Jackie & Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line, Hardcover - William C. Kashatus

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On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Cape Cod. Mary Jo Kopec...

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Reducere. The first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad.William Still: The Underground Rail...

"Baseball's Lost Tradition is a very interesting concept. I was unaware of the differences between the AL and NL expansion drafts of '61 and ' 62; ...

Violet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades o...

Colorful, shaggy, and unkempt, misfits and outlaws, the 1993 Phillies played hard and partied hard. Led by Darren Daulton, John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra...

Being a Phillies fan has never been easy. The team has amassed the most losses of any professional sports franchise in history, as well as the long...

Reducere. In October 1954, the Philadelphia Athletics relocated to Kansas City, putting an end to more than a half-century of American League baseball in the...

Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593), is the biography of William Ashby, Elizabethan spy and diplomat who was am...

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Reducere. At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II's Battle of the Bulge--the story of five crucial days in whi...

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The definitive book about America's perpetual wars and how to end them from bestselling author, military expert, and award-winning journalist Willi...

A 2014 CASEY Award finalist for the best baseball book of the year. "For baseball fans of a certain age, it's the ugliest thing they've ever seen i...

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Reducere. The Color of Our Shadows is a beautifully written and illustrated children's book that celebrates individuality and diversity.It is a fun, interact...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Lawrence R. (McKnight Presidential Chair in Public Affairs, the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair f...

Reducere. The machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland crime of the century."" Or...

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Reducere. On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and ...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marques The WriterPimp C: The Untold Story of Chad Butler takes readers inside the life of the late Hip-Hop Icon who was 1/...

In his day, Jack Johnson - born in Texas, the son of former slaves - was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American Wor...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Douglas C. DildyNumber of pages: 96Collection: Air CampaignPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 185 x 2...

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Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser have joined together to tell the remarkable story of the noble cow in Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, a...

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.

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Since the 1948 Dixiecrat revolt from the national Democratic Party, rural white southerners have experienced a painstakingly slow transformational ...

Reducere. A ground-breaking counter-history of Penguin Books - both amusing and and with a strong new Australian aspect. How did the three Lane brothers ente...

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Comics legend Walter Simonson's epic tale of divine intrigue in the twilight of the Norse gods continues In the end, the gods gathered together and...

This book tells the true story of Himmler's plan to use prominent WWII concentration camp prisoners as hostages in an attempt to engage the Western...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Ian CampbellIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 336Publication date:...

Reducere. The fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth's secret outreach to the Muslim world, which set England on the path to empire, by The New York Times best...