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  • Weatherford, Texas

    Series series Images of America
    Despite the odds of Indian raids, the Civil War, and one man's feud, Weatherford began as a small frontier settlement in the mid-1800s, and quickly grew into a bustling West Texas county seat known for its Victorian beauty, home-grown peaches, and small-town charm. Images of courthouse construction and early pioneering families are among the first glimpses into Weatherford's fascinating history. ... Read more

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  • How a Transaction of the Heart Can Change Your Life

    Or Rocks, Water, and DNA

    This thought-provoking book explores one of life's greatest questions: Are we the result of random chance, or were we created with purpose? Drawing on science, philosophy, and faith--including ideas echoed by Blaise Pascal--it examines the complexity of DNA, the uniqueness of every human life, and the evidence for an intelligent Creator. Through clear reasoning and personal stories, the book ... Read more

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  • XML in Data Management

    Understanding and Applying Them Together

    Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems
    XML in Data Management is for IT managers and technical staff involved in the creation, administration, or maintenance of a data management infrastructure that includes XML. For most IT staff, XML is either just a buzzword that is ignored or a silver bullet to be used in every nook and cranny of their organization. The truth is in between the two. This book provides the guidance necessary for data ... Read more

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  • A City Laid Waste

    The Capture, Sack, and Destruction of the City of Columbia

    "A graphic account of the horrors, the brutality and sometimes wanton destruction of warfare, particularly of civil war." — Charleston (SC) Post and CourierIn the first reissue of these documents since 1865, A City Laid Waste captures in riveting detail the destruction of South Carolina's capital city. William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), a native South Carolinian and one of the nation's foremost ... Read more

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  • Washington's Spies

    The Story of America's First Spy Ring

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Turn: Washington’s Spies, now an original series on AMCBased on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Patriots

    The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War

    Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons -- more than twice the number to die on the ... Read more

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  • The Assassination Letters

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    In June 2005, two small envelopes were found in a closet in a Vermont historical site. One of the envelopes was official Treasury Department stationary and inscribed: valuable letter account of the trial after the assassination of Lincoln. Inside were three letters dated April 18, May 20, and June 15, 1865, containing eyewitness accounts of life in Washington, D.C., after the assassination of ... Read more

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  • Bryan Prince's Underground Railroad 2-Book Bundle

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    Award-winning author Bryan Prince portrays the experiences of slaves and former slaves in these compelling histories of the Underground Railroad and American Civil War. This special two-book collection includes:My Brother’s Keeper: African Canadians and the American Civil WarThe stirring story of African Canadians who had fled slavery and oppression in the United States but returned to enlist in ... Read more

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  • How John Wilkes Booth Crossed the Potomac River

    This is the story of how John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, eluded Federal authorities, escaped from Washington DC, hid in southern Maryland and fled to Virginia across the Potomac River via covert Confederate river-crossing operations, as published in CENTURY magazine’s April 1884 edition. The book also describes the Confederate smuggling system to exchange mail with ... Read more

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  • South Carolina Civilians in Sherman's Path

    Stories of Courage Amid Civil War Destruction

    by Karen Stokes ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    Discover the true accounts of South Carolinian's as they recount General Sherman's march through the Palmetto State during the Civil War. During the fateful winter and spring of 1865, thousands of civilians in South Carolina, young and old, black and white, felt the impact of what General William T. Sherman called "the hard hand of war." This book tells their stories, many of which were ... Read more

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  • Homegrown Terror

    Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London

    This lively biography of America's most famous traitor offers a new perspective on his terrible legacy as well as life in Revolutionary Era Connecticut.On September 6, 1781, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold and a force of 1,700 British soldiers and loyalists took Fort Griswold and burnt New London to the ground. The brutality of the invasion galvanized the new nation, and "Remember New London!" ... Read more

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