Reducere. Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facili...
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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fernando PicoOne of Puerto Rico's leading historians, Fernando Pichas had tremendous influence over our currect understandi...
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Reducere. In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era from ancient times through the Renaissance when what we now consider common condime...
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Reducere. Unsurpassed for nearly half a century, and now with a new introduction and appendix by William P. Brown, John Bright's A History of Israel will con...
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Reducere. Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley....
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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Milton MeltzerSlavery is not and has never been a "peculiar institution, " but one that is deeply rooted in the history and...
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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Laurent DuBoisA New York Times Notable Book of the Year Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a b...
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Reducere. Roanoke, in the heart of southwestern Virginia, is one of the most haunted cities in the commonwealth. The Star City is brimming with eerie and une...
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Reducere. The Motor City. The City on the Strait. The Arsenal of Democracy. Detroit is the city that put the world on wheels. Once the fourth largest in the ...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe Historia Brittonum, or the History of the Britons, is a historical work that was first written sometime shortly after AD 833, and ex...
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Reducere. Miami Beach has been "America's Playground" for a century. Still one of the world's most popular resorts, its 1930s Art Deco architecture placed th...
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Reducere. On May 31, 1935, a storm system surged along the Republican River, bursting its banks in a matter of minutes with a roar that could be heard miles ...
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Reducere. DescriptionNorthern Kentucky has a unique location as the gateway between the North and the South. Many of its historic businesses, religious struc...
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Reducere. DescriptionJoan Joyce will always be known as the unbeatable pitcher for the Raybestos Brakettes and the Connecticut Falcons, whose numerous career...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe nineteenth century was the golden age of the circus in Ohio. Before the Ringling brothers became synonymous with the American circus...
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Reducere. Extreme wealth could buy a mansion in Millionaires' Row but not immunity from unsavory business dealings or shameful behavior. May Hanna gave her m...
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Reducere. Ghostly travelers are said to wander the lonely roads of western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes...
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Reducere. Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City's history and discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime archivist for ...
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Reducere. Martha's Vineyard became an integral part of the whaling industry at the beginning of the eighteenth century and inspired a lasting romantic enthus...
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Reducere. Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history ...
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Reducere. From a prehistoric locale like the Big Falls of the Cuyahoga River to the cavernous 1970s majesty of the Coliseum, explore the places that have mel...
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Reducere. DescriptionMichigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula plays host to some of the state's most spine-tingling ghost stories. At Old Victoria, a ghostly app...
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Reducere. Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional ...
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Reducere. DescriptionLake Tahoe's natural splendor conceals its haunted history. Locals say the ghosts of the Donner Party haunt their doomed campsite in the...
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Reducere. Asheville, known for its architectural diversity and intriguing Art Deco style, has been fortunate in attracting brilliant architects who, with ima...
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Reducere. DescriptionFrom the shores of Gig Harbor to the slopes of Mount Rainier, the towns surrounding Puget Sound all have incredible stories to share. Ho...
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Reducere. At the end of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Armory opened in Springfield, spurring rapid growth. With that golden age of progress came iconic bu...
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Reducere. DescriptionTalented entrepreneur Carl Laemmle led and won the fight against Thomas Edison's filming monopoly and built Universal City out of the di...
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Reducere. In the city that invented the diner, so many amazing restaurants remain only in memories. The Silver Top had fresh coffee every twenty minutes, and...
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Reducere. Pittsburgh is synonymous with winning. From the Penguins and Steelers to the Pirates and Panthers, the Steel City knows championships. The Negro Le...
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Reducere. DescriptionThe Buckeye State produced its share of wicked women. Tenacious madam Clara Palmer contended with constant police raids during the 1880s...
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Reducere. In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasi...
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Reducere. DescriptionPlano's old homes and businesses are rife with haunted history. Explore eerie urban legends like the Goat Man, the Clown Threat, and Ran...
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Reducere. Some of the oldest, most notorious saloons in the American West lined the streets of Prescott's Whiskey Row. Dating back to 1864, the remote mounta...
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Reducere. At various points in history, Kentucky's politics and government have been rocked by scandal, and each episode defined the era in which it happened...
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