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by Chief Petty Officer Forest J. Sterling and 1 more
From Pearl Harbor to her last and fatal voyage—the heroic story of America’s most daring World War II submarine, as told by the only surviving member of the crew.The U.S.S. Wahoo was the most successful submarine in the World War II Pacific fleet. She was the first to penetrate an enemy harbor and sink a Japanese ship. She was the first to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handed. In her 11 -
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Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known as George Santayana, was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. This is a work that looks at some of the most famous authors in the history of Western civilization, the German Goethe (who wrote classics like Faust), and Dante, whose Divine Comedy helped spark the Renaissnace. -
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by Peter Ackroyd and 1 more
Cuando Peter Ackroyd publicó el impresionante libro Londres, una biografía pareció que ya poco más de interés podría decirse sobre esta fascinante ciudad. Desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros días, de los suburbios a los barrios residenciales, Ackroyd parecía haber agotado el tema por completo y no haber pasado nada por alto. Sin embargo, faltaba una mirada hacia abajo, y si Ackroyd demostró ya -
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Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War
by Lynne Olson
A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the -
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How Europe Went to War in 1914
One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the YearWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I.Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on -
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The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
by Julia Fox
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose -
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt
Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review Almost a decade in the making , this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world"s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers -
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Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here -
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The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
by Helen Castor
“Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding.” —Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall In the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of
