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  • MFAA: The History of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Program (Also Known as Monuments Men)

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    The Holocaust was the systematic murder of six million European Jews by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party. The horrors of the Holocaust have documented been many times. Even those that were not killed, mutilated, or starved in concentration camps were stripped of their citizenship and their identities. The Nazis did not stop there, though. Hitler, in his quest to build an empire, planned and executed the ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Russian Espionage: History of Soviet and Russian Spying

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    If secret agents were truly secret, books such as this could never be written. Fortunately for the curious reader, agents become double agents, spies rat out their handlers, and intelligence officers undergo ideological crises. Spies who jump the wall often do so with sensitive knowledge and documents that become public.The long history of Russian intelligence is a checkered one: sometimes ... Leer más

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  • The Dirty Thirties: A History of the Dust Bowl

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    The Dust Bowl was the largest ecological disaster in United States history, coinciding with the nation’s worst economic crisis, the Great Depression of the 1930s. Massive dust storms, combined with nearly a decade of drought, wreaked havoc on parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Arkansas. The storms were a relentless threat to the environment and the health and ... Leer más

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  • Spies of the Civil War: The History of Espionage In the Civil War

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Spires! Treason! Conspiracy! The American Civil War? Civil War spying had all the ingredients of a modern spy movie--just replaces gadgets with Saber's and Colt's.This book looks at the incredible history of espionage in the Civil War. With a gripping narrative this book will read more like a John le Carré spy novel than a history book.HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each ... Leer más

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  • Spies of the American Revolution: The History of George Washington's Secret Spying Ring (The Culper Ring)

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Spies! Treason! Conspiracy! The American Revolution? The Culper Spying Ring had all the ingredients of a modern spy movie--just replaces gadgets with muskets.This book looks at the incredible history of Washington's famous spying ring. With a gripping narrative this book will read more like a John le Carré spy novel than a history book.HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Starry Mind

    The Life and Times of Vincent van Gogh

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Some of the most famous artists of the world never achieved fame, or even recognition, during their lifetimes. They worked in relative obscurity and often in tragic circumstances. And although those artists produced works that now grace the walls of some of the most hallowed museums, they never lived to enjoy it. Vincent Willem van Gogh was such a man.This biography looks at both the life and ... Leer más

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  • 13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and ... Leer más

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  • White House Butlers: A History of White House Chief Ushers and Butlers

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    They work in the shadow of America’s greatest leaders; without them, the White House could not function. They are the ushers and butlers of the White House.This short book traces the history of White House staff from the very beginning. It includes profiles of some of the most influential members, including Alonzo Fields and Eugene Allen.HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • J.M.W. Turner

    A Biography

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    In 2005 the British Broadcasting Corporation sponsored a program to find the greatest painting in Britain. Any painting hanging in a British art gallery was eligible to become The Greatest Painting in Britain, whether it was created by an Englishman or not.After every work of art in the country was evaluated a short list of finalists by British, Italian, Dutch, Belgian and French artists was ... Leer más

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  • Young Abraham Lincoln

    The Childhood and Early Life of Abraham Lincoln

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Few famous humans came into the world under such humble circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may very well be that the humble and unassuming life he lived actually served to shape him into the solid, moral, honest, decent, hard-working adult that he became. What were those circumstances, the formula so to speak, that molded this future president?This biography looks at the ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

    The History of the Shipwreck That Inspired Moby Dick

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    In 1820, a sperm whale attacked and sunk the Whaleship Essex. 2000 miles off the coast of South America, the crew knew it would be a true feat to survive and make it to shore--any shore.It’s story became legendary; Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about it; Edgar Allen Poe incorporated details of it in his only novel; and, most notoriously of them all, it served as the inspiration for Herman Melville’s ... Leer más

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  • Disaster By the Bay: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    de Howard Brinkley ...
    Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world has ever known.In the aftermath of the Earthquake, authorities learned the hard way that the city was vastly unprepared for any disaster. Find out what happened and how the city was repaired in this ... Leer más

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