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Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
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This World War I history tells the strange and compelling true story of December, 1914, when combatants from both sides put down their arms and observed a cease fire.
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MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero
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This history of the Korean War focuses on the 11-month command of General MacArthur, who, according to this account, almost single-handedly took America into the conflict. Historian Weintraub examines MacArthur's character and decision-making as well as the effect both of those had on American troops.
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15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall: Three Generals Who Saved the American Century
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Weintraub details the sweeping drama of three of Americas greatest five-star generals--Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Marshall--who led the U.S. to victory in World War II, and who shaped the following decades with their larger-than-life legacies as rivals, peers, and friends.
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Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert
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A biography of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who married Queen Victoria in 1840. A man of considerable ability and intelligence, Prince Albert was denied a formal role in the government of England but, as Prince Consort, exercised great influence on Queen Victoria's policies.
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11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944
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It was a white Christmas in the Ardennes Forest in 1944, but that was cold comfort to the Allied soldiers trying to stop the Nazis from retaking Belgium in one of the most decisive battles of World War II. Despite the bleak conditions, General Pattons soldiers would go on to win a battle and a war.
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Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783
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This startling new history of the Revolutionary War, told for the first time from the perspective of both the colonists and the colonizers, demonstrates that for the Americans, it was a war of rebellion, for the British, it became their Vietnam.
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General Washington's Christmas Farewell: A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783
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From the author of "Silent Night" comes another work of history destined to become a Christmas classic--the story of General George Washington's efforts to make it home to Mount Vernon for Christmas, as the peace treaty with England signaled the end of the American Revolution.
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Edward the Caresser: The Playboy Prince Who Became Edward VII
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This biography of the Prince of Wales who became Edward VII tells of his long wait to succeed his mother, Queen Victoria, and of his somewhat self-indulgent lifestyle and eventual maturing. Born Albert Edward, he had to wait until age 51 before he ascended the throne.
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Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story
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Lionel Rothschild (of the British Jewish banking family) and his wife, the much younger, very beautiful, and decidedly German Charlotte are the subjects of this dual biography, which dissects many aspects of the Victorian world: domesticity, business, anti-Semitism, and politics.
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Last Great Victory: 2the End of World War II, July/August 1945
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"The Last Great Victory" recounts the final 30 days of World War II. Events at Potsdam, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki are among the highlights of this story.
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Victoria
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This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life. For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly by her family, but survived to become the only English queen comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself, stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.
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Private Shaw and Public Shaw : a dual portrait of Lawrence of Arabia and G.B.S.
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Whistler: A Biography
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As the art world gears up for the 100th anniversary of Whistler's death, "a sparkling narrative that gives us a very intimate account of the artist's life. "-Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review. He was the most notorious and misunderstood American artist of his time, and also the most influential. To this day James Abbott McNeill Whistler ...
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Long Day's Journey Into War: 2december 7, 1941
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Long Day's Journey Into War: Pearl Harbor and a World at War-December 7, 1941
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This journey captures the whirlwind events sweeping the world on December 7, 1941. In this riveting recreation of events in countries all over the world, the scope of the turning point of World War II comes to unforgettable life.
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Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914
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On Christmas Eve in the early years of World War I, men on both sides left their trenches, laid down their arms and joined in a spontaneous celebration. For a brief time the war stopped, the enemies met in no-man's land and buried their dead, exchanged gifts and even played football together. The stories of men who were there illuminate the ...
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Last Great Victory: The End of World War II
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"The Last Great Victory" recounts the final 30 days of World War II. Events at Potsdam, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki are among the highlights of this story.
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Long Days Journey Into War: December 7, 1941
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From Pearl Harbor to the Russian front lines outside Moscow, Stanley Weintraub has woven the events of the 20th century's most momentous day into a monumental, hour-by-hour chronicle of an entire world at war. This is brilliant, gripping history--as overwhelming as the fateful weekend it puts into global perspective.
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Whistler
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General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864
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The author of the bestselling "Silent Night" focuses on the Christmas holiday season of 1864 when General Sherman gave President Lincoln Savannah, paving the way for the end of the Civil War.
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Disraeli: 2a Biography
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The acclaimed author of Victoria and Long Day's Journey into War offers a brilliant new biography not just of one of the era's most extraord inary political and literary figures, but of the Victorian Age itself. Photos.
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Shaw
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Shaw: an autobiography
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Dear Young Friend: The Letters from American Presidents to Children
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Includes never-before-published letters from more than thirty American presidents. Provides rare insight into the personalities of leaders and the issues that affected them.
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