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Beatleness

How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World

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A must-have for Beatles fans looking for new insight . . . Leonard uncovers fresh ideas [that] . . . six decades of Beatles literature passed over." -The SpectrumPart generational memoir and part cultural history of the sixties, Beatleness is the first book to tell the story of the Beatles and their impact on America from the fans’ perspective. When the Beatles arrived in the United States on ... Read more

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A must-have for Beatles fans looking for new insight . . . Leonard uncovers fresh ideas [that] . . . six decades of Beatles literature passed over." -The SpectrumPart generational memoir and part cultural history of the sixties, Beatleness is the first book to tell the story of the Beatles and their impact on America from the fans’ perspective. When the Beatles arrived in the United States on
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Wuhan Diary

Dispatches from a Quarantined City

by Fang Fang ...

From one of China's most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-nineteen outbreak.On January twenty-five, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, her nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of ... Read more

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From one of China's most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-nineteen outbreak.On January twenty-five, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, her nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of
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Nurses of Passchendaele

Caring for the Wounded of the Ypres Campaigns 1914–1918

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The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatized and damaged men.Drawing on letters, diaries ... Read more

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The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatized and damaged men.Drawing on letters, diaries
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The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block

by Daniel J. Wakin ...

They stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Greek columns stand as sentries by their entrances and stone medallions bedeck their chests. They are seven graceful relics of Beaux Arts New York, townhouses built more than 100 years ago for a new class of industrialists, actors and scientists -- many from abroad -- who ... Read more

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They stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Greek columns stand as sentries by their entrances and stone medallions bedeck their chests. They are seven graceful relics of Beaux Arts New York, townhouses built more than 100 years ago for a new class of industrialists, actors and scientists -- many from abroad -- who
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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun

Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms

by Charles Hudson ...

The 20th anniversary edition of the study that first revealed De Soto's path across the 16th century American South includes a forward by Robbie EthridgeBetween 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of ... Read more

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The 20th anniversary edition of the study that first revealed De Soto's path across the 16th century American South includes a forward by Robbie EthridgeBetween 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of
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Inventology

How We Dream Up Things That Change the World

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Find out where great ideas come from in this "delightful account of how inventors do what they do" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die.By studying inventions like these—the sippy ... Read more

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Find out where great ideas come from in this "delightful account of how inventors do what they do" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die.By studying inventions like these—the sippy
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Eyewitness on the Somme 1916

by Matthew Richardson, Gary Sheffield ...

What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, offers us a direct ... Read more

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What was the soldiers experience of the Battle of the Somme? How did the men who were there record their part in the fighting or remember it afterwards? How can we, 100 years later, gain an insight into one of the most famous and contentious - episodes of the Great War? Matthew Richardsons graphic account, which is based on the vivid personal testimony of those who took part, offers us a direct
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The Fall of the Ottomans

The Great War in the Middle East

by Eugene Rogan ...

**An International Bestseller * An Economist Best Book of the YearThe thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East.“A page-turner as well as an accurate and comprehensive history of the Ottoman struggle for survival…. Remarkable.” —Wall Street Journal**By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of ... Read more

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**An International Bestseller * An Economist Best Book of the YearThe thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East.“A page-turner as well as an accurate and comprehensive history of the Ottoman struggle for survival…. Remarkable.” —Wall Street Journal**By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of
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Scotland's Hidden Harlots & Heroines

Women's Role in Scottish Society from 1690–1969

by Annie Harrower-Gray ...

Rediscover Scottish history through the eyes of its most unique and outspoken women in this volume of entertaining tales from the eighteenth century to the twentieth.Annie Harrower-Gray introduces readers to three centuries of rebellious, innovative, and downright scandalous Scottish women. The whole of society appears, from ordinary laborers, prostitutes and factory hands to their more celebrated ... Read more

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Rediscover Scottish history through the eyes of its most unique and outspoken women in this volume of entertaining tales from the eighteenth century to the twentieth.Annie Harrower-Gray introduces readers to three centuries of rebellious, innovative, and downright scandalous Scottish women. The whole of society appears, from ordinary laborers, prostitutes and factory hands to their more celebrated
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Route 66 Still Kicks

Driving America's Main Street

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“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.”With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter ... Read more

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“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.”With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter
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Some Desperate Glory

The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917

by Edwin Campion Vaughan ...

"An officer's diary hidden away for 40 years reveals the horrors of World War One in harrowing detail." —The SunSome Desperate Glory charts the progress of an enthusiastic and patriotic young officer who marched into battle with Palgrave's Golden Treasury—a collection of English poems—in his pack. Intensely honest and revealing, his diary evokes the day-to-day minutiae of trench warfare: its ... Read more

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"An officer's diary hidden away for 40 years reveals the horrors of World War One in harrowing detail." —The SunSome Desperate Glory charts the progress of an enthusiastic and patriotic young officer who marched into battle with Palgrave's Golden Treasury—a collection of English poems—in his pack. Intensely honest and revealing, his diary evokes the day-to-day minutiae of trench warfare: its
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Yours in Truth

A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

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An intimate profile of the legendary Washington Post editor whose life and career encompassed Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the Kennedys—as portrayed by Tom Hanks in the Steven Spielberg film The Post“A fairly complete and rare portrait of this last of the lion-king newspaper editors.”—The New York Times Book ReviewBen Bradlee was a fixture on the American scene for nearly half a century—a ... Read more

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An intimate profile of the legendary Washington Post editor whose life and career encompassed Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the Kennedys—as portrayed by Tom Hanks in the Steven Spielberg film The Post“A fairly complete and rare portrait of this last of the lion-king newspaper editors.”—The New York Times Book ReviewBen Bradlee was a fixture on the American scene for nearly half a century—a
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