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Heinrich Himmler: The Sinister L...
Authors Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel, notable biographers of the World War II German leaders Joseph Goebbels and Herman Goring, delve into the life of one of the most sinister, clever, and s...
The Sundance Kid: The Life of Ha...
Uncovers new facts on the outlaws life and deathHe gained renown as the sidekick of Butch Cassidy, but the Sundance Kidwhose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaughled a fuller life than history or H...
People Who Shaped China, Book On...
When President Donald Trump visited Beijing, he showed a video of his granddaughter Arabella Kushner speaking Mandarin to the Chinese leader The twominute clip went viral on the internet, and Arabe...
Clipper Ship Captain: Daniel McL...
Glory of the Seas was the last clipper built by legendary shipbuilder Donald McKay This is a delightful look at ships in the Cape Horn trade in the 19th century and at the life of a master of a cra...
The Zanzibar Chest Hartley, Aidan
Hartley, an acclaimed frontline reporter who covered the atrocities of 1990s Africa, embarks on a journey to unlock the mysteries and secrets of his own familys 150yearcolonial legacy in Africa A b...
Yours to Command: The Life and L...
Captain Bill McDonald 18521918 is the most prominent of the Four Great Captains of Texas Ranger history His career straddled the changing scene from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries In 189...
They Die But Once: The Story Of ...
They Die But Once: The Story Of A Tejano is a book written by James B ONeil that tells the story of a Tejano, a person of Mexican descent who was born and raised in Texas The book chronicles the li...
The Real Wyatt Earp: A Documenta...
In the annals of the West, only Billy the Kid rivals Wyatt Earp as a household name and figure of history Yet who was Wyatt Earp? Some biographers, many relying on the memoirs of Earp himself, have...
Tales from Wide Ruins: Jean and ...
Mary Tate Engelss account of the lives of the Cousins is a valuable addition to the literature of Western Americana and an astute insight into the rich and complex Navajo cultureTony HillermanOnly ...
Sabinos Map: Life in Chimayos Ol...
Through historical photographs, information from documents preserved by the authors family, and oral histories from residents many in their 90s tells the story of New Mexicos oldest, intact Spanish...
Billy the Kid: His Life and Lege...
Was Billy the Kid the most romantic of Western desperadoes or a vicious killer? Ever since the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881, historians, storytellers, and filmmakers have been recounting and...
Athenais: The Life of Louis XIVs...
A lively biography of AthTnans de Montespan, the powerful mistress of Frances King Louis XIV, reveals the woman behind the throne of the Sun KIng, discussing her remarkable influence on the politic...
The Letters of Heloise and Abela...
The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in th...
The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferso...
As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise OBriens examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolu...
Galileos Daughter: A Historical ...
Presents a biography of the scientist through the surviving letters of his illegitimate daughter Maria Celeste, who wrote him from the Florence convent where she lived from the age of thirteen ISB...
A Visit With the Tomboy Bride: H...
Harriet Fish Backus provided us with fascinating glimpses into an era long gone in her classic book Tomboy Bride In A Visit With the Tomboy Bride the wellknown Colorado historian Duane Smith gives ...
William Henry Holmes and the Red...
William Henry Holmes is the first fulllength biography of postCivil War Americas most brilliant western artist Born in 1843, Holmes first came to national attention as a topographical illustrator f...
A Path Remembered: The Lives of ...
Gerhart Niemeyer, who taught government at the University of Notre Dame for several decades, was one of the foremost conservative political theorists of the twentieth century He was the author of s...
How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twe...
How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know?Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author...
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