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Flags of Our Fathers
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James Bradley
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Ron Powers
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 Oct 2001
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Captures the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima and the story of the 3 who survived - including Bradley's father. |
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In the Heart of the Sea
: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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Nathaniel Philbrick
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 May 2001
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Tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever - an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. |
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills
: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History Vol. 3)
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Thomas Cahill
Hardcover: Nov 1999
Paperback: 1 Feb 2001
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Cahill's most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization. |
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Galileo's Daughter
: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
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Dava Sobel
Hardcover: Oct 1999
Paperback: 1 Oct 2000
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Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion. |
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The Gifts of The Jews
: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
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Thomas Cahill
Hardcover: Mar 1998
Paperback: 1 Sep 1999
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An enchanting journey into history, recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. |
Guns, Germs & Steel
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Jared Diamond
Hardcover: Mar 1997
Paperback: 1 Apr 1999
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'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent years.' |
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