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Description not available.Documents the experiences of late-Renaissance Venetian nuns, many of whom were upper-class women immured against their will, exploring how convents of the period were often political hotbeds and the sites of illicit love affairs in their resident's efforts to find fulfillment. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Mary Laven
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The War by Margaret Hilton, Marguerite Duras
One of France's greatest novelists offers a remarkable diary of the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II and of its eventual liberation by the Allies. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the liberation, this extraordinary diary by the author of The Lover is a haunting portrait of a time and place (New York Times). AUTHOR: Margaret Hilton, Marguerite Duras
PUBLISHER: New Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Triumph over Tragedy by John Duffy, Mary Schaeffer, Mary S. Schaeffer
Description not available.The CEO of banking and brokerage firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods chronicles the remarkable tale of his company's recovery from the attacks of September 11, a disaster that destroyed the company's headquarters at the World Trade Center and took the lives on one-third of its staff. AUTHOR: John Duffy, Mary Schaeffer, Mary S. Schaeffer
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Special Operations by Russell Miller
Description not available.Documents the achievements of Britain's Special Operations Executives and the United States Office of Strategic Services in World War II as culled from interviews, diaries, letters, and first-person accounts, citing their works against the Gestapo and in such areas as the Balkans, the Burmese jungle, and Japan. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Russell Miller
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Napoleon & the Louisiana Purchase by Rhoda Blumberg
This entertaining saga brings to life the intense negotiations between Napoleon and Jefferson over this legendary land deal. Art from the period, maps, a timeline, endnotes, a bibliography, and index give young readers all the resources they need to understand the period in which the Purchase took place. AUTHOR: Rhoda Blumberg
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Egypt by Kathleen W. Deady
Description not available.Introduces the geography, history, animals, food, and culture of Egypt. AUTHOR: Kathleen W. Deady
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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