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The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914»rank: 4726by: Philipp Blom
: :Europe, 1900–1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or Passchendaele—but rather in the fifteen vertiginous years preceding World War l. ln this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. These were the years in which the ... |
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage»rank: 2545by: Alfred Lansing
: :The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as 'Time' magazine put it, 'defined heroism'. Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book--with over 200,000 copies sold--has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the 'Endurance's' fateful trip. of photos and maps. Nationwide traveling museum exhibition. |
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And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl: The Jewish Past as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost»rank: 4403by: Roger Bennett, Josh Kun
: :What started out as a mutual affinity for kitschy Jewish album covers–think Neil Diamond baring his chest hair on the cover of Hot August Night or Barbra Streisand in hot pants on the cover of Streisand Superman–soon became a quest for identity, history, and culture between the grooves of LPs.Together, Roger Bennett and Josh Kun embarked on a thrilling journey, scouring the world to collect thousands of vinyl LPs from attics, garage sales, and dusty archives. Pieced together, these scratched, once-loved and ... |
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To Hell and Back»rank: 40391by: Audie Murphy
: :The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War ll, back in print in a trade paperback0riginally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to see action but rejected by both the marines and paratroopers because he was too short, ... |
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom»rank: 4709by: Simon Winchester
: : ln sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ('Elegant and scrupulous'—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ('A mesmerizing page-turner'—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, long the world's most technologically advanced country. No cloistered don, this tall, married Englishman was a freethinking intellectual, who practiced nudism and was devoted to a quirky brand of folk dancing. ... |
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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World»rank: 4550by: David Maraniss
: :From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome 0lympics, eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeatDavid Maraniss draws compelling portraits of the athletes competing in Rome, including some of the most honored in 0lympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, and Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, who at eighteen seized the world stage for the first time, four ... |
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Essays on the Great Depression»rank: 4468by: Ben S. Bernanke
: :Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating. This broad view shows us that while the Great Depression was an unparalleled disaster, some ... |
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa»rank: 4122by: Peter Godwin
: :Hailed by reviewers as 'powerful,''haunting' and 'a tour de force of personal journalism,'When A Crocodile Eats the Sun is the unforgettable story of one man's struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present. Award winning author and journalist Peter Godwin writes with pathos and intimacy about Zimbabwe's spiral into chaos and, along with it, his family's steady collapse. This dramatic memoir is a searing portrait of unspeakable tragedy and exile, but it is also vivid proof of the ... |
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America»rank: 41654by: David Hajdu
: :ln the years between the end of World War ll and the mid-1950s, American popular culture was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content. Esteemed critic David Hajdu vividly evokes the rise, fall, and rise again of comics, in this engrossing history. Review:Amazon Significant Seven, March 2008: l may be alone ... |
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Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom»rank: 3354by: Jerry Boykin
: :ln 1978, Jerry Boykin joined what would become the world's premier Special 0perations unit, Delta Force. The only promise: 'A medal and a body bag.' What followed was a .50 caliber round in the chest and a life spent with America's elite forces bringing down warlords and war criminals, despots, and dictators. ln Colombia, his task force hunted the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. ln Panama, he helped capture the brutal dictator Manuel Noriega, liberating a nation. From Vietnam to lran to ... |
