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The Man Who Would Be King
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Ben Macintyre |
In the winter of 1838, an adventurer, surrounded by native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan. He decl… |
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The ivory leg in the ebony cabinet
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Thomas Cooley |
"From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousness of lost limbs, this book examines a startling array of artifacts that reflect nineteenth-ce… |
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A New Order of Things
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Paul E. Rivard |
"Based on oral histories and archival documents, A New Order of Things offers a vast, accessible overview of the rise and collapse of an industry that forced New England into the modern age. Lavishly… |
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Sympathy in American literature
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Kristin Boudreau |
"In this chronicle of the role of sympathy in American literature and culture from the colonial period to the Gilded Age, Boudreau shows how the sentiment of fellow-feeling was repeatedly recruited a… |
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Paradise of Cities
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John Julius Norwich |
John Julius Norwich, the author of A History of Venice, traces the transformation of Venice from a proud independent state into a dazzling dreamscape that attracted artists, writers, and composers fr… |
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