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New & Coming-Soon HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY December 2019
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Five years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man, when his own father figures abandoned him? As a white man, what can he possibly teach his biracial son about how to live as a black man in America? And what does it even mean to be a man today, when society’s expectations of men seem to change from moment to moment?
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Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947 by Norman LebrechtAn expert on Jewish intellectuals, writers and scientists describes the many visionaries who changed the world, from the well-known—like Marx, Freud, Einstein and Kafka—to the lesser known—like Karl Landsteiner, Paul Ehrlich and Rosalind Franklin.
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A new world begins : the history of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. PopkinA comprehensive analysis of the principles, events and influences of the French Revolution examines the roles of such contributors as Mirabeau and Robespierre while explaining the violent debates that led to modernism and the rise of Napoleon.
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon by Patrick J SloyanThe late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents an account of the 1983 truck bombing in Beirut that ended 241 American lives, drawing on interviews with key players to offer insights into the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Reagan’s doomed ceasefire.
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