"Extraordinary. A nonfiction literary masterpieceI can't remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as Three Women." -Elizabeth Gilbert "Beautifully written. This is one of the most riveting, assured,...
HISTORY / Social History
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Author:Taddeo, LisaSummary: -
Author:Villet, BarbaraSummary:The Lovings: An Intimate Portrait documents the extraordinary love story of Mildred and Richard Loving. The Lovings presents Grey Villet's stunning photo-essay in its entirety for the first time and reveals with striking intensity...
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Author:Lilti, AntoineSummary:Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture, the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots. In this book Antoine Lilti shows that the mechanisms of celebrity were developed in Europe during the Enlightenment, well...
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Author:McPherson, EdwardSummary:What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas' In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience, and myth. Private streets, racism, and the St. Louis...
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Author:Kang, LydiaSummary:What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth' Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And...
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Author:Barbier, FredericSummary:Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication ' what we call the media. In this book, historian Frederic Barbier provides an important new economic, political and...
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Author:Moorehead, CarolineSummary:In the late summer of 1943, Italy broke with Germany and joined the Allies. This historical account explores the women of Italy that liberated their country from the fascists. Partisans gave everything to fight Mussolini's two...
