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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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 No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories in... more info>>
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A Haunting in Tennessee: The Bell Family Spirits: Three Historical Accounts [MultiFormat]
by Bridget McKenna, Alan M. Clark, John Davis
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What if a mysterious spirit invaded your home, terrorized your children, carried on long conversations with family members, friends and visitors, and materialized objects into being in front of witnesses? What if it knew everything that went on in every one of your neighbors' homes, and could accurately describe events occurring many miles away? What if it told you it would not leave until you were dead? The events chronicled in this book happened to John Bell, his family, and his entire communi... more info>>
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Eleanor Herman
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 Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs. Alive with flamboyant characters, outrageous humor, and stirring poignancy, this glittering tale of passion and politics chronicles five hundred years of scintillating women and the kings who loved them. Curiously, t... more info>>
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The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Brenda James, William Rubinstein
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Motivated by scholarship and driven by curiosity, Shakespeare historian Brenda James applied a sixteenth-century code-breaking technique to the dedication of Shakespeare's Sonnets. What she uncovered led her to the truth behind literature's greatest mystery. For more than 150 years, academics have questioned how William Shakespeare of Stratford, a man who left school at age thirteen and apparently never traveled abroad, could have written such a broad and deep body of work, one that is said to d... more info>>
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Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Lauren Kessler
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Communists vilified her as a raging neurotic. Leftists dismissed her as a confused idealist. Her family pitied her as an exploited lover. Some said she was a traitor, a stooge, a mercenary and a grandstander. To others she was a true American heroine--fearless, principled, bold and resolute. Congressional committees loved her. The FBI hailed her as an avenging angel. The Catholics embraced her. But the fact is, more than half a century after she captured the headlines as the â'„d Spy Queen, Eliz... more info>>
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Barbara Mertz
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An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world--the acclaimed classic history of ancient Egypt, now newly revised and updated.... Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is the author of the phenomenally popular New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring archaeologist Amelia Peabody. In Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, Dr. Mertz explores the breathtaking reality behind her fiction by casting a dazzling light o... more info>>
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Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: the Secret Female Pope [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Eleanor Herman
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"We have just elected a female pope."--Cardinal Alessandro Bichi, 1644. Today's Roman Catholic Church firmly states that women must be excluded from church leadership positions, but they neglect to mention that for over a decade in the seventeenth century a woman unofficially, but openly, ran the Vatican. Now, Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with the Queen, exposes one of the church's deepest secrets, laying bare facts that have been concealed for 350 years. Beginning in 1644 and for eleven years ... more info>>
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The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England from 1485-1649 [MultiFormat]
by Kathy Lynn Emerson
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For the writer and anyone else interested in Renaissance England (1485-1649), this remarkable resource covers the day-to-day details: fashions, food, customs, family life, the Royal Court, law and punishment, holidays, city and rural living, seafaring and land occupations, alehouses, marriage, birth and death rituals--and a great deal more, written with authority in a wonderfully readable style. Included are bibliographies and internet addresses for further research. Written by Kathy Lynn Emerso... more info>> (Published: 1996)
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Grave Goods [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ariana Franklin
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 Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times?bestselling author Ariana Franklin returns with the third title in the Mistress of the Art of Death series. England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbey? one of England's holiest sites, and believed by some to be King Arthur's sacred Isle of Avalon?has been burned almost to the ground. The arsonist remains at large, but the fire has uncovered something even more shocking: two hidden skeleto... more info>>
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Rebecca West
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Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon probes the troubled history of the Balkans and the uneasy relationships among its ethnic groups. The landscape and the people of Yugoslavia are brilliantly observed as West untangles the tensions ... more info>>
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The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Janet Gleeson
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An extraordinary episode in cultural & scientific history comes to life in the fascinating story of a genius, greed, & exquisite beauty revealed by the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula for one of the most precious commodities of eighteenth century European royalty-fine porcelain.
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette [Secure Mobipocket]
by Victoria Finlay
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In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist's palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself. How did the most precious color blue travel all the way from remote lapis mines in Afghanistan to Michelangelo's brush? What is the connection between brown paint and ancient Egyptian mummies? Why did Robin Hood wear Lincoln green? I... more info>>
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The Wordy Shipmates [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Sarah Vowell
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From the New York Times' bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, their deep-rooted idealism, their political and cultural relevance in today's world, and their myriad oddities. In The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell travels once again through America's past, this time to seventeenth-century New England. From the British Library to the Mohegan Sun casino, from the nation's first synagogue to a Mayflower ... more info>>
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Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Nina Burleigh
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In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on the world's front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit number one in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of high-end, Biblical era relics, some of which literally re-wrote Near Eastern history and which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy men and embarrass major international institutions, including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Se... more info>>
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Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Juliet Barker
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Waged almost six centuries ago, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates. It is the classic underdog story, and generations have wondered how the English--outmanned by the French six to one--could have succeeded so bravely and brilliantly. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Juliet Barker paints a gripping narrative of the October 1415 clash between the outnumbered English archers and the heavily armored French knights. Populated with chivalrous heroes, dastardly spies, and a ferocious and bold ... more info>>
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La Dame d'Esprit [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Judith P. Zinsser
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The scintillating life of the most brilliant woman of the French Enlightenment, the lover of Voltaire and translator of NewtonGabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil was born to the highest circles of the French aristocracy, married a marquis at the age of eighteen, and indulged in all the pleasures of her class. Then at twenty-seven, defying convention, she became the mistress of poet and playwright Voltaire, embarking on an extraordinary and transformative intellectual journey as his patrone... more info>>
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The Rose of Sebastopol [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Katharine Mcmahon
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The #1 UK bestseller comes to America a sweeping historical novel about love, war, betrayal, and discovery. In 1854, beautiful, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingales nursing corps. A headstrong idealist, longing to break out of the rigid confines of life as a young lady, Rosa is determined to make a difference in the world. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosas cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in... more info>>
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A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Elaine Showalter
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A Jury of Her Peers is an unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000. In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--brimming with Elaine Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--we are introduced to more than 250 female writers. These include not only famous and expected names (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Dorothy Parker, Flannery O'Connor, Gwendolyn Brooks, Grace Paley, Toni Morrison, and Jodi Picoult amon... more info>>
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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Nina Burleigh
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Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation--and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt, where reports of mysterious monuments, inscrutable hieroglyphics, rare silks and spices, and rumors of lost magical knowledge tantalized dreamers and taunted the power-hungry. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely ban... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Rosemary Sullivan
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France, 1940. The once glittering boulevards of Paris teem with spies, collaborators, and the Gestapo now that France has fallen to Hitler's Wermacht. For Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, and scores of other cultural elite who have been denounced as enemies of the Third Reich the fear of imminent arrest, deportation, and death defines their daily life. Their only salvation is the Villa Air-Bel, a chateau outside Marseille where a group of young people will go to ... more info>>
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Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Nancy Goldstone
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Four accomplished sisters who rose from near obscurity to become the most powerful women in Europe.... Set against the backdrop of the turbulent thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily. From a cultured childhood in Provence, each sister was propelled into a world marked by shifting alliances, int... more info>>
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The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England [Secure Mobipocket]
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In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was, England already had a king. The most intriguing and ambitious pretender in history, this elegant young man was celebrated throughout Europe as the prince he claimed to be: Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the "Princes in the Tower" who were p... more info>>
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The President's House: 1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home [Secure Mobipocket]
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As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting--but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized. In this splendid blend of the personal and historic, Margaret Truman offers an unforgettable tour of "the president's house" across the span of two centuries. Ope... more info>>
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Islam: A Short History [Secure Mobipocket]
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No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of years of thinking and writing about Islam, it demonstrates that the world's fastest-growing faith is a much richer and more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain ... more info>>
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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 [Secure Mobipocket]
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In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that official Mormon dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her riveting book, Sally Denton makes a fiercely convincing argument that they were. The author--herself of Mormon descent--fir... more info>>
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