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Matt Atkinson
Confederate Gibraltar

Disasters threatened Vicksburg on both ends of the Mississippi River early in the war. South of the mighty bastion, New Orleans--one of the Confederacy's most important cities--fell in April 1862. Memphis…

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Kerstin Groeper
Lilien über weißen Wegen

Quebec um 1665: Die französische Kolonie kommt nicht zur Ruhe. Immer wieder werden die Siedlungen von den Irokesen angegriffen und der Handel mit Pelzen gefährdet. Zudem herrscht dramatischer Männerübersc…

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John R Erickson
Small Town Author

More than fifty years ago, John R. Erickson took a vow of discipline. Every day, he would retreat to some quiet place and write for four hours. For nearly as many years, readers have eagerly awaited the f…

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William E Moore
Arrow Points of Texas and Its Borderlands

"State and federal entities of the relatively new United States may have set borders-but archaeological history does not. Arrow Points of Texas and Its Borderlands illuminates surviving archaeologica…

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Ty Bannerman
Nuclear Family

A lyric exploration of the complicated shared legacy of the atomic west through the lens of family history and the aftermath of the Manhattan Project.Ty Bannerman's family came to Los Alamos in 1952 to bu…

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Briem
Beyond Steel

Learning from one Rust Belt city's postindustrial transitionWhile Pittsburgh is sometimes held up as a successful example of urban reinvention in the era after heavy industry (think "eds and meds&quo…

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Roberta Brandes Gratz
Fearless Philanthropy

In Fearless Philanthropy, Roberta Brandes Gratz tells the story of Edith Rosenwald Stern---rich, progressive, and Jewish---who arrived in New Orleans in 1921, the wife of successful cotton broker Edgar Bl…

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Counting Our Blessings

Counting Our Blessings is a journey through the lives of forty-one New Orleanians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Their experiences and reflections offer a clarifying view of the assistance, promis…

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Haisten Willis
A Legacy in Peanuts

In *A Legacy in Peanuts,*Columbus, Georgia native Haisten Willis tells the story of Columbus's own Tom's Foods, a firm that aided the South's industrialization and played a major role in establishing the …

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Richard Grant
A Race to the Bottom of Crazy

Bestselling author Richard Grant delves into the heart of Arizona, exploring its complex political issues, climate change challenges, and immigration dynamics to reveal the intricate forces shaping its id…

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Counting Our Blessings

Counting Our Blessings is a journey through the lives of forty-one New Orleanians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Their experiences and reflections offer a clarifying view of the assistance, promis…

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Michael Schulze-Oechtering Castañeda,
No Separate Peace

Across the Pacific Northwest in the late twentieth century, Black construction workers, Filipino cannery workers, and a wide network of community activists built a bold experiment in multiracial labor org…

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Martin A Sweeney
More Stories from the Heart of Central New York

Preserves and presents stories of a Central New York community's past as a tool for documenting a community's history

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Mississippi, Conflict and Change

Written by James W. Loewen, Charles Sallis, Byron D'Andra Orey, Jeanne M. Middleton, R. Bruce Adams, James A. Brown, Olivia Jones Love, Stephen C. Immer, and Maryellen Hains ClampitOriginally published in…

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Musical Capital

Musical Capital: Sound and Power in Washington, D.C. brings together a collection of thirteen essays developed by twenty-nine authors and musicians to create an expansive story of musical life in Washingt…

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David Zurick
The Third Coast

A full-color photographic journey around the Great LakesLocals affectionately call the Great Lakes the "third coast"---though at 4,500 miles, this beloved freshwater shoreline is the nation's lo…

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Jerome P Poling
American Birkebeiner

An exhilarating behind-the-scenes journey into the history of America's largest cross-country ski raceEach February, cross-country skiers from across the nation and around the world descend upon the sleep…

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Lynn Matluck Brooks
Theatres of the Body

Forthcoming Spring 2025

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The New Deal in South Florida

Revealing how the New Deal impacted South Florida's design and developmentThe New Deal sought to restore national economic strength in part by reallocating resources and restructuring local landscapes. Fe…

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Greg De Nevers, Deborah Edelman, Adina Merenlender
The California Naturalist Handbook, Second Edition

The go-to guide to California's natural history, now updated with fresh insights on stewardship for a changing climate and diverse naturalist perspectives.The California Naturalist Handbook offers a fun, …

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