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ISBN: 9781608195916
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - March 4th, 2014
Author of ten books on the City of Light, Joan DeJean begins in the 17th Century and takes us though the dazzling history of how and why Paris became the most beautiful city in the world – full of stunning architecture, lavish parks, museums, boulevards, monuments – a city alive with adventure and excitement.
Nathan
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ISBN: 9781933372716
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Published: Europa Editions - May 26th, 2009
Great pleasure for the history buff or curious general reader. Angela picks a specific day at the height of the Roman Empire and follows various typical Romans through their day, illustrating how they dress, eat, etc. Angela's easy conversational style belies what must be copious research.
Gary
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143124733
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - December 31st, 2013
Downton Abbey this is not, yet neither is the mystery concealed in the gothic castle quite the horror story one expects. Bailey does a magnificent research job in her quest to go through the copious amounts of never seen letters and material belonging locked away at Belvoir Castle in the early twentieth century and discover exactly what the then Duke of Rutland was trying to conceal. The lengths this branch of the aristocracy were willing to go to in order to preserve their lineage is a tale of 'class obsession, hypocrisy and constipated emotion' and the narrative is peopled with fascinating characters capable of more depth and deception than Masterpiece Theatre often provides.
Susannah
$29.95
ISBN: 9780500251959
Availability: On Order at the Wholesaler
Published: Thames & Hudson - October 8th, 2013
Worth it for the pictures alone, scholar Koudounaris fleshes out a strange little corner of Catholic history- that of the skeletal remains of martyrs that were dressed and ornamented as a response by the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation. Read about the skeletons, what they meant to the communities that hosted them and how they ended up. Fascinating!
Marie
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307888778
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Published: Crown - May 14th, 2013
Ben Macintyre’s latest history of WW2 espionage might be his best. The story of the six double agents and the spymasters who helped launch the D-Day invasion is a fascinating, harrowing and often funny page-turner you won’t forget. If you loved Agent Zigzag, Double Cross is a must-read, an unbelievable true story written in Macintyre’s characteristic entertaining and addictive style, with romance, tragedy and farce all rolled up together.
Marie
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143123996
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Published: Penguin Books - September 24th, 2013
How and why did the farmers, hill people, city lawyers, wealthy plantation owners and other completely disparate peoples - some of them extremely contrary - join the American revolution? It's a complex, fascinating story, way beyond the handy school version, and Phillips has done a superb job of laying it all out. A valuable addition to the ongoing historical record.
Gary
$34.95
ISBN: 9780262018753
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Published: MIT Press - March 22nd, 2013
Somerville rowhouses, huge building lots in Weston, stately homes along Comm. Ave. in Newton -- there's a reason for every aspect of the Boston area's built environment. Read about the accidental and deliberate design decisions that led to the region we know today, and then go see for yourself, using the walking tour suggestions throughout the book.
Sarah
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ISBN: 9781468300567
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Published: Abrams Press - April 30th, 2013
A little Eric Larson, a little Conan Doyle and a lot of the real nuts and bolts of Victorian police procedure.
Gary
$32.95
ISBN: 9780670025442
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Published: Viking - April 30th, 2013
Philbrick’s
clear and entertaining prose brings an old story to life. Live with our
patriots and marvel at their heroism and foibles. Washington, Warren,
Knox, Bunker Hill, Breed’s Hill and Battle Road. Loyalists, Generals,
Admirals, and mad King George. Boston occupied and under siege! Enjoy
and marvel at the exploits as Philbrick enthralls us – again!
Jane Jacobs
$16.00
ISBN: 9780809030750
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Published: Hill and Wang - April 9th, 2013
Culminating
in 1900, the technologically superior European powers (and Japan)
essentially helped themselves to rotting Qing Dynasty China, so
arrogantly that a groundswell peasant army (surreptitiously supported by
the Empress) finally attacked their crypto-colonizers, resulting in
several battles, sieges and international diplomatic shenanigans. A
great narrative of a major puzzle piece of the Great Game of empire and
hegemony.
Gary
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