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The Insurgent Barricade
Mark Traugott.
Publisher: California.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780520266322.  Daedalus Item Code: 24084
 
"To the barricades!" The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. History and sociology professor Mark Traugott charts the ... (Read More)
 
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Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory
Edward G. Lengel.
Publisher: Harper.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780061662584.  Daedalus Item Code: 22314
 
"As the chief editor of the Papers of George Washington, Edward G. Lengel [the author of This Glorious Struggle] is the perfect author to rescue Washington from the reams of outrageous ... (Read More)
 
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The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
David S Landes, ed. Joel Mokyr, ed. William J. Baumol, ed.
Publisher: Princeton.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780691143705.  Daedalus Item Code: 31819
 
Variously lionized and vilified, entrepreneurs—and their commercial innovations—have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. In this sweeping history, leading economic ... (Read More)
 
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Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution
John A. Nagy.
Publisher: Westholme Publishing.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781594161414.  Daedalus Item Code: 31666
 
Espionage was a potent factor in the American Revolution, contributing to the planning and outcome of both Colonial and British efforts, and despite the high-profile failure of the Benedict Arnold ... (Read More)
 
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John Adams: A Life
John Ferling.
Publisher: Oxford.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780195398663.  Daedalus Item Code: 13723
 
The author of A Leap in the Dark and Adams vs. Jefferson as well as the biographer of George Washington, John Ferling here offers a compelling portrait of the man who succeeded George ... (Read More)
 
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The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
Richard D. Mahoney.
Publisher: Arcade.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781611453256.  Daedalus Item Code: 11054
 
Rather than a dual biography, this insightful book (originally titled Sons and Brothers) is a portrait of the relationship between John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert. Eight years apart in ... (Read More)
 
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King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America
J. North Conway.
Publisher: Lyons Press.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781599215389.  Daedalus Item Code: 22925
 
On October 27, 1878, thieves stole nearly $3 million in cash and securities (worth $50 million today) from the Manhattan Savings Institution. The greatest bank robbery in American history, it was ... (Read More)
 
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The King's Smuggler: Jane Whorwood, Secret Agent to Charles I
John Fox.
Publisher: History Press.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780752450018.  Daedalus Item Code: 23173
 
Jane Whorwood (1612–84) was one of Charles I's closest confidantes, an extraordinary woman who emerges in this biography as a forgotten key player in the English Civil War. The daughter of Scots ... (Read More)
 
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The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Mark Logue & Peter Conradi.
Publisher: Quercus.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780857381118.  Daedalus Item Code: 22188
 
Lionel Logue was a self-taught and virtually unknown speech therapist. Yet it was this outgoing, amiable man who almost singlehandedly turned the nervous, tongue-tied Duke of York into one of ... (Read More)
 
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The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Mark Logue & Peter Conradi.
Publisher: Quercus.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780857381118.  Daedalus Item Code: 22520
 
Lionel Logue was a self-taught and virtually unknown speech therapist. Yet it was this outgoing, amiable man who almost single-handedly turned the nervous, tongue-tied Duke of York into one of ... (Read More)
 
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Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Karl E. Meyer & Shareen Blair Brysac.
Publisher: Norton.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780393061994.  Daedalus Item Code: 23881
 
In a brilliant narrative history full of rich character studies, Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac trace today's troubles in the so-called Middle East back to the imperial overreaching of Great ... (Read More)
 
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Knights of the Sea: The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812
David Hanna.
Publisher: NAL Caliber.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780451235626.  Daedalus Item Code: 23348
 
Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor over life and ... (Read More)
 
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