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Look Long into the Abyss

by A. R. Homer

The Third Reich is collapsing.  The rules have changed.

There are no rules. Nazi Germany, 1945. Hitler Youth on suicide missions…old men hanged for desertion …marauding slave laborers…homeless Germans clogging roads…and looted art hidden all over.

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An Introduction to the Historiography of the Goths

by Hans C. Froehling, PhD

In line with Herodotus ideas about the narration of historical events (historiography), this book investigates how historians have gone about writing about the history of the Goths during the past 250 years. It claims that there has never been an objective version of the history of the Goths and that political consideration strongly influenced our only surviving texts and fragments of the history of Goths starting with Cassiodorus and Jordanes in the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

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Christoph Feuge

by Robert Lamar Feuge

America has been and still is a land of immigrants, a melting pot of many races and creeds. From 1832 until 1847, people poured into Texas from the American backwoods and from Europe. They sought the same things: land and a new life in a democratic society. As part of that wave, German immigrants came between 1845 and 1847. They came legally and helped establish what would become major cities in Central Texas.

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Forty Missions and Home

by Maurice "Vic" Duvic and Lisa Uzzle Hadden

It was a gutless, unprovoked attack on the United States and all it stood for. The hatred shattered the early morning calm and moved a nation from a time of peace to years of war and hardship. It prompted young men to offer their service, and many their lives, to defend their country and everything it stood for. It was a time of great uncertainty and fear. It was the original “day that will live in infamy.”

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Pyramids of the Great Architect of the Universe

by Petros Petrosyan

The Great Pyramids of Egypt have long interested scholars, travelers, and mystics, all of whom have arrived at their own interpretations of the significance and origins of these magnificent structures. The Arabs call them "Mountains of the Pharaohs."  The Middle Ages wrapped them in a dark cloak of mystery, fantasy, and secrecy. What is their secret? Why the shape?

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Arlington: The Roots and Legacy

by Sherman Pratt

Most Americans have heard of Arlington, though many will not know the name applies to more than our national military cemetery—located across the Potomac River  from the National Capital—but also to a histor ical residence and to a county in northern Virginia.

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The Haitian Revolution in the Shaping of American Democracy

by Jose Saint Louis

The Haitian Revolution in the Shaping of American Democracy is a fascinating examination of the often overlooked history of the first and only independent Black republic in the Americas, and how it shaped the changing concept of democracy throughout two continents.

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Blackball Tales

by John B. Holway

 

 

“A compelling story and a must-read for all baseball fans.”                   —Allan ‘Bud’ Selig, Commissioner of baseball.

“I read with wonder and anger the things lost: Cool Papa Bell going from first base to home on a bunt; Josh Gibson at but… Holway has edited lngthy interviews into small storytelling go he must. The game begins to be played in the reader’s mind. It is the closest we can come to seeing them.”                                                                                           —New York Times on Voices From the Great Black Baseball Leagues.

“It is more than a collection of baseball biographies. Its strength is Holway’s ability to recreate the aura of this time through colorful anecdotes and player reminiscences.”                                                                       —San Francisco Chronicle

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For Which It Stands

 

 by George S. Bockius

 

Most people adapt their lives to natural cycles. Joe adapted his to a need for support, service, and defense. A soldier in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, he earned seven Purple Hearts for wounds received, among many other medals and honors.

Filled with sensational beginnings and extreme changes, Joe’s true story begins with D-Day, WW II, and goes on to dramatic experiences -- serving with the 101st Airborne during World War II, liberating Nazi concentration camps, being a Nurem-berg witness, serving a call to duty in Korea, standing guard in Dallas when President Kennedy was shot, and serving in Vietnam, where he was a prisoner of war and suffered extreme torture.

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The Heart is the Heritage    by Wade Ankesheiln The Civil War was one of the bloodiest America has ever fought. In its wake, much effort was made to provide for the disabled and impoverished veterans of both sides. The Confederate Home of Missouri was one such effort; its founding is a story of the triumph of the human spirit.

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Trial by   Rebellion

by Francis Ken Josiah

It was a nation founded by slaves, who soon became the masters. From the beginning of Liberia, there was conflict between the American blacks sent “back” to Africa, and the natives who never left it. Like so many differences, this lead to war—the rebellion lead by Charles Taylor to overthrow Liberian leader Samuel Doe. But the fighting did not stay in Liberia. It triggered a domino effect, impacting the economies, lives and leaders of West Africa.

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Across Time: Mystery of the Great Sphinx

By O.J. Harp III

 

 

"Rich with history and imagination, a perfect blend of fact and fiction.", October 16, 2007Books2Mention Magazine "Editor" (www.Books2Mention.com)

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Challenger's Shadow

by John C. Macidull and Lester E. Blattner

 

This is a history and an exposé of the 1986 investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. Much information that was kept secret has become available to the public since the Presidential Commission wrote its final report. In terms of people and money, it remains the largest investigation in history.

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The Birth of the Village of Liberta, Antigua.                        by Hewlester A. Samuel, Sr. Antigua is a tiny island in the Eastern Caribbean. Like so many others in the region, it was host to slavery. This is a true story of Africans who were enslaved and brought to the island on the plantations in and around the village of Liberta before it was formed. Dehumanized, unchurched, and worked like animals, they suffered like all the slaves in the New World.

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The Winding Road          by W. Edmund Hood

During the last century, South Korea transitioned from a shadowy corner of the mysterious orient to the economic powerhouse it is today. The Winding Road tells the story of a man who lived through those times, starting out helping his father in a rice paddy in a sleepy, rural town, living through a vicious war, and finally traveling to the U.S. Ung Ho Chang's story cries out to be heard.

 

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Uncle Sam's Gal  by Colin Peck

It is 1915, World War I is blazing across Europe, and New York socialite Eliza Pearse travels to London in pursuit of her errant fiance, Maxwell. On her odyssey to England, she will survive one of the biggest tragedies of the Great War, encounter Irish terrorists and get herself entangled in the quaint, clandestine world of Enrico Albyvendie of the British secret service.

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Desired Haven

by Alan O’Reilly

Through Dangers, Toils and Snares... "Seems like trouble's your middle name, McGrath." It’s easy to understand why Matron said that. Nursing Officer Colleen McGrath, who trained with Anne (n) Linton*, saw plenty of trouble during the war.

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Beware the Wolves: A Soviet WWII Story

 by Victor Moss

 

Beware the Wolves: A Soviet WWII Story is destined to be a best seller. The book is a great read, a page-turner, and truly hard to put down. The author put his heart and soul into writing it. I recommend this book. Ray Kogovsek-Former United States Congressman-Honorary Consul to the Republic of Slovenia
 

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Manchu

 by  Ivan L. Brackin

In the early 1930s, the last Emperor of China struggles to retain his throne...

 

...as the Japanese military plots to establish its own imperial system in their puppet state of Manchukuo. Caught in the webs of intrigue is a Japanese woman of noble birth, Hiro Saga.

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The Sobs of Autumn’s Violins

 by A.R. Homer

May, 1944:  The world holds its breath-  The Allies prepare to launch their all-important invasion of Europe.

 

The invasion plan is a secret that must be kept at all costs, but the secret is beset from all sides: a sleeper spy in England, a disaster during an invasion rehearsal, a double-dealing French Resistance leader, a ruthlessly-obsessed Gestapo head.

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A Test Of Wings

by Owen J. McNamara

For U-boat hunters, shocking sounds from the deep . . . .

It is World War I, a time of unparalleled trial for men and their machines.

The U.S. Navy is scrambling to bring its fledgling air power to sea war. The U-boat onslaught must be stopped. Naval aircraft join destroyers, sub chasers and Allied submarines to protect convoys.

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Across the Saltwater Bridge

 by Art Hamill

Across the Saltwater Bridge, set in County Antrim, Ireland during the first half of the 19th century,...

...relates the life and times of a working-class, Protestant family striving to succeed in a rapidly growing Belfast.

 

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River of Our Return

 by Gladys Smith

While Hattie Clark’s husband was alive, their homestead in the soaring crags of Idaho’s Salmon River Canyon was their paradise.

When the raging river claimed her husband’s life, Hattie grew lonelier than she thought possible. Then Toby, an eight-year-old runaway, comes into her life.

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Ghost Leagues - A History of Minor League Baseball in South Texas

   Did you know? • Major league stars Manny Mota, and Jose Tartabull, and Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry first played in South Texas.

The Rio Grande Valley was once the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals. • Before starring for the New York Giants of the National Football League, Kyle Rote played baseball for the Corpus Christi Aces.

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Giovinazzo

The City That Never Fell

 by Vito Magli

What motivated me to put together this collection of notes, which originally dealt with the Roman Empire, the rise of Christianity, the Renaissance?

My fascination with the history of mankind grew even more when in the late ‘70’s I met my paesano and friend, D. Pelmiotto, in New York.

 

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Around the World with the Smithsonian

by William O Craig

 

It has been called the "nation's attic," the

Smithsonian is a dynamic, ever-changing organism guided by outstanding

leaders who have, over the decades, charted new directions in the quest

to learn more about every aspect of human endeavor and our place in the universe.

Bill Craig became fascinated with the Smithsonian Institution on his first visit to Washington in 1949. Years later, after starting a career in journalism, he got a job in the Smithsonian’s Office of Public Affairs doing a wide range of editorial and public relations projects. His six years at the Institution were full of surprises and unusual experiences. He recalls the time he climbed up a tower in the Smithsonian’s “castle” headquarters past bird droppings and dead mice to help feed a family of owls that had been introduced there to give a historic touch to the building.

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North To California

 by Paul A. Myers

First the “island” of Baja California was discovered and then later expeditions journeyed up the Pacific coast to discover Alta California.

North to California is the stirring history of how the conquerors of Mexico, starting with the great conquistador Hernán Cortés himself, built the ships and led the expeditions that discovered California in the sixteenth century.

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Al Rumor de las Ciguenas

by Gabriella Ovando

Gabriela Ovando d’Avis nació en Cochabamba (Bolivia) en 1959. Se graduó en Comunicación, obtuvo una maestría en Literatura Latinoamericana y cursa un doctorado en Estudios Comparativos (The Public Intellectuals Program) en la Florida Atlantic University. Ha trabajado como periodista y dirigido el semanario Mujer del diario Los Tiempos. Desde 1994 es columnista de las páginas de Opiniones de El Nuevo Herald (The Miami Herald).

Es autora de Atisbos, una colección de crónicas presentada por Elena Poniatowska, y de El retorno del héroe, un estudio crítico sobre Lituma en los Andes, de Mario Vargas Llosa. Al rumor de las cigüeñas es su primera novela.

Reside en el sur de la Florida (Estados Unidos) con su esposo, Jorge Barrero, y sus hijos Natalia y Jorge.

 

American Literary History

by Jason Gary Horn

 

ISBN: 1-932047-50-6

184 pages

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Colonial Latin America

by Donald J. Mabry 

Colonial Latin America, by Dr. Donald J. Mabry, spans over 300 years of Latin American history.

ISBN: 1-932047-60-3

296 pages

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Haunted Augusta & Local Legends

by Sean Joiner

Inside the shadows of Augusta, Georgia lies another world. It is a world of mystery, legend, and the ghosts who haunt Georgia's second oldest city.

ISBN: 1-932047-97-2

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