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Chasing history : a kid in the newsroom.

Authors : Bernstein, Carl, 1944-, author

Subjects: Journalists -- United States -- Biography; BiographiesBernstein, Carl, 1944-

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Family history of fear : a memoir.

Authors : Tuszyska, Agata

Subjects: Jews -- Poland -- Biography; BiographiesWarsaw (Poland) -- Intellectual lifeTuszyska, Agata; Tuszyski family

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My brief history.

Authors : Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

Subjects: Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Cosmology; Black holes (Astronomy)Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

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Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy.

Authors : Ball, Edward, 1958-, author

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Racism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century; White supremacy movements -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th centuryNew Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- 19th century; New Orleans (La.) -- BiographyWhite League (La.) -- Biography; Ku Klux KLan -- Biography...

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The other Madisons : the lost history of a president's Black family.

Authors : Kearse, Bettye

Subjects: African American families -- History; Racially mixed people; Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- HistoryMadison, James, 1751-1836 -- Family; Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Relations with African Americans; Madison family

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The naturalist : Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration, and the triumph of American natural history.

Authors : Lunde, Darrin P.

Subjects: Nature conservation; Natural history museums; Naturalists -- BiographyRoosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Life in code : a personal history of technology.

Authors : Ullman, Ellen

Subjects: Computer programmers -- Biography; Computer programming -- History; Internet -- HistoryUllman, Ellen

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The butler : a witness to history.

Authors : Haygood, Wil

Subjects: Butlers -- Biography; African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Race relations -- Political aspectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.) -- Employees -- Biography...

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1974 : a personal history.

Authors : Prose, Francine, 1947-, author

Subjects: Women authors, American -- Biography; Nineteen seventy-four, A.D.; AutobiographiesUnited States -- History -- 1969-Prose, Francine, 1947-; Prose, Francine, 1947- -- Friends and associates; Russo, Anthony J.

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Candida Royalle and the sexual revolution : a history from below.

Authors : Kamensky, Jane, author

Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography; Erotic films -- Production and direction -- United StatesFemme ProductionsRoyalle, Candida

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Joan of Arc : a history.

Authors : Castor, Helen

Subjects: Women soldiers -- France -- Biography; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453; Christian women saints -- France -- BiographyFrance -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431

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H. H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil.

Authors : Selzer, Adam, author

Subjects: Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago; Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; BiographiesChicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th centuryMudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896

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Judas : the most hated name in history.

Authors : Stanford, Peter, 1961-

Subjects: BiographiesJudas Iscariot

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Obama : an oral history, 2009-2017.

Authors : Abrams, Brian (Journalist)

Subjects: Presidents -- Biography; BiographiesUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017Obama, Barack

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The gambler : how penniless dropout Kirk Kerkorian became the greatest deal maker in capitalist history.

Authors : Rempel, William C, author

Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- Biography; Billionaires -- Biography; BiographiesKerkorian, Kirk, 1917-2015

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Obama : the call of history.

Authors : Baker, Peter, 1967-, author

Subjects: Presidents -- Biography; BiographiesUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2009-Obama, Barack

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We were illegal : uncovering a Texas family's mythmaking and migration.

Authors : Goudeau, Jessica, author

Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History; BiographiesTexas -- Biography; Texas -- History; Texas -- Race relations -- HistoryGoudeau, Jessica -- Family; Reese family

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Burn book : a tech love story.

Authors : Swisher, Kara, author

Subjects: High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History; Entrepreneurship -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Technological innovations -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- HistorySwisher, Kara

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Say Anarcha : a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health.

Authors : Hallman, J. C., author

Subjects: Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Gynecologists -- United States -- Biography; Fistula, Vesicovaginal -- TreatmentSims, J. Marion 1813-1883; Jackson, Anarcha, approximately 1821-1869

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Diamonds and deadlines : a tale of greed, deceit, and a female tycoon in the gilded age.

Authors : Prioleau, Betsy, 1942-, author

Subjects: Scandals -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women publishers -- United States -- Biography; Billionaires -- United States -- BiographyUnited States -- History -- 1865-1921Leslie, Frank, Mrs., 1836-1914

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Women in the Valley of the Kings : the untold story of women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age.

Authors : Sheppard, Kathleen, 1979-, author

Subjects: Women Egyptologists -- Biography; Egyptologists -- Biography; Egyptology -- HistoryEgypt -- Antiquities

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Throne of grace : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West.

Authors : Drury, Bob, author; Clavin, Tom, 1954-, author

Subjects: Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Fur trade -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Overland journeys to the PacificWest (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Night flyer : Harriet Tubman and the faith dreams of a free people.

Authors : Miles, Tiya, 1970-, author

Subjects: Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography; African American women -- Biography; African Americans -- BiographyTubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Muse of fire : World War I as seen through the lives of the soldier poets.

Authors : Korda, Michael, 1933-, author

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Literature and the war -- Biography; Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography; War poetry, English -- History and criticismSeeger, Alan, 1888-1916; Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918; Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook.

Authors : Sides, Hampton, author

Subjects: Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century; Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century; Travel writingPacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- BritishCook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel; Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial

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The pursuit of happiness : how classical writers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined America.

Authors : Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964-, author

Subjects: Founding Fathers of the United States -- Books and reading -- Biography; Founding Fathers of the United States -- History -- Biography; Happiness -- PhilosophyUnited States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy; United States -- Politics and government -- History; United States -- History

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Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and black freedom during the Civil War.

Authors : Fields-Black, Edda L., author

Subjects: Combahee River Raid, 1863; Freed persons -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century; Raids (Military science) -- History -- 19th centurySouth Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, FemaleUnited States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)...

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The big policeman : the rise and fall of America's first, most ruthless, and greatest detective.

Authors : Conway, J. North (Jack North)

Subjects: Detectives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Criminal investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- HistoryNew York (N.Y.). Police Department -- HistoryByrnes, Thomas, 1842-1910

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Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy.

Authors : Macintyre, Ben, 1963-, author

Subjects: Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography; Espionage, Soviet -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centurySoviet Union. Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenieWerner, Ruth, 1907-2000

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Revolver : Sam Colt and the six-shooter that changed America.

Authors : Rasenberger, Jim

Subjects: Colt revolver -- History; Gunsmiths -- Biography; Inventors -- BiographyHartford (Conn.) -- History; West (U.S.)Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co -- History...

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Alabama v. King : Martin Luther King Jr. and the criminal trial that launched the Civil Rights Movement.

Authors : Abrams, Dan, 1966-, author; Gray, Fred D., 1930-, author; ...

Subjects: Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Trials -- BiographyUnited States -- Race relationsGray, Fred D., 1930- -- Biography; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc

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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice.

Authors : Samuels, Robert, 1984-, author; Olorunnipa, Toluse, 1986-, author

Subjects: African American men -- Biography; Murder victims -- United States -- Biography; Police brutality -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st centuryFloyd, George, 1973-2020

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Diplomats at war : friendship and betrayal on the brink of the Vietnam Conflict.

Authors : Trueheart, Charles, 1951-, author

Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States; Diplomatic and consular service -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Diplomats -- United States -- BiographyUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam; Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963United States. Foreign Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography...

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When the clock broke : con men, conspiracists, and how America cracked up in the early 1990s.

Authors : Ganz, John, 1985-, author

Subjects: Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States; Populism -- United StatesUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001

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Origin story : the trials of Charles Darwin.

Authors : Markel, Howard, author

Subjects: Evolution (Biology) -- History -- 19th century; BiographiesDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Health

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The light of battle : Eisenhower, D-Day, and the birth of the American superpower.

Authors : Paradis, Michel (Lawyer), author

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; Generals -- United States -- BiographyUnited States. Army -- Officers -- BiographyEisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 -- Military leadership

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My brother, my land : a story from Palestine.

Authors : Hermez, Sami, 1977-, author; Sawalha, Sireen, 1966-, author

Subjects: Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank -- Biography; Arab-Israeli conflict -- Occupied territories -- History; Personal narrativesSawalha, Sireen, 1966- -- Family

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Not your China doll : the wild and shimmering life of Anna May Wong.

Authors : Salisbury, Katie Gee, author

Subjects: Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography; Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; BiographiesWong, Anna May, 1905-1961

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American woman : the transformation of the modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden.

Authors : Rogers, Katie (Journalist), author

Subjects: Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- History; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Conduct of lifeBiden, Jill; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Bush, Laura Welch, 1946-

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Life after power : seven presidents and their search for purpose beyond the White House.

Authors : Cohen, Jared, 1981-, author

Subjects: Ex-presidents -- United States -- History -- Case studies; Ex-presidents -- United States -- Biography; Biographies

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Mistress of life and death : the dark journey of Maria Mandl, head overseer of the womens camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Authors : Eischeid, Susan J., author

Subjects: Women Nazis -- Germany -- Biography; Women -- Germany -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century -- Biography; Genocide -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryGermany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; Germany -- History -- 1933-1945Mandl, Maria

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Beyond : the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space.

Authors : Walker, Stephen, 1961-, author

Subjects: Astronauts -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History; Manned space flight -- HistoryGagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968

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The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I.

Authors : Brunt, Douglas, author

Subjects: Inventors -- Germany -- 20th century -- Biography; Missing persons -- Case studies; Diesel motor -- HistoryDiesel, Rudolf, 1858-1913

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King : a life.

Authors : Eig, Jonathan, author

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- BiographyUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Ride the devil's herd : Wyatt Earp's epic battle against the West's biggest outlaw gang.

Authors : Boessenecker, John, 1953-, author

Subjects: Peace officers -- Southwest, New -- Biography; Law enforcement -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century; Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryCochise County (Ariz.) -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryEarp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

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Freedom's detective : the Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the man who masterminded America's first war on terror.

Authors : Lane, Charles, 1961-

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); BiographiesUnited States. Secret Service -- Biography; United States. Secret Service -- History -- 19th century; Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- HistoryWhitley, Hiram C.

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The portable Frederick Douglass.

Authors : Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author; Stauffer, John, 1965-, editor; ...

Subjects: African American abolitionists -- Biography; Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryUnited StatesDouglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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All that glitters : a story of friendship, fraud, and fine art.

Authors : Whitfield, Orlando, author

Subjects: Art dealers -- History -- 21st century; Art and society -- History -- 21st century; Art -- Economic aspects -- History -- 21st centuryPhilbrick, Inigo; Whitfield, Orlando

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A passionate mind in relentless pursuit : the vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.

Authors : Rooks, Noliwe, 1963-, author

Subjects: African American women political activists -- Biography; African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century; African American women social reformers -- BiographyBethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates

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A gentleman and a thief : the daring jewel heists of a Jazz Age rogue.

Authors : Jobb, Dean, 1958-, author

Subjects: Jewel thieves -- United States -- Biography; Jewelry theft -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Escapes -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBarry, Arthur

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