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One Confederate soldier's descriptive letters to his family offering a personal view of the devastating Civil War assault.
In Days of Destruction, editors W. Eric Emerson and Karen Stokes chronicle the events of the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, through a collection of letters written by Augustine Thomas Smythe, a well-educated young man from a prominent Charleston family. The vivid, eloquent letters he wrote to his family depict all that...
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From one of the greatest leaders in American history, a collection of the words and writings that inspired a generation of Americans to become the Greatest Generation.
In just under three decades of public life, Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose to become one of the greatest orators and leaders in American history. As the longest-serving US president, he guided the nation through two of the greatest challenges of the twentieth century-the Great Depression...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Thank You for Your Service tells you what you need to know-before or after you read David Finkel's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Thank You for Your Service includes: Historical context, chapter-by-chapter overviews, profiles of the main characters, important...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Irena's Children tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Tilar J. Mazzeo's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Irena's Children includes: Historical context, chapter-by-chapter overviews, profiles of the main characters, detailed timeline of...
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Richly illustrated with historical photographs and paintings, Spirit of the Indian Warrior presents the thoughts of some of history's greatest warriors and tribal leaders. It offers an intimate window into the cultural values of courage, loyalty, and generosity. When the first Europeans landed in North America, its native peoples faced a challenge unlike any before. Many warriors and chiefs vowed, like Tecumseh, "to resist as long as I live and breathe."...
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The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters is an exciting collection of first-hand stories describing the catastrophe of Titanic's maiden voyage as told by its survivors shortly after the ship sank.
Originally written and published in 1912, Logan Marshall's book was the very first attempt to solve the mystery of the accident and relieve the heartache it stirred internationally. Marshall narrates the personal stories of Titanic's passengers...
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When three Yale classmates -- David Bushnell, Nathan Hale, and Benjamin Tallmadge -- leave their world of classical education at Yale College, they embark on a hero's journey by joining the American Revolution in 1776. One fights underwater, another on the battlefield, and the other as a spy for General George Washington. Their lives will never be the same as they battle to save their homes on Connecticut and New York's Long Island from tyranny. The...
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An anthology of important scholarship on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras from the journal Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association.
Since 1931, the South Carolina Historical Association has published an annual, peer-reviewed journal of historical scholarship. In this volume, past SCHA officers of Michael Brem Bonner and Fritz Hamer present twenty-three of the most enduring and significant essays from the archives, offering a...
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Everything you need to know about sniping from the top firearms writers.
The Guns & Ammo Guide to Sniping is packed with a wealth of valuable information compiled by the foremost firearms writers today. A vast range of topics is covered in these articles, including:
Unusual shooting positions
The US Army's XM2010
The sniper's ultimate "one gun"
Modern reticles
Anti-cant
Temperature effect
Distance shooting for police
Ballistics for beginners
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Sebastian Junger's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Tribe includes historical context. Chapter-by-chapter overviews. Profiles of the main characters. Detailed timeline...
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Jordan Fantosme was a twelfth-century cleric, teacher and poet, possibly a member of the royal or baronial court, writing for King Henry II. His Chronicle describes some of the events and actions of the civil war between Henry II and his eldest son Henry, the 'Young King', during 1173 and 1174. The main focus of the text, including most of Fantosme's explicitly eyewitness accounts, is on the fighting in Northumberland, where King William I of Scotland,...
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Why did the invasion of Iraq result in the destruction of culture and murder of intellectuals? Convention sees accidents of war and poor planning in a campaign to liberate Iraqis. The authors argue instead that the invasion aimed to dismantle the Iraqi state to remake it as a client regime.
Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences...
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The year 1968 witnessed one of the great upheavals of the twentieth century, as social movements shook every continent. Across the Global North, people rebelled against post-war conformity and patriarchy, authoritarian education and factory work, imperialism and the Cold War. They took over workplaces and universities, created their own media, art and humour, and imagined another world. The legacy of 1968 lives on in many of today's struggles, yet...
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John C. Reed fought through the entire war as an officer in the 8th Georgia Infantry, most of it with General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The Princeton graduate was wounded at least twice (Second Manassas and Gettysburg), promoted to captain during the Wilderness fighting on May 6, 1864, and led his company through the balance of the Overland Campaign, throughout the horrific siege of Petersburg, and all the way to the Appomattox surrender on...
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Taken from George Armstrong Custer's own writings, An Autobiography of General Custer is the "true story" of one of the most praised, most despised, but surely most remembered American military heroes. Indeed, few figures in our history were-in their own time, as well as in our own-so wildly cheered and so roundly hated.
Custer's narration takes us from just after the Civil War, when, having gained a reputation as a bold and inventive leader of the...
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The Industrial Workers of the World is a union unlike any other. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, it rapidly gained members across the world thanks to its revolutionary, internationalist outlook. By using powerful organising methods including direct-action and direct-democracy, it put power in the hands of workers. This philosophy is labeled as 'revolutionary industrial unionism' and the members called, affectionately, 'Wobblies'.
This book is the...
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Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). If you're looking for information on these benefits and services, look no further than the newest edition of Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors.
The VA operates the nation's largest health-care system, with more than 1,700 care sites available across the country. These...
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"For myself I am an optimist," said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. "It does not seem to be much use being anything else."
Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wisecrack? Give sound advice to a peer on how to deal with life's problems? Or contribute to a heated discussion on international politics? The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill is the perfect pocket book to carry around in your arsenal as...
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