   
   
  Finally available for a new generation, this classic work has an urgent message for readers and writers today.

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  Twelve Days - How the Union...

  Tony Silber

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  In the popular literature of the Civil War, the days immediately after the surrender at Fort Sumter are overshadowed by the battles and changes in American life. 
   
   
   
  Tony Silber's account starts on April 14, 1861, with President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand militia troops. Washington, a Southern slaveholding city, was the focal point. The capital was barely defended, by about two thousand local militia troops of dubious training and loyalty. In Charleston, the Confederates had an organized army that was larger and ready to fight. 
   
   
   
  Maryland's eastern sections were reeling in insurrection, and within days Virginia would secede. For half of the twelve days after Fort Sumter, Washington was severed from the North. The United States had a tiny standing army. The federal government's only defense would be state militias. 
   
   
   
  A Confederate success in capturing Washington would have changed the course of the Civil War. Instead, Lincoln emerged as the master of his cabinet, a communications genius, and a strategic giant. Twelve Days alternates between the four main scenes: Washington, insurrectionist Maryland, the advance of Northern troops, and the Confederate planning and military movements.

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