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| The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown
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Thomas Fleming.
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| Publisher: Smithsonian/BOMC. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780061139109. Daedalus Item Code: 10507 |
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| On October 19, 1781, Great Britain's best army surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, yet the future of the 13 former colonies was far from clear. George III had no intention of relinquishing ... (Read More)
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| Picking Up the Reins: America, Britain and the Postwar World
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Norman Moss.
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| Publisher: Overlook/BOMC. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781590201022. Daedalus Item Code: 12968 |
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| After the devastation of World War II and the realization that the damage to Europe was irreparable, the balance of world power shifted across the Atlantic from Europe to the United States. Historian ... (Read More)
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| The Pirate Gow
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Daniel Defoe.
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| Publisher: National Marine Museum. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781906367237. Daedalus Item Code: 13892 |
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| This handsome little volume, published by Britain's National Maritime Museum, reprints a short, somewhat fictionalized account of a notorious 18th-century pirate by the author of Robinson ... (Read More)
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| Pleasure Bound: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism
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Deborah Lutz.
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| Publisher: Norton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780393068320. Daedalus Item Code: 23891 |
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| In her smart, provocative account of the erotic undercurrent beneath the surface of Victorian London, Deborah Lutz reveals a daring group of artists and thinkers who defied propriety to explore their ... (Read More)
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| Poison: An Illustrated History
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Joel Levy.
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| Publisher: Lyons Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780762770564. Daedalus Item Code: 22938 |
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| Easy to obtain and administer, poisons are often hard to detect or trace. They can kill, but they can also smooth wrinkles, calm nerves, create inspiring visions, and cure illnesses. Indeed, says ... (Read More)
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| Politics: Antiquity and Its Legacy
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Kostas Vlassopoulos.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780195380897. Daedalus Item Code: 13728 |
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| Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization that "gave" the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. It is ... (Read More)
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| A Postcard from Shakespeare's Avon
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Jan Dobrzynski & Keith Turner.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780750948487. Daedalus Item Code: 30117 |
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| Flowing for nearly 100 miles through gently rolling countryside at the very heart of England, the Avon is one of the most quintessentially English rivers in the country. Visiting such places as ... (Read More)
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| Prisons and Prisoners in Victorian Britain
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Neil R. Storey.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780752452692. Daedalus Item Code: 23165 |
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| Featuring stories of crime and misdeeds, this is an illustrated tour of the Victorian prison system and the daily experiences of those on both sides of the bars, including food, divine service, ... (Read More)
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| The Queens of Ancient Egypt
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Rosanna Pirelli. Dorothea Arnold, intro.
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| Publisher: White Star Publishers. Format: slipcased.
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| ISBN: 9788854403345. Daedalus Item Code: 12910 |
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| Presented in an oversized, slipcased edition with color photos (up to 20 x 14 inches) of tombs, art, jewelry, and artifacts, this is a fascinating exploration of the role and status of the female ... (Read More)
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| Quelch's Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England
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Clifford Beal.
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| Publisher: Potomac. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781597972338. Daedalus Item Code: 93509 |
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| In May 1704 the brigantine Charles quietly slipped into the cove at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her sudden appearance some ten months after her mysterious departure started tongues wagging, and ... (Read More)
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| The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom 1879–1960
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Douglas Brinkley.
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| Publisher: Harper. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780062005960. Daedalus Item Code: 22322 |
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| This riveting history of some of America's most beautiful natural resources, by the author of the National Outdoor Book Award–winning The Wilderness Warrior, documents the heroic fight waged ... (Read More)
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| Raiders & Rebels: A History of the Golden Age of Piracy
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Frank Sherry.
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| Publisher: Harper Perennial. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780061572845. Daedalus Item Code: 30512 |
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| "In this wonderful book [Frank] Sherry not only offers compelling stories of piracy between 1692 and 1725, but also provides a beautifully written explanation for the rise and fall of the great age ... (Read More)
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