The Girls They Left Behind
 Like any teenager, Natalie wants to have fun. But it_s 1944, and almost all the boys she knows have signed up and are being shipped overseas to fight the war in Europe. Too often she takes the trip to Union Station to wave goodbye to another friend, ... [... more]
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The Norsemen in the Viking Age (Peoples of Europe)
Histories of the Vikings have recently tended to emphasize political or social transitions. Eric Christiansen separates the Nordic peoples from the organizing principles which others have used and attempts to describe life in their homelands and colonies ... [... more]
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Blueberries for the Queen
In 1942 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, living in exile after the Nazi invasion of her country, spent the summer in Lee, Massachusetts, with her daughter and granddaughters. The following is based on a true story.... It's summertime in New England ... [... more]
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Targeted by the CIA
Remarkable Story - Should Be A Movie What would you do if suddenly you were accused of being a Soviet mole? It would obviously be a complete and utter shock. Peter Karlow lived this nightmare. After service with the Navy and OSS field operations during ... [... more]
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Memories Can Be Murder : The Fifth Charlie Parker Mystery
The fifth Charlie Parker mystery by acclaimed author Connie Shelton takes Charlie back to the dark events leading to her parent's fatal plane crash and her father's top secret work at the Sandia Labs during the Cold War. Work that still has people ... [... more]
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The Making of Modern Woman (Longman History Of European ...
Nineteenth-century Europe was forged through revolution, nationalism, imperial expansion, labor protests and war. But the making of modern Europe was also the making of modern woman. This exciting new history thrusts women onto the center stage. The ... [... more]
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The Simulation of Surveillance: Hypercontrol in ...
This compelling book is an exploration of the imaginary of perceptual control technologies at the beginning of the twenty-first century. William Bogard constructs a 'social science fiction' of how the revolution in simulation technology reconfigures and ... [... more]
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A Social History of England, 1200-1500
What was life really like in England in the later Middle Ages? This comprehensive introduction explores the full breadth of English life and society in the period 1200-1500. Opening with a survey of historiographical and demographic debates, the book ... [... more]
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Society, Culture, and the State in Germany, 1870-1930 ...
Society, Culture, and the State in Germany, 1870-1930 draws together important new work on the Kaiserreich--the period between Bismarck's unification of Germany and the First World War. Work on the Kaiserreich built up impressive momentum during the 1970 ... [... more]
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Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I (Wisconsin ...
Mixing film history with social history, Reel Patriotism examines the role played by the American film industry during World War I and the effects of the industry's pragmatic patriotism in the decade following the war. Looking at such films as Joan the ... [... more]
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Freeing the soul from fear
From the man who inspired James Hillman and Thomas Moore in their writing on the soul comes the book that reveals a method for defeating the soul's greatest enemy: fear. "Robert Sardello is one of the most creative thinkers I know. He writes from a ... [... more]
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Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography (Women's and Gender History)
Emmeline Pankhurst, a middle-class mother of five from Manchester, England, changed history when, in 1903, she formed the Women's Social and Political Union. Under her fiery and unorthodox leadership, this militant group-given to church burning, window ... [... more]
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