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We commonly think of the psychedelic sixties as an explosion of creative energy and freedom that arose in direct revolt against the social restraint and authoritarian hierarchy of the early Cold War years. Yet, as Fred Turner reveals in The Democratic Surround, the decades that brought us the Korean War and communist witch hunts also witnessed an extraordinary turn toward explicitly democratic, open, and inclusive ideas of communication and with them...
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H.L. Mencken was America's most prominent iconoclastic journalist of the first half of the 20th century, and he still has a considerable following. Mencken's writings have been in print continuously for over 100 years, including a collection published in the 1950s that's still in print almost 70 years after it was first published.This is the first new collection of Mencken's writings to appear in decades, and it consists primarily of complete pieces...
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America's most inspirational voices, in their own words… Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist's most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we sustain it in the darkest of times? An alternative, more personal chronicle of the "American century," Hope Dies Last is a testament to the indefatigable spirit that Studs...
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During the five full years of his presidency (1964—1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing. These and other "Great Society" programs reformed the federal government, reshaped intergovernmental...
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In 1996, prominent Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert embarked on a fourteen-day journey into the past with a group of his graduate students from University College, London. Their destination? Places where the terrible events of the Holocaust had left their mark in Europe. From the railway lines near Auschwitz to the site of Oskar Schindler's heroic efforts in Krakow, Poland, Holocaust Journey features intimate personal meditations from one of...
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A spellbinding moment-by-moment account of one of the most spectacular disasters off the coast of New York, which killed more than 130 people, Shipwreck answers the question that until now has remained unanswered: Was it a terrible accident - or arson? In the early morning hours of September 8, 1934, the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle, carrying 316 passengers and 230 officers and crew, caught fire a few hours out of the New York harbor on a return...
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Más de 30 millones de personas han leído la historia de Ana Frank, la niña de trece años que se escondió con su familia en Ámsterdam durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y que fue descubierta por los nazis y enviada a un campo de concentración; donde murió. Pero a pesar de todos los artículos, libros, obras de teatro y novelas dedicadas al tema, ninguno ha explicado de manera concluyente cómo los Frank y otras cuatro personas lograron vivir...
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Finalist, 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature from the Jewish Book Council
Traces American Jews' complicated relationship to alcohol through the years leading up to and after prohibition
From kosher wine to their ties to the liquor trade in Europe, Jews have a longstanding historical relationship with alcohol. But once prohibition hit America, American Jews were forced to choose between abandoning their historical connection to alcohol and...
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Winner of the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, Anthologies and Collections
The year 1929 represents a major turning point in interwar Jewish society, proving to be a year when Jews, regardless of where they lived, saw themselves affected by developments that took place around the world, as the crises endured by other Jews became part of the transnational Jewish consciousness. In the United States, the stock market crash brought lasting economic,...
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During the glamorous 1970's, a young woman with lofty dreams falls in love with a charismatic man with a mysterious past … Natasha is a fashion model with higher ambition. Philippe is an architect with a secret past as a child of the Holocaust. They meet by accident and their lives and careers grow as quickly as their whirlwind romance. From Cleveland, to New York and Paris … their life is filled with champagne for breakfast. Fate introduces them...
11) Jazz Baby
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In the world of illegal speakeasies, Kate Kirkland has her life running smoother than a Model T. Maybe moving the family bar into the basement wasn t the best choice for her alcoholic brother, but Kate s making them a living until a local gangster tries to expand his territory. Right into her bar.Luckily Micah Trent, her handsome and too-suave bootlegger, is ready and willing to offer her a helping hand. If Kate can bring herself to accept it. Since...
12) On the Bias
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Enjoy this kind and gentle 1920s historical fantasy romance series set in the magical community of Great Britain.Cassie makes dresses that flatter and charmCassie has worked hard for years to become one of Albion's respected dressmakers. She thrives on figuring out how to clothe her clients superbly whatever the current fashion, and ignores all the gossip.Almost all of it.Benton was born to be of service.After the Great War, he found a place for life...
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From lowly shopkeeper…
To society lady?
Linked to The Widows of Westram. When the Earl of Westram accuses antiques seller Harriet Godfrey of peddling fakes, she accepts his grudging offer to help bring her supplier to justice. Only, spending time with Westram sparks an irresistible attraction… As an earl, he's destined for a suitable society match, and she never wants to give up her independence. So perhaps this is the last chance for both of...
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Heralded by the New York Times as "a shrewd, concise, wonderfully written account of America in the '30s . . . a reminder of why history matters," the bestselling sequel to Only Yesterday illuminates the events that brought America back from the brink Published in 1940, Since Yesterday takes up where Lewis's classic leaves off. Opening on September 3, 1929, in the days before the stock market crash, this information-packed volume takes us through...
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At the Mind's Limits is the story of one man's incredible struggle to understand the reality of horror. In five autobiographical essays, Amery describes his survival-mental, moral, and physical-through the enormity of the Holocaust. Above all, this masterful record of introspection tells of a young Viennese intellectual's fervent vision of human nature and the betrayal of that vision.
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Enjoy this kind and creative 1906 historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain.Alysoun wants more than duty.Born into the aristocratic circles of Albion's upper class, Alysoun has done everything expected of her. She has married well, produced two healthy children, and handled her social obligations with grace.It's not enough. Her husband is kind but distant, and she lives with ongoing mysterious pain. Worst of all, she...
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A couple's move to an old West Virginia house stirs up a haunting hundred-year-old mystery . . .
June 23, 1923: Local Couple Disappears Under Suspicious Circumstances
Thanks to a new job opportunity, and with their children now grown, Mary and her husband, Rick, have moved from Indiana into a one-hundred-year-old home in West Virginia. But while adjusting to such a big change in her life, she has no idea that she is about to encounter the...
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Having all but swept the Japanese Imperial Navy from the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, the Allied forces stood on the brink of invading the Japanese Home Islands. The launching pad for the invasion was to be the island of Okinawa. Amid the terrible slaughter and the shocking casualty statistics of the US Tenth Army and the US Marines, as well as the unrelenting defiance of the Japanese defenders so often detailed in the many books on the battle,...
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Lonely and desperate, Marcus Neill visits a brothel, searching for a taste of what he's denied himself for years. Once there, his shame and scruples prevent him from taking a prostitute, so he turns to drink instead. Too drunk to defend himself after being tossed from the club, he is beaten, robbed, and left for dead on the street.A flat overlooking a notorious brothel is not ideal lodgings for a war widow, yet there is nowhere do-gooder Helen Helmsley...
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This is a steamy historical romance short story (word count 6,185).Lydia finds herself in a desperate situation with her family. She needs to act quickly, or they will be homeless. There is only one person whom she knows she can turn to: the Marquess of Brubeck. But Lydia is fully aware that the Marquess' help will come at a price. He has made no pretence of his pursuit of her and his determination to possess her in every way possible!This leaves...
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