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Meyer Lansky: The Infamous Life and Legacy of the Mob's Accountant
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Don't worry, don't worry. Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts, all those big society people. They were the worst thieves - and now look at them....
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México y las guerras mundiales: la historia de los esfuerzos de Alemania para involucrar a México en la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial
La Primera Guerra Mundial, también conocida en su tiempo como la "Gran Guerra" o la "Guerra para poner fin a todas las guerras", fue un holocausto sin precedentes en términos de su magnitud. Luchado por hombres que provenían de todos...
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Michael Faraday: The Life and Legacy of the Influential 19th Century Scientist Who Pioneered Electromagnetism
*Includes pictures*Includes Faraday's own quotes about his work*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.” – Michael Faraday"Without such freedom...
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Milwaukee: The History of the Fur Trade Outpost that Became the Beer Capital of the World
The area that became known as the Old Northwest caught the eye of European settlers as far back as the 17th century, when the French explorers Marquette and Jolliet found that waterways in the area connected the Mississippi River to...
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Miletus: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Greek City in Anatolia
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of Miletus*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMiletus was an ancient city located on the west coast of present-day Turkey. It was the main city in the land of Ionia, a territory that stretched...
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Mining Towns in the Wild West: The History of the Construction and Abandonment of the Frontier's Most Famous Sites
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration, was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America by the United States. It set in motion the great...
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Mining for Michigan: The History of Mining along the Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula
Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as the automobile industry is to the Lower. Centuries before the first white man set foot in the New World, local natives used rocks to pound copper free from...
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Mistérios do Sul: Fantasmas, lendas e fenômenos inexplicáveis em Dixie
O sul da América deu origem a muitas das grandes histórias e lendas do país. Desde os primeiros tempos coloniais, tem sido um lugar de mistério, repleto de colônias desaparecidas e aparições estranhas na floresta, mas a longa e orgulhosa...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Life and Legacy of Japan's Most Legendary Samurai
“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.” (Miyamoto Musashi) Samurai Sasaki Kojiro was growing increasingly impatient as he waited on the...
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Misteriosa Inglaterra: Monstruos, Misterios y Magia en la Nación Inglesa
“Los amuletos anglosajones… son de suma importancia porque proporcionan más que vagas referencias de textos cortos y excepcionales. No puede decirse que lo revelan todo, pues en numerosos puntos lamentablemente nos fallan, pero son lo suficientemente numerosos y, tomados como...
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Modern Balloons and Airships: The History and Legacy of Dirigibles during the 20th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Wright Brothers initially underestimated the difficulties involved in flying, and they were apparently surprised by the fact that so many others were working on solving the “problem of human flight” already. Decades before...
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Modern Ireland: The History of the Emerald Isle from the Middle Ages to Today
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts“What have you done for Ireland? How have you answered the Call? Are you pleased with the part you’re playing in the job that demands us all? Have you changed the tweed for the khaki to serve...
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Modern Democracy: The History and Legacy of the World's Democratic Institutions Since the American Revolution
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIn today’s modern world every political regime, even the most authoritarian or repressive, describes itself as democracy or a Democratic People’s Republic. The concept of rule by the people, on behalf of the people,...
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Modern Zimbabwe: The History of Zimbabwe from the Colonial Era to Today
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic...
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Modern Sicily: The History and Legacy of the Mediterranean Island Since the Middle Ages
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIt is hard to find an island on the map more central than Sicily. Located at the crossroads between Europe and Africa, and between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, Sicily has rarely been governed...
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Mohenjo-daro: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization
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Mohenjo-daro: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “…the ever present menace of inundation.” - Sir John Marshall, 1931 What is a city? A simple definition is a “largely constructed landscape,” and through inferences and comparisons with...
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Montezuma and the Aztecs: The Life and Death of an Empire and Its Emperor
*Includes pictures of Aztec art, ruins, and more. *Includes art depicting Montezuma and important people, places, and event in his life. *Describes daily life for the Aztecs, including the legendary city of Tenochtitlan and their infamous human sacrifice rituals. *Includes...
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Monet & Renoir: The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Impressionist Artists
To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet enjoys within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for...
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Monticello: The History of Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estate
"[A]nd our own dear Monticello, where has Nature spread so rich a mantle under the eye? Mountains, forests, rocks, rivers. With what majesty do we there ride above the storms! How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature,...
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Motor City: The History of the Fur Trade Outpost that Became Detroit
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Few cities epitomize the best and worst of the United States like Detroit, which started as a remote trading post and grew into an industrious town before...
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Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Life and Legacy of the Last Black Man to Play Major League Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingGiven his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th...
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Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks that Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Clear water where evergreens, azaleas cool ceremoniously...a kele lost among cedars, its roof open to eagles, door unhinged...silver leaves like a congregation of spiders...” When one hears these enchanting...
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Mount Rushmore: The History and Legacy of America's Most Unique Monument
"America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller than these." (Simon Hoggart) In the 1920s plans...
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Mount Athos: The History of the Greek Mountain and the Center of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism
“Clear water where evergreens, azaleas cool ceremoniously...a kele lost among cedars, its roof open to eagles, door unhinged...silver leaves like a congregation of spiders....” When one hears these enchanting descriptions, from poet David Posner's 1964 composition “Mount Athos”, it is...
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Mount Vernon and Monticello: The History of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estates
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Mount Vernon and Monticello: The History of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estates
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the estates' histories and construction made by Washington and Jefferson *Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents For about as long as George Washington has been famous, so has...
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Mozart and Beethoven: The Lives and Legacies of History's Most Famous Composers
This audiobook analyzes the themes and progression of the composers' most famous works, comparing and contrasting them to each other and other composers' great works. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), baptized Johannes Chrysostom Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, is widely considered to be...
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Mount Vernon: The History of George Washington's Famous Plantation
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Mount Vernon and its construction written by George Washington *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I can truly say I had rather be at Mount Vernon with...
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Museo del Hermitage: La historia y legado del famoso ícono ruso del arte y la cultura
“Si esperamos el momento en que todo, absolutamente todo esté listo, nunca comenzaremos”. – Iván Turguénev, novelista ruso del siglo XIXMuchos creyeron que el “Zarato de todas las Rusias”, que tuvo su origen con el muy apropiadamente llamado Iván el...
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Mutiny: The History and Legacy of the Mutinies aboard the HMS Wager, the HMS Bounty, the Amistad, and the Battleship Potemkin
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the mutinies *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Mention the 18th century Royal Navy and visions come to mind of swashbuckling sailors swinging from rope to rope while a red-faced captain...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey: The History of the Ottoman Empire's Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading “In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of...
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