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The hidden White House
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Robert Klara |
"In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation'… |
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Power at ground zero
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Lynne B. Sagalyn |
"The destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11 set in motion a chain of events that fundamentally transformed both the United States and the wider world. War has raged in the Middle East … |
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Secret zodiacs of Washington DC
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David Ovason |
"Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to a mystery. David Ovason, who has studied these astrological devices for ten years, now reveals why they h… |
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Angels in the Architecture
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Heidi Johnson |
"In the nineteenth century, perhaps no approach to mental illness was more compassionate than that of hospital administrator Thomas Story Kirkbride, whose asylum designs integrated beauty and nature … |
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