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The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn & Other Correspondence & Documents Concerning the King and His Wives
HardcoverOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /The king and his wives-letters and documents History is full of notable figures, but far fewer in number are those who have become iconic. An ind...
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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million peo...
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A classic tale of adventure and terror in the African jungle. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781592281879 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Rowman &...
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The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /One hot May morning in 2003, a crowd of Hutus who had participated in the genocidal killings of April 1994 in Rwanda filed out of prison and into...
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Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Winner of the 2021 Wolfson History Prize“Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of ...
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Sudan's Unfinished Democracy: The Promise and Betrayal of a People's Revolution
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /This book tells the story of the Sudanese revolution of 2019; of how it succeeded in bringing down the long-standing rule of President Omar al-Ba...
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Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight f...
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The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A riveting, beautifully crafted account of Libya after Qadhafi.The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic ...
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Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeatAugust 2, 216 BC was one of history's bl...
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Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young
PaperbackOriginal price $21.95Original price $21.95 - Original price $21.95Original price $21.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park super...
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The Boer War: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /On October 11th, 1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally...
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African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's ...
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Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era
PaperbackOriginal price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-...
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In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Revealing never-before-told stories with the incisive thought and emotion of one who was there. "The author does not pull any punches...his story...
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Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engag...
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Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Starting on September 11th, 2012, al-Qa'ida carried out a series of terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya, killi...
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Mathare: An Urban Bastion of Anti-Oppression Struggle in Kenya
PaperbackOriginal price $14.62 - Original price $14.62Original price $14.62$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /History is written by the victors of any war. But what happens when the victors forget to write down their history or omit the cog of the struggle?...
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Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
Library BindingOriginal price $36.99 - Original price $36.99Original price $36.99$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing it...
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A Swamp the Size of Belgium
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99$25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /South Sudan became independent in 2011, but the hope for a peaceful future was short-lived. By 2013, the world's youngest nation was engulfed in a ...
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Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /"An utterly compelling account of the African Americans who played a crucial and dangerous role in the invasion of Europe. The story of their heroi...
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The Lincoln Brigade: Newsreel Edition
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Presented as a black and white graphic novel. THE LINCOLN BRIGADE tells the true story of 3,000 American volunteers who defied their government and...
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Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major co...
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Mesoamerican History & Mythology: Aztec, Inca, Maya, Toltec, Zapotec & Central American Myths, Legends, Mysteries & History Uncovered
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The history of Mesoamerica is rich, complex, and filled with mystery But for too long it has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and overlooked.Emb...
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The Barbary Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States
HardcoverOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa!In this book, you'll learn about the Barbary Wars of 1801 to 1805 and 1815, t...
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