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Political awakenings
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Harry Kreisler |
Collects interviews with a diverse group of influential writers and activists and showcases their reflections on the experiences that shaped their political commitments. |
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The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
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David Okuefuna |
French businessman Albert Kahn's early colour-photography project, "The Archives of the World", is profiled with more than 350 highlights (most of them previously unpublished) from the 72,000-strong … |
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On Tyranny
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Timothy Snyder |
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons,… |
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A diplomat in Japan
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Satow, Ernest Mason Sir |
Based on the author’s detailed diary, personal encounters, and keen memory, this book is a record of the inner history of the critical years of social and political upheaval that accompanied Japan’s … |
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The Puffin book of twentieth-century children's stories
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Judith Elkin,Michael Foreman |
Seventy-three extracts from books published between 1902 and 1989 for children ages eight to fourteen reflect the best writing from England, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Includes bi… |
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Year zero
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Ian Buruma |
Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and … |
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Year You Were Born, 1988
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Jeanne Martinet |
Presents an assortment of events, news items, and facts for each day of the year 1988. |
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All the news unfit to print
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Eric Burns |
You really can't believe everything you read . . . A premature newswire report announces the end of World War I, spurring wild celebrations in American streets days before the actual treaty was sig… |
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Twentieth century history
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Tony Howarth |
Describes the political and social changes throughout the world from 1900 to the present day. |
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Inventing the 20th century
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Stephen Van Dulken |
Imagine your average day without zippers, airplanes, vacuum cleaners, without your personal stereo, without photocopiers. All of these devices were invented within the last hundred years and have sin… |
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