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11 Stories

by Chris Cander

Published: 2013-04-10

Paperback: 234 pages

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When Roscoe Jones, a one-time trumpet prodigy, loses his finger, he loses more than his ability to play. Instead of becoming a musician, he becomes the superintendent of the Chicago apartment building where he has lived since birth. Very soon, his life is no longer his own; he fades into the background,...

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The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell

by William Klaber

Published: 2013-06-18

Hardcover: 292 pages

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The memoir is fiction; the story is true. One day in 1855 Lucy Lobdell cut her hair, changed clothes, and went off to live her life as a man. By the time it was over, she was notorious. The New York Times thought her worthy of a lengthy obituary that began ''Death of a Modern Diana...Dres...

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America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (P.S.)

by Gail Collins

Published: 2007-04-24

Paperback: 608 pages

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America's Women tells the story of more than four centuries of history. It features a stunning array of personalities, from the women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists having a grand old time protesting beauty pageants and bridal fairs. Courageous, silly, funny,...

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The Mental Floss History of the United States: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America

by Erik Sass, Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur

Published: 2011-11-01

Paperback: 432 pages

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Smarter than your old history teacher, funnier than the founding fathers, and more American than apple pie, The Mental Floss History of the United States is an almost (but not entirely) comprehensive primer on American history (or at least, the good stuff). From the editors of MentalFloss....

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The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits

by Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand, Editors of Mental Floss

Published: 2009-10-27

Paperback: 432 pages

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“An irreverent romp through history’s best bits,” The Mental Floss History of the World is an amazingly entertaining joyride through 60,000 years of human civilization. As audacious as it is edifying, here is a hilarious and irreverent—yet always historically accurate—overview of...

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A People's History of the United States (P.S.)

by Howard Zinn

Published: 2010-11-02

Paperback: 768 pages

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“It’s a wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future.” —Howard Fast, author of Spartacus and The Immigrants“[It] should be required reading.” —...

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Who Built America? Volume I: Through 1877: Working People and the Nation's History

by American Social History Project, Christopher Clark, Nancy A. Hewitt, Roy Rosenzweig, Nelson Lichtenstein, Joshua Brown, David Jaffee

Published: 2007-12-21

Paperback: 679 pages

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Who Built America? explores fundamental conflicts in United States history by placing working peoples’ struggle for social and economic justice at center stage. Unique among U.S. history survey textbooks for its clear point of view, Who Built America is a joint effort of Bedford/St. Mart...

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Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World

by Sarah Vowell

Published: 2001-04-03

Paperback: 219 pages

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Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. Vowell tackles subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history with a biting humor. She searches the streets of Hoboken for traces o...

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The Poisoned Pilgrim: A Hangman's Daughter Tale

by Oliver Pötzsch

Published: 2013-07-16

Paperback: 512 pages

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1666: The monastery at Andechs has long been a pilgrimage destination, but when the hangman’s daughter, Magdalena, her doctor husband Simon, and their two small children arrive there, they learn that the monks have far larger concerns than saying Mass and receiving alms. It seems that on...

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The Beggar King: A Hangman's Daughter Tale (US Edition)

by Oliver Pötzsch

Published: 2013-01-08

Kindle Edition: 514 pages

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The year is 1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he's administered himse...