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Armchair Travel April 2017
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Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia : Gristmills & Covered Bridges
by Joseph Kovarik
Kovarik spotlights 56 remaining gristmills and 16 covered bridges. In addition to stunning color photographs of each structure, the guide provides a history of the site and detailed directions, as well as a map and GPS coordinates.
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| The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung... by Doug MackTracing the author's visits to some far-flung U.S. territories, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands, this informative, amusing book provides a fascinating look at each place, its role in history, the people who live there, and their ideas about statehood. |
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A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
by Mark Thompson
If you want to travel to a really out-of-this-world locale, why not go, well, out of this world? After flight planning, travelers will move through our solar system, exploring the sun, planets, moons and asteroid belts and learning how humans might survive, navigate, and get fuel on such a trip.
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South and west : from a notebook
by Joan Didion
Two excerpts from never-before-seen notebooks offer insights into her literary mind and process and includes notes on her Sacramento upbringing, her life in the Gulf states, her views on prominent locals and her experiences during a formative Rolling Stone assignment.
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World War I - 100th Anniversary of U.S. Involvement |
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The world remade : America in World War I
by G. J. Meyer
An investigation into America's controversial involvement in the Great War places events against a backdrop of the period's tumultuous politics while sharing insights into the personalities of top contributors, exploring how the war established America's position as a superpower and set the stage for future events.
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March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution
by Will Englund
A history of a pivotal month on the eve of World War I describes the abdication of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and America's declaration of war on Germany as part of the Wilson administration's decision to establish the U.S. as a global power.
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The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers
by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war.
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