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Released: June 4, 2013
"Kevin Phillips' 2012 tour de force, 1775, delivered a massive argument for that year as the key to American independence. A traditionalist, Ellis sticks to 1776 and writes an insightful history of its critical, if often painful, events."
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Ellis (
First Family: Abigail and John Adams, 2010, etc.) writes book after book on the American Revolutionary period. Practice makes perfect.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A rousing tale of the longest murder trial to that date in Manhattan, and the author's conjecture as to the true villain is spot-on--but he should have focused more on the trial."
Ostensibly the tale of a dramatic murder trial with three famous defense attorneys, "the first fully recorded murder trial in U.S. history," but actually more of an intriguing exploration of Manhattan in 1799.
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Released: June 6, 2013
"The author's vision and knowledge substantiate his clearly expressed concerns."
Fagan (Emeritus, Anthropology; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara;
Beyond the Blue Horizon: How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans, 2012, etc.) provides his assessment of rising sea levels.
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Released: June 6, 2013
"A fascinating work enriched by the author's deep knowledge and command of his material."
An in-depth look at the intriguing dark days at the break of World War II, when fear of a "Fifth Column" was rampant.
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Released: June 7, 2013
"The most authoritative, important book on Stonehenge to date."
Renowned archaeologist Pearson (Archaeology/University College London;
From Machair to Mountains, 2012, etc.) presents the findings of the most ambitious and scientifically informed investigation of Stonehenge thus far.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"A thoughtful, deeply personal approach to understanding the Vietnam War for the Americans who fought it."
An argument for rethinking the stereotypes of Vietnam veterans in light of oral histories of ex-servicemen and women from New York City.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Dense, repetitive commentary that may lead some readers back to The Prince."
A convoluted return to the misunderstood work of the wily Florentine bureaucrat and philosopher.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Despite its length, a tremendously engaging work with few dull moments."
The exhaustive second volume of this definitive biography treats the admiral's supreme command of the British Navy and the bittersweet Lady Hamilton years.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"An invaluable complement to an immortal testimony."
Anne Frank, before and after the diary, with many new details and a fresh, welcome perspective.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Insightful social history with a light touch."
Koppel (
The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal, 2008, etc.) explores the cohesiveness of a group of wives who formed an unofficial support group and their individual development during the early years of the Cold War.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"An intriguing, revealing study of Arabs' changing views of themselves and the world as their countries open up--deserves a wide audience."
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Clear, focused snapshots of a movement and its celebrated leader."
The author of
The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization (2009) returns with an examination of transformative events in American cultural history--and of that great transformer himself, Benjamin Franklin.
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