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  • George Washington's Secret Spy War

    The Making of America's First Spymaster

    de John A. Nagy ...
    This "fast-paced chronicle reveals a little-known side of America's Revolutionary War hero"—and how intelligence helped him defeat the British ( Publishers Weekly).Here is the untold story of how George Washington used his skills as a spymaster to win the Revolutionary War. Author John A. Nagy has become the nation's leading expert on the subject, discovering hundreds of spies who went behind ... Leer más

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  • Pox Romana

    The Plague That Shook the Roman World

    de Colin Elliott ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of ... Leer más

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  • Revolutionary Brothers

    Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations

    de Tom Chaffin ...
    "Chaffin's well-told tale of two revolutions centers on the fascinating, sometimes intersecting careers of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette." —Peter S. Onuf, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, Most Blessed of PatriarchsThomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, one involved in the making of two revolutions—and two nations. ... Leer más

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  • The Cause

    The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

    New York Times Book Review — Editors’ Choice • Chicago Tribune — "60 Best Reads for Right Now" • St. Louis Post-Dispatch — "50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading"Challenging conventional wisdom, The Cause offers a “necessary” (John S. Gardner, Guardian) account of the origins and clashing ideologies of America’s revolutionary era.For Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Joseph J. Ellis, The C... ... Leer más

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  • Roman Britain's Missing Legion

    What Really Happened to IX Hispana?

    de Simon Elliott ...
    "Examines all the possible fates of the famous IX legion . . . takes you on a fascinating detective journey through all the corners of the Roman Empire." — History . . . The Interesting Bits!Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of ... Leer más

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  • When Montezuma Met Cortés

    The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

    A re-evaluation of the meeting between the Spanish adventurer and the Aztec ruler that challenges history's perspective about the conquest of the Americas.On November eight, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European ... Leer más

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  • Patriots

    With meticulous research and page-turning suspense, Patriots brings to life the American Revolution—the battles, the treacheries, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom.George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry—these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the ... Leer más

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  • The Founders' Revolution

    The Forgotten History & Principles of the Declaration of Independence

    A historian's "revealing and much-needed retelling of the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the events that led up to it" (William D. Watkins, author of The New Absolutes).Tying American history to our current political climate, The Founders' Revolution is designed to help readers understand the principles embedded in the Declaration of Independence. The book unpacks the intent of the ... Leer más

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  • Samuel Adams

    Father of the American Revolution

    de Mark Puls ...
    "A brief, sharply focused biography [that] restores Adams to his rightful place as an indispensable provocateur of American liberty" ( Kirkus Reviews).Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American ... Leer más

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  • 1453

    The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

    de Roger Crowley ...
    A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today.The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a ... Leer más

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  • Band of Giants

    The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence

    de Jack Kelly ...
    Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists only became real because fighting men were willing to take on the grim, risky, brutal work of war. We know Fort Knox, but what about Henry Knox, the ... Leer más

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  • So Very Small

    How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

    “An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.” ... Leer más

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