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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Documents the efforts of the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, William E. Dodd, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Draws on personal experiences and the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians to illuminate the enduring capacity of faith in explaining and meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A historian and critically acclaimed author reveals the fascinating and complex historical context in which Yellowstone was established in the 1800s, and also tells the story of indigenous resistance, the expansive reach of railroad and the struggles of Black southerners to bring racial terrorists to justice.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
""Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography"--Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A historian offers the biography of the soldier and explorer for whom Pike's Peak is named, describing his amazing expeditions through areas that would become modern-day Mississippi, Minnesota and Arkansas before being captured by the Spanish.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed comedy historian explores how Native Americans have influenced and advanced the entertainment industry, tracing the achievements of performers ranging from Will Rogers and Adrianne Chalepah to Charlie Hill and the 1491s.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking dual biography of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the Prohibition agent who helped bring him down, from the legendary novelist Max Allan Collins and acclaimed young historian A. Brad Schwartz.
Author
Publisher
TwoMorrows Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Throughout the 1970s the industry seemed locked in a death spiral, but the powers that be at DC Comics had an idea to reverse their fortunes. In 1978, they implemented a bold initiative: Provide readers with more story pages by increasing the price-point of a regular comic book to make it comparable to other magazines sold on newsstands. Billed as "The DC Explosion," this expansion saw the introduction of numerous creative new titles. But mere weeks...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
While still a sitting president, Bill Clinton initiated a project to preserve for historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. Clinton talks intimately over seven years to his long-time friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, about what it's like to be president, highlighting major events from Clinton's two terms, including war in Bosnia, the anti-deficit crusade, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes, peace initiatives,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter,...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were in the know. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Martin Puchner learned this secret language through his father...
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