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Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis: America's Favorite 1950s Comedy Team
*Includes pictures.*Includes Martin and Lewis' quotes about their lives and careers.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.Like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin is an American legend for his longevity and success across a garden variety of different platforms....
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The Deadly Night of October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fires by witnesses and survivors*Includes bibliographies for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIt had taken about 40 years for Chicago to grow from a small settlement of about 300 people into a thriving metropolis with...
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Debacles at Bull Run: The Battles of First Manassas and Second Manassas
Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Includes maps of the battles. Analyzes the generalship of the battles' most important leaders, including Lee, Longstreet, McDowell, Pope, Stonewall Jackson, and more. Includes descriptions of the fighting from the post-battle reports...
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The Death of Royalty: The Lives and Executions of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are among France's most famous royalty, but for reasons they would have much rather avoided. Coming of age in the wake of the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and his father, Louis XV,...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
*Includes over 25 pictures of Booth, Lincoln, and other important people, places, and events.*Includes a Table of ContentsIn the 19th century, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle famously wrote, "The history of the world is but the biography of great men",...
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Decisive Moments in History: D-Day & Operation Overlord
*Includes over 25 pictures of important people, places, and events, including generals, maps, and each of the 5 landing beaches.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“The invasion of Europe was planned by a small group of driving,...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Attack on Pearl Harbor
*Includes over 20 pictures of important people, places, and events, including famous photos of Battleship Row, the USS Arizona and the USS Oklahoma.*Examines the history that led up to the attack, the origins of the Japanese plot, and the communications...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
"We never had any hope of saving his life." (A doctor in the emergency room) In the 19th century, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle famously wrote, "The history of the world is but the biography of great men," popularizing the...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Civil Rights Movement
*A comprehensive primer about the Civil Rights Movement that also serves as a useful quick reference with a Table of Contents*Includes pictures of the Civil Rights Movement's most important people, places, and events.*Explains the history of the Civil Rights Movement...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Space Race
*Includes over 30 pictures of important people, places, and events, including Sputnik, Apollo 11, the Moon, Mars, Viking 1, and more.*Includes a table of ContentsIn the 19th century, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle famously wrote, "The history of the world...
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Decisive Moments in History: The Reign of Terror
As one of the seminal social revolutions in human history, the French Revolution holds a unique legacy, especially in the West. The early years of the Revolution were fueled by Enlightenment ideals, seeking the social overthrow of the caste system...
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The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution: The History and Legacy of America's Most Important Documents
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAlthough the Declaration of Independence is now considered one of the most important political documents in history, the men that drafted it did not initially favor such a...
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Decisive Moments of World War II: The Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the Manhattan Project
*Comprehensively covers 4 key turning points in World War II.*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes an original introduction for each decisive moment.*Includes bibliographies for further reading.*Explains what went right and what went wrong for the combatants at Pearl...
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The Declaration of Independence: The History and Legacy of America's Founding Document
*Includes pictures *Explains the changes made to the initial drafts of the Declaration and the history of how it was voted on *Includes letters and accounts written by Founding Fathers like Adams and Jefferson *Profiles every signer *Includes a bibliography...
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Decolonization: The History and Legacy of the End of Western Imperialism in the 20th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“ [But] in the administration of Kenya His Majesty's Government regard themselves as exercising a trust on behalf of the African population, and they are...
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The Decline of the Soviet Union: The History of the Communist Empire in the Last 30 Years of Its Existence
Leonid Brezhnev became First Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union in late 1964 after a plot to oust Khrushchev. Little is remembered in the public imagination about Brezhnev in comparison to Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Lenin, or Joseph...
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Defeat at Shiloh: Albert Sidney Johnston & P.G.T. Beauregard
Weaves the lives of the 2 commanding generals into one entertaining and educational narrative. Includes maps and accounts of the fighting at Shiloh by several important generals. Includes an original introduction for each general. Includes Bibliographies of each general. Includes...
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Defeat at Gettysburg
*Weaves the lives and careers of the three generals into one entertaining and educational narrative. *Includes pictures of each general, and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Includes an original introduction for each general. *Includes a bibliography for...
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Defeating Napoleon: The Lives and Legacies of Admiral Horatio Nelson and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
*Weaves the lives of Nelson and Wellington together in one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes pictures of Nelson, Wellington, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes Bibliographies on each man for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.Over the course...
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The Defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I: The History of the Allied Victories that Led to the Collapse of the Turkish Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMost books and documentaries about the First World War focus on the carnage of the Western Front, where Germany faced off against France, the British Empire, and...
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The Democratic National Convention: The History of the Democratic Party's Presidential Candidates and Platforms
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the conventions and platforms *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents As the oldest political party in the United States, the Democratic Party has been one of the...
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The Diadochi: The History of Alexander the Great's Successors and the Wars that Divided His Empire
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The Diadochi: The History of Alexander the Great's Successors and the Wars that Divided His Empire
In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was on top of the world. Never a man to sit on his hands or rest upon his laurels, Alexander began planning his future campaigns, which may have included attempts to subdue the Arabian...
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The Desert Rats: The History and Legacy of the British Army's 7th Armoured Division during World War II
The fighting in North Africa during World War II is commonly overlooked, aside from the famous battle at El Alamein that pitted the British under General Bernard Montgomery against the legendary 'Desert Fox', Erwin Rommel. But while the Second Battle...
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The Boston Strangler: The History and Mystery of the Notorious Crime Spree
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary newspaper reports about the crimes *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “It wasn’t as dark and scary as it sounds. I had a lot of fun….killing people is...
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Delphi: The History of the Ancient Greek Sanctuary and Home to the World's Most Famous Oracle
The ancient Greeks used a number of forms of divination to determine the future and seek advice from the gods as to which actions they should take in any given situation. The most popular of these ways to consult the...
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A Dissolução do Império Otomano: A História e o Legado do Declínio dos Turco-Otomanos e a Criação do Oriente-Médio Moderno
A longa agonia do “doente da Europa”, uma expressão utilizada pelo Czar da Rússia para se referir ao império em decadência, poderia quase ofuscar das pessoas o seu incrível poder e história. Preservando sua herança mista, proveniente de sua posição...
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A estranha costa oeste: monstros, mistérios e loucos na orla do Pacífico
“Na costa leste, as pessoas tentam tornar a vida interessante. Na costa oeste, eles tentam torná-lo confortável. A ênfase aqui está nos carros de luxo, como se parece, menos na mente em si. ”- Al SeckelA costa oeste dos Estados...
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Discovering and Conquering the New World: The Lives and Legacies of Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro
The most seminal event of the last millennium might also be its most controversial. As schoolchildren have been taught for over 500 years, "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." In October of that year, the Italian Christopher Columbus immortalized...
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D.W. Griffith: The Life and Legacy of the Hollywood Director Who Made The Birth of a Nation
*Includes contemporary reviews of Griffith's movies *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a...
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