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'The Forbidden Daughter' is the true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth. A moving, powerful chronicle of overcoming impossible odds, 'The Forgotten Daughter' is the story of one unforgettable woman and her will to survive.
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From Martin Dugard, coauthor of the 'Killing' series with Bill O'Reilly, comes a soaring account of England's desperate fight to fend off German invasion. 'Taking London' puts the reader inside the action, telling the complex personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske.
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Bestselling historian and author Ken McGoogan delves into dictatorships of the twentieth century to sound this crucial alarm about the possibility of democratic collapse in the United States and its implications for Canada. Twentieth-century novels such as George Orwells 1984 and Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale produced visions of future dystopia that rang with echoes of past tyrannies. Always implied was a warning that historys worst chapters...
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Enter the realm of the Carnie King, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of the worlds largest carnival company. 'Carnie King' is a fascinating story based off scores of interviews with carnies and access to the Conklin archives. The resulting history is at once a startling, nostalgic look at a unique part of 20th-century North American culture and a vivid account of three generations of showmen and their dominance of midways across the continent....
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Part Michael Lewis, part 'The Way Things Work', 'How the World Ran Out of Everything' is an extraordinary journey revealing the worldwide supply chain - exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that bring products to your doorstep, and the ruthless business logic that has left local communities at the mercy of a complex and fragile network for their basic necessities. One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books...
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