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| Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang
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Bao Pu, Renee Chiang & Adi Ignatius, eds.
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| Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781847376978. Daedalus Item Code: 24147 |
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| Offering an unprecedented view into the workings of one of the most secretive governments in the world, this memoir of former Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang is based on tapes that he recorded during his ... (Read More)
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| Read My Heart: A Love Story in England's Age of Revolution
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Jane Dunn.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781400042838. Daedalus Item Code: 14204 |
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| When Sir William Temple (1628–99) and Dorothy Osborne (1627–95) began their passionate love affair, civil war was raging in Britain, and their families—parliamentarians and royalists, ... (Read More)
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| Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
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Michael D. Gordin.
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| Publisher: FSG. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780374256821. Daedalus Item Code: 20455 |
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| On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the Kazakh desert. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the ... (Read More)
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| The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
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Timothy Snyder.
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| Publisher: Basic Books. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780465018970. Daedalus Item Code: 21906 |
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| Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and every so often, a dress. He could handle a ... (Read More)
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| Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
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Cameron McWhirter.
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| Publisher: Henry Holt. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780805089066. Daedalus Item Code: 30928 |
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| After World War I, black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War, ... (Read More)
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| Remembering Franklin County [Maine]: Stories from the Sandy River Valley
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Luann Yetter.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781596296107. Daedalus Item Code: 10872 |
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| Describing war, wealth, industry, and oddity, former Lewiston Sun Journal columnist Luann Yetter reveals the richness of Franklin County's past. She describes the early years, the rumored ... (Read More)
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| Remembering Jamestown, Virginia: Growing Up in the Shadow of John Smith
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Rodney B. Taylor.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781596293694. Daedalus Item Code: 10865 |
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| Now known affectionately as "the oldest living artifact of Jamestown," Rodney Taylor is the stepson of preservationist Billy Smith, and grew up on the historic Virginia island where the first English ... (Read More)
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| Renaissance Florence on 5 Florins a Day
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Charles FitzRoy.
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| Publisher: Thames & Hudson. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780500288504. Daedalus Item Code: 21280 |
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| Welcome to Florence in 1490; under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, no city on earth can match its culture, learning, art, and naked ambition. Written in the style of a modern travel guide but ... (Read More)
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| Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
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Joseph J. Ellis.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780307701220. Daedalus Item Code: 38568 |
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| This outstanding single-volume history of the American Revolution, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winner Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, ... (Read More)
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| Robert Burns and the Hellish Legion
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John Burnett.
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| Publisher: NMS Publishing. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781905267316. Daedalus Item Code: 21378 |
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| Recognizing that folk takes and beliefs are as important a part of cultural history as novels or organized religion, this book examines the lives and the supernatural beliefs of the country people of ... (Read More)
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| Roman Fort: Fly on the Wall series
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Mick Manning. & Brita Granstrom.
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| Publisher: Frances Lincoln. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781845070502. Daedalus Item Code: 32128 |
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| In this sketchbook-style illustrated history, Smarties Book Prize winners Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom take readers 6 to 9 to the British frontier of the Roman Empire with Vespian's centurions as ... (Read More)
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