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2022.
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"Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government-sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair wages. The queer Black labor leader who helped orchestrate America's civil rights movement. These are only some of the...
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2017.
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Italy's most notorious export is the Mafia. as Sicilian immigrants arrived on Ellis Island, they brought their bad seeds with them, gangsters who would stop at nothing in pursuit of money. Soon they were rewriting the history of American blood. The deeds of ruthless hoods and criminal masterminds such as Al Capone, Toto Riina, and John Gotti have since become legend. The Mafia gives you the inside track on the personalities, the brutal exploits, and...
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"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of America history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin...
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2007
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English
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When the Vatican condemned the Templars in 1312, many of those who escaped took to the sea. Their immediate objective was to take revenge on the Church. The Templar Pirates is the story of the birth and actual conduct of piracy on the seas of the New World and of the influence the Templars had on the governments of nations old and new.
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Who Cooked the Last Supper? overturns the phallusy of history and gives voice to the untold history of the world: the contributions of millions of unsung women. Men dominate history because men write history. There have been many heroes, but no heroines. Here, in Who Cooked the Last Supper?, is the history you never learned--but should have! Without politics or polemics, this brilliant and witty book overturns centuries of preconceptions to restore...
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2022.
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"On 31 July 1914, following the German government's announcement of an 'imminent threat of war' and the issue of the German ultimatum to Russia, the Bavarian General von Wenninger dashed across Berlin to the War Ministry. The officers he found there were not in a despondent mood, but rather a cheerful one: 'Beaming faces everywhere, handshakes in the corridors, each man congratulating the next that things are finally on the move. Rumours about the...
17) I is for Iowa
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1995
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English
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Illustrations and text representing each letter of the alphabet present information about geographical locations, important industries, significant historical events, and extraordinary people in the state of Iowa.
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2000
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English
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"This outstanding work of scholarship explains what we eat and why we eat it. The multidisciplinary articles discuss both individual foods and topics such as food fads, famine, and eating disorders."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
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