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Released: April 9, 2013
"Read this book for the portrait of Benedict Arnold. The tales of the two Revolutionary-era women leave a great deal to be desired."
Stuart (
The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, 2008, etc.) draws on her long experience writing about women and social history to show that strong women have always driven their husbands to perform prominent actions, both good and bad.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Armchair military historians will relish this account of bringing down the biggest prey in the German fleet."
Military historian Bishop (
Battle of Britain, 2009, etc.) fashions an exciting, detail-packed account of the British obsession with dismantling Hitler's prize battleship.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A darkly enlightening tale--thoroughly researched, gracefully written--about Enlightenment thought, male arrogance and the magic of successful matrimony."
The award-winning author of
The Knife Man (2005) returns with a true-life, truly bizarre tale set in Georgian England.
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Released: April 9, 2013
McMeekin (History/Koç Univ.;
The Russian Origins of the First World War, 2011, etc.) treads familiar ground but delivers a thoroughly rewarding account that spares no nation regarding the causes of World War I, although Germany receives more than its share of blame.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"An engaging study of a shocking tragedy, in which the author takes pains to view all sides."
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Superb history combined with superficial punditry."
May (History/Univ. of Delaware;
The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo, 2011, etc.) explores the agitation for, and the passage and continuing significance of, the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Arana ably captures the brash brilliance of this revered and vilified leader."
Inspired biography of the great Latin American revolutionary, with great depth given to his fulsome ideas.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"By analyzing the "Letter" as both literature and moral imperative, Rieder adds to his subject's considerable legacy."
A tight, academic focus on the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" offers a fresh perspective on Dr. King's message.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Illuminating in key spots, but a slog for nonacademics."
How did 19th-century American novelists deal with liberty, equality, slavery and the changing role of religion in American life? That's the question Gura (American Literature and Culture/Univ. of North Carolina;
American Transcendentalism: A History, 2007, etc.) sets out to answer in this comprehensive survey.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A great read for Boleyn fans and fanatics alike, though not for readers seeking a general biography of the queen."
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A timely call to attention to a global health problem, but with no real solutions in sight."
The story of "where attitudes about chronic illness came from, and where they stand today."
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A well-reported, smoothly written book for anyone who wants to understand contemporary American military might and the widespread hatred for the U.S. that has been the result."
Pulitzer Prize–winning
New York Times national security correspondent Mazzetti demonstrates in horrifying, persuasive detail how the new-style warfare approved by both George W. Bush and Barack Obama has led to controversial assassinations by the U.S. government and blowback yielding new terrorists determined to harm American citizens.
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