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The swans of Harlem : five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history.

Subjects: African American ballerinas -- Biography; Ballet -- United States -- History; BiographiesDance Theatre of Harlem -- HistoryAbarca, Lydia; McKinney, Gayle; Rohan, Sheila

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The riddles of the sphinx : inheriting the feminist history of the crossword puzzle.

Subjects: Crossword puzzles -- History; Crossword puzzle makers -- United States -- Biography; Women -- United States -- BiographyShechtman, Anna

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An unfinished love story : a personal history of the 1960s.

Subjects: Nineteen sixties; Speechwriters -- United States -- Biography; AutobiographiesUnited States -- History -- 1961-1969; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963; United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969Goodwin, Doris Kearns; Goodwin, Richard N.

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

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

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.

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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The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade.

Subjects: Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Biography; African Americans -- Alabama -- Biography; Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- History -- 19th centuryMobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century; Africatown (Ala.) -- BiographyClotilda (Ship)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Origin story : the trials of Charles Darwin.

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.

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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Power and glory : Elizabeth II and the rebirth of royalty.

Subjects: Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History; Families -- Great Britain -- History; Monarchy -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Kings and rulers -- HistoryElizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Windsor, House of

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My brother, my land : a story from Palestine.

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

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Unbecoming a lady : the forgotten sluts and shrews that shaped America.

Subjects: Women -- United States -- Biography; Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Women -- Social conditions -- 20th century

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

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.

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.

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

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When women ran Fifth Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion.

Subjects: Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Women executives -- New York (State) -- New YorkNew York (State) -- New York

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The cave : a secret underground hospital and one woman's story of survival in Syria : a memoir.

Subjects: Physicians -- Syria -- Biography; Women physicians -- Syria -- Biography; Hospitals -- Syria -- History -- 21st centurySyria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Personal narrativesBallour, Amani

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Brought forth on this continent : Abraham Lincoln and American immigration.

Subjects: Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Biographies; Informational worksUnited States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th centuryLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views

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Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the love story that awakened America.

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography; Married people -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- BiographyMississippi -- Race relationsNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography...

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Toxic : women, fame, and the tabloid 2000s.

Subjects: Women -- Biography; Celebrities -- Biography; Celebrities -- Death

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Taylor Swift and the clothes she wears.

Subjects: Fashion -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial works; Musicians -- Clothing -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial works; Popular culture -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial worksSwift, Taylor, 1989- -- Clothing

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Tove Jansson : life, art, words.

Subjects: Finnish literature (Swedish) -- Biography; Women authors, Finnish -- 20th century -- Biography; Illustrators -- Finland -- BiographyJansson, Tove; Jansson, Tove -- Criticism and interpretation

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A gentleman from Japan : the untold story of an incredible journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth's court.

Subjects: Japanese -- England -- Biography; Japanese -- England -- History -- 16th century; Biographies

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In true face : a woman's life in the CIA, unmasked.

Subjects: Women spies -- United States -- Biography; Espionage, American -- History; Undercover operations -- United StatesUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- BiographyMendez, Jonna

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3 shades of blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool.

Subjects: Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Jazz -- History and criticism; BiographiesMiles Davis SextetDavis, Miles; Coltrane, John, 1926-1967; Evans, Bill, 1929-1980

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Beverly Hills spy : the double-agent war hero who helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor.

Subjects: Espionage, Japanese -- United States -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United StatesHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- BiographyRutland, Frederick, 1887-1949

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The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of the Donner Party.

Subjects: Donner Party; Women pioneers -- California -- Biography; Brides -- California -- BiographySierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century; West (U.S.) -- Description and travelFosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871; Brown, Daniel James, 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.)

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Charlie Hustle : the rise and fall of Pete Rose, and the last glory days of baseball.

Subjects: Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Sports betting -- United States; BiographiesCincinnati Reds (Baseball team) -- HistoryRose, Pete, 1941-

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Taking London : Winston Churchill and the fight to save civilization.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations; BiographiesLondon (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1941Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Where rivers part : a story of my mother's life.

Subjects: Hmong Americans -- Minnesota -- Biography; Refugees -- Minnesota -- Biography; Hmong (Asian people) -- Laos -- BiographyYang, Kao Kalia, 1980- -- Family; Yang, Chue; Yang, Bee, 1958-

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The situation room : the inside story of presidents in crisis.

Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Decision making; Presidents -- United States -- Staff; Executive power -- United StatesUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-United States. White House Situation Room

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Drive : the lasting legacy of Tiger Woods.

Subjects: Golfers -- United States -- Biography; BiographiesWoods, Tiger

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The making of a leader : the formative years of George C. Marshall.

Subjects: Generals -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Leadership -- United States -- Case studiesUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th centuryUnited States. Army -- Biography...

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Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking? : letters of love and lust from the White House.

Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence; Love-letters -- United States; Biographies

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MacArthur reconsidered : General Douglas MacArthur as a wartime commander.

Subjects: Generals -- United States; BiographiesUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th centuryUnited States. Army -- History; United States. Army...

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Just add water.

Subjects: Women swimmers -- United States -- Biography; Swimmers -- United States -- Biography; Women Olympic athletes -- United States -- BiographyLedecky, Katie, 1997-

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Roctogenarians : late in life debuts, comebacks, and triumphs.

Subjects: Older people -- Biography; Older people -- Psychology; Celebrities -- Biography

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Me and Mr Jones : my life with David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars.

Subjects: Rock musicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Beauty operators -- Great Britain -- Biography; Rock musicians -- BiographyRonson, Suzi; Bowie, David

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If you can't take the heat : tales of food, feminism, and fury.

Subjects: Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography; Bloggers -- United States -- Biography; Cooks -- United States -- BiographyDeRuiter, Geraldine -- Travel

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Truckload of art : the life and work of Terry Allen : an authorized biography.

Subjects: Country musicians -- United States -- Biography; Sculptors -- Biography; Painters -- BiographyAllen, Terry, 1943-

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Patton's prayer : a true story of courage, faith, and victory in World War II.

Subjects: Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; Generals -- United States -- BiographyUnited States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st -- HistoryPatton, George S. 1885-1945 -- Military leadership; Patton, George S. 1885-1945 -- Religion

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Warren and Bill : Gates, Buffett, and the friendship that changed the world.

Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography; Male friendshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- HistoryBuffett, Warren -- Friends and associates; Gates, Bill, 1955- -- Friends and associates

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A life impossible : living with ALS : finding peace and wisdom within a fragile existence.

Subjects: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Patients -- Biography; Football players -- United States -- Biography; BiographiesGleason, Steve, 1977- -- Health

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The rulebreaker : the life and times of Barbara Walters.

Subjects: Television journalists -- United States -- Biography; Women journalists -- Biography; Broadcasters -- United States -- BiographyWalters, Barbara, 1929-2022

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