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1) An emancipation of the mind: radical philosophy, the war over slavery, and the refounding of America
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a story about a dangerous idea-one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intellectuals to lead the abolition movement-the idea that all men are created equal"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"--
Author
Publisher
Barnes and Noble Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Expanded version ; Revision no. 2.
Physical Desc
205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The History of Pierpont, Ohio is the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It's stories like that of Amos Huntley, not only was he a pioneer that opened this land, he was a veteran of the American Revolution, having answered the call of the Lexington Alarm in the opening battle of the war. Of Mary Turner, who buried her young daughter and later saw her four sons fight in the Battle of Nashville and all survive to come home.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time. For over the past century and a half, and still more rapidly in the last seventy years, the world has become increasingly urban, and the peasant way of life-the dominant way of life for humanity since agriculture began well over 6,000 years ago-is disappearing. In this new history of peasantry,...
Author
Physical Desc
xi, 531 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of how Harry Truman overcame the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt to lead America through the tumultuous post-war period of 1944-1948, which saw the revival of Western Europe, the reform of Japan and the birth of Israel.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 565 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...