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The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918.

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressNumber of pages: 360Collection: History of CommunicationPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 39Cove...

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement ...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David WengrowNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 36Cover type: Paperback / sof...

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With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authorit...

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): David WengrowNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 196 x 236 x 57Cover type: Hardbac...

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If I let you in, / you can have a piece, / but the grove belongs to me.Into the Orange Grove: A Collection of Poetry is a fearless work that detail...

Reducere. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn epitomized the paradox of an intellectual élite who rejected orthodox religion and yet remained within the so...

The New Avengers is often forgotten or patronisingly treated by fans of the original 1960s cult television show, The Avengers. This short study of ...

The powerful, poignant true story of a group of child survivors of concentration camps, by the author of the bestselling THE HOLOCAUST. 'A masterpi...

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The first authoritative cradle-to-grave biography of a worldwide musical and cultural legend.Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressAuthor(...

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Reducere. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, R...