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Andrew Bomback
How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids.
When did "parenting" become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent…
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Andrew Long
The German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, was the frontline in the Cold War, packed with hundreds of thousands of Soviet and East German troops armed with the latest Warsaw…
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Cold War Berlin: An Island City Volume 3, US Forces in Berlin - Preparing for War, 1945-1994 examines how the American Berlin Brigade prepared for war: the units that made…
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Andrew Burstein
"This work presents the first emotional history of the United States, analyzing the writings left behind by Americans in the decades leading from the Revolution to the Civil War in…
The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the "long twentieth century" offers a particularly captivating window on the lasting and varied…
An excellent introduction to the shadowy world of espionage, how the superpowers went about it and how it impacted on the wider Cold War.
West Berlin was the front line of the Cold War, an island of Western democracy, 100 miles inside East Germany and completely surrounded by the pride of the Soviet army.
An authoritative, richly illustrated summary on the major confrontation of four superpowers over the city of Berlin, including the Berlin Airlift, in 1945-1949.
The story of the Wall built by East Germany to keep their workforce from fleeing West, how the world reacted to it, and how it almost led to WWIII.
His life, from humble beginnings as an Oklahoma farmboy to a multi-millionaire real estate developer.
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Bringing together history, urban history, and a fascinating story of the interplay of influences from China and Southeast Asia, this book offers fascinating case of an Asian capital city coming…
A copiously illustrated, sweeping overview of the beloved polymath's life and career
Harry Smith (1923-91) was a painter, filmmaker, folklorist, musicologist and collector as well as a radical nonconformist whose…
Andrew C. Long
In Reading Arabia, Long explores the change in the tradition of British Orientalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He examines the role of mass print culture, including…
Andrew Lytle
Provides vivid descriptions of Alabama during an important period in the state’s history
Wilma Andrews
A story about a little girl and her adventures with her Tag-a-Long quilt.
Andrew Garve
From one of the founding members of the Crime Writers’ Association
Andrew Syers
THE LIGHTS HAVE CHANGED. IT’S NOW TIME TO CROSS THE ROAD AND GO ON A DARK BUT HUMOUROUS JOURNEY… The near future. The world has recovered from one recession and…
Andrew Wildman
HORIZON is the story of Ali, a teenage girl. For Ali, nothing works. School doesn’t work, home doesn’t work and everyone she loves is gone. Then she discovers an access…
Trevor Andrew Vidamour
He decided to slow down, for he didn’t want to attract attention at such a crucial time in his life (especially with a dismembered corpse in the back of the…
Anthony Wallace
The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.
This account of Congress’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 focuses on…
Andrew Delaplaine
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in NANTUCKET, a fascinating island that’s completely different from nearby Martha’s Vineyard.
I’ve been wanting to go…
Andrew Klavan
Charlie’s world has become a nightmare… Unable to remember the last year of his life Charlie is faced with the horror of being accused of murdering his best friend and…
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Sometimes you have to go home to find out who you really are.
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Cancun. Updated throughout the year, you'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
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A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in LOUISVILLE, a fascinating city that's also the bourbon Capital of the World.
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A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Cannes, one of the jewels of the French Riviera. You don’t have to go to Cannes…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in BOSTON. Updated throughout the year, you'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
"Where…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in The Hamptons where the uber-rich sand uber-famous gather every summer. Updated throughout the year, you’ll save…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Milwaukee. Updated throughout the year, you’ll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
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A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Charleston. When Charles Pinckney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was asked sarcastically where Charleston was…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Memphis, whether you came to see Elvis’s mansion at Graceland or soak in the Blues on…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Nashville, whether you want to go to the Grand Ole Opry (and you really ought to…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Annapolis. So close to Baltimore and yet so far removed, Annapolis is a special dreamlike place…
Complete Guide to P'town, including lodgings, restaurants, attractions, outdoor sports, tours and excursions, shopping and everything else you’d want to do in Provincetown.
Even though it’s small, there’s still a…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Chicagoland.
There’s nothing quite like a visit to the City of Big Shoulders, as the poet…
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in MARSEILLE, a fascinating city that’s also one of the oldest in France.
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Atlanta, whether your trip takes you to Downtown, Midtown, Buckhead, East Atlanta, Inman Park or Little…
