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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publisher's description: Frederick Douglass was the most important African American of the nineteenth century and one of the most significant writers and orators in American history. David Blight's long-awaited authoritative biography of this great American is based in part on papers never seen by previous biographers. Douglass was born a slave and escaped at the age of twenty. He was fortunate to have learned to read as a boy, and he would develop...
Author
Series
Modern Library chronicles volume ; 23
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen...
Author
Series
Rūsī granthamālā kī pān̐cavī pustaka volume pustaka 5
Publisher
Anujñā
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Hindi
Description
Novel based on Russian revolution of 1905.
Publisher
Cameron + Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of America history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom Brokaw, Michael Douglas, Meryl Streep, Buzz Aldrin, Colin...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this narrative history sheds light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified documents from inside the Kremlin, David E. Hoffman examines the inner motives and secret decisions...
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