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  • An Open Secret

    The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton

    In 1922 Robert Allerton—described by the Chicago Tribune as the "richest bachelor in Chicago"—met a twenty-two-year-old University of Illinois architecture student named John Gregg, who was twenty-six years his junior. Virtually inseparable from then on, they began publicly referring to one another as father and son within a couple years of meeting. In 1960, after nearly four decades together, and ... Read more

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  • Demolishing Detroit

    How Structural Racism Endures

    Innovative field work reveals how infrastructural systems—buildings, laws, algorithms, excavators, regulations, toxins—maintain white supremacy within the urban landscapeFor decades, Detroit residents, politicians, planners, and advocacy organizations have campaigned for the elimination of empty buildings from city neighborhoods. Leveling these structures, many argue, is essential to making space ... Read more

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  • Fatigue and Dysautonomia

    Chronic or Persistent, What's the Difference?

    What causes chronic and persistent fatigue in so many people? How is it best prevented and treated? What can patients and physicians do to better understand this common medical issue?Fatigue is an extremely common component of many physical and mental disorders, from anxiety and depression to heart disease and hypertension. Many patients even find themselves suffering from persistent fatigue with ... Read more

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  • Anxiety and Dysautonomia

    Do I Have POTS or Autonomic Dysfunction?

    What causes anxiety to be so prevalent in so many people? How is it best prevented and treated? What can patients and physicians do to better understand this common medical issue?Anxiety is a component of many physical and mental disorders, from depression to PTSD. Unfortunately, not many patients find relief in the associated therapies and medications, and simply adding more of the same often ... Read more

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  • The Trials of Madame Restell

    Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime

    The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century—and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rightsFor forty years in the mid-nineteenth century, “Madame Restell,” the nom de guerre of the most successful female physician in America, sold birth control medication, attended women during their pregnancies, delivered their children, and ... Read more

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  • Manage Like Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln is known for his story telling.According to his friends, Lincoln usually began all of his stories by saying, "That reminds me of a story…" And, once he started talking everyone would move in real close, so they could hear what "Old Abe" had to say.While Lincoln's stories, more often than not, made people laugh, they almost always had a point to them.The stories were Lincoln's way ... Read more

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  • Killing President Lincoln Murder at Ford's Theater

    Have you ever wanted to know more about history, but don't have time for the long version?This book brings you a short account of the Lincoln Assassination. In less than 60 minutes you will meet the key players, learn the pertinent facts of Booth's plot, and discover the fate of the individual conspirators.Lincoln's bodyguard that night was John Parker, an undistinguished Washington, D.C. ... Read more

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  • Abraham Lincoln: The Baltimore Plot

    February 11, 1861 was cloudy, and cool. A light rain was falling. President-elect Abraham Lincoln and his family boarded the train at the Great Western Depot in Springfield, Illinois. Their destination was Washington, DC, where Lincoln was to be inaugurated on March 4th. Along the way, the Presidential train stopped in numerous cities and towns to allow Lincoln to meet with the people who elected ... Read more

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  • Andrew Jackson: A Brief History of Old Hickory

    Andrew Jackson has the dubious honor of being the first President to have an assassination attempt made upon his life.Picture this: Sixty-three year old Andrew Jackson is walking across the Capitol Rotunda. Richard Lawrence, an unemployed house painter moves to the front of the crowd. He fires two pistol shots into the President.By luck, both pistols misfire. The aging Jackson charges the ... Read more

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  • Bad Ass Presidents: America's Military Leaders from Washington to Roosevelt

    Bad Ass Presidents follows the life of America's warrior Presidents. Forget Bush, forget Obama - They're a bunch of pussies compared to these guys. And, just so you know - we took out all of the boring crap, and left just what you need to know.George Washington rode fearlessly at the head of his troops. During the French and Indian wars he had two horses shot from under him, and four bullet holes ... Read more

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  • I Wish I Had Never Been Born: Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln

    It was a fine day for a battle. Hundreds of spectators from Washington took the day off to tag after the army. They came in buggies and on horseback, riding seven long hours in the hot Virginia sun. Mostly men, a few women, a host of politicians – among them Ohio Senator Ben Wade, New York Congressman Alfred Ely, and Illinois Congressman Elihu Washburne.English war correspondent William Howard ... Read more

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  • Jewel of the East

    British India, 1774. Lady Emily Augusta Fitzroy is a beautiful but melancholy young noblewoman, packed off to India by her father in order to marry Warren Hastings, the tyrannical Governor of Bengal. Even before reaching Calcutta, however, Lady Emily becomes a pawn in the political intrigues that swirl around the Governor. She is kidnapped by pirates, egged on by Hastings' chief rival. Imprisoned ... Read more

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