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“jack beatty”

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  • The Last Hurrah

    by Edwin O'Connor ...
    A corrupt mayor runs his final campaign in this "remarkably intelligent, informed, well-conceived, and highly readable" classic novel ( Chicago Tribune)."We're living in a sensitive age, Cuke, and I'm not altogether sure you're fully attuned to it." So says Irish-American politician Frank Skeffington—a cynical, corrupt 1950s mayor, and also an old-school gentleman who looks after the constituents ... Read more

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  • Mayor For A New America

    by Thomas M. Menino, Jack Beatty ...
    Boston's late, revered mayor explains the power behind the city's dramatic success — and its lessons for Washington power brokers.When Thomas Menino stepped down from office as one of the longest-serving major-city mayors in the nation's history, he was among the most popular politicians in modern memory. In Mayor for a New America, Menino gives a play-by-play look at how he managed to wield ... Read more

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  • The Lost History of 1914

    Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began

    by Jack Beatty ...
    In The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty offers a highly original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. "Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war," Beatty writes. "This one maps the multiple paths that led away from it."Chronicling largely forgotten events faced by each of the belligerent countries in the months before ... Read more

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  • Age of Betrayal

    by Jack Beatty ...
    Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American political culture that, in the words of Rutherford B. Hayes, transformed “a government of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Colossus

    How the Corporation Changed America

    Edited by Jack Beatty ...
    Big business has been the lever of big change over time in American life, change in economy, society, politics, and the envelope of existence--in work, mores, language, consciousness, and the pace and bite of time. Such is the pattern revealed by this historical mosaic.--From the PrefaceWeaving historical source material with his own incisive analysis, Jack Beatty traces the rise of the American ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!

    A World Without World War I

    by Richard Ned Lebow ...
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! presents an intellectually invigorating set of hypotheticals about the twentieth century--had we been smart enough to avoid World War I.The "Great War" claimed nearly 40 million lives and set the stage for World War II, the Holocaust, and the Cold War. More than one hundred years later, historians are beginning to recognize how unnecessary it was. In Archduke Franz ... Read more

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  • A Mad Catastrophe

    The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire

    by Geoffrey Wawro ...
    A masterful account of the Hapsburg Empire's bumbling entrance into World War I, and its rapid collapse on the Eastern FrontThe Austro-Hungarian army that attacked Russia and Serbia in August 1914 had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging obsolete weapons, the Habsburg troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Short History of Scotland

    Enriched edition. Exploring Scotland's Rich Cultural Heritage and Monarchic History

    by Andrew Lang, Beatrice Winthrop ...
    In "A Short History of Scotland," Andrew Lang presents a concise yet comprehensive narrative that encapsulates the rich tapestry of Scottish history from ancient times to the early 20th century. Employing a clear and engaging prose style, Lang juxtaposes vivid storytelling with meticulous historical analysis, making the text accessible to both scholars and general readers. Through thematic ... Read more

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  • The Hotel on Place Vendôme

    Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris

    by Tilar J. Mazzeo ...
    A captivating history of Paris's famous Hôtel Ritz, set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of WWII, from the New York Times –bestselling author.When France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the legendary Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme—an icon of Paris frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, playboys, and princes—was the only luxury hotel ... Read more

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  • Why the West Rules—for Now

    The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

    by Ian Morris ...
    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year"A remarkable book . . . an important book—one that challenges, stimulates and entertains. Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start right here."— The EconomistSometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of ... Read more

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  • The Waffen SS In The East: 1943-1945

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This is the illustrated history of the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front. The life and death of the Waffen SS can be traced in the surviving photographs, and the brooding saga of the decline from triumph into disaster is told through these powerful images which clearly document the reality of combat on the Russian Front. From 1943 to 1945 the Waffen SS in the East were engaged in a long and bloody ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A Peace to End All Peace

    The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

    by David Fromkin ...
    Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts—including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis, and the violent challenges posed by Iraq's competing sects—are rooted in the region's political ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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