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|  | Dear Donald, Dear Bennett by Bennett Cerf, Bob Loomis, Donald Klopfer
Collected here, the mid-century letters of Random House proprietors Bennet Cerf and Donald Klofer offer wry insight into the book world that once was. AUTHOR: Bennett Cerf, Bob Loomis, Donald Klopfer
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The Fleet the Gods Forgot by W. G. Winslow
The tragic and heroic story of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet at the outbreak of World War II involved in a disastrous encounter with vastly superior Japanese forces during the war's initial phase. AUTHOR: W. G. Winslow
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Artifacts by Christine Finn
What archeological traces will the New Economy leave on the landscape of Silicon Valley, where computer companies and malls have replaced the cherry trees? A journalist from Britain makes some guesses. AUTHOR: Christine Finn
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The U.S.-Mexican War
The U.S.-Mexican War paints a detailed, cross-cultural portrait of the events that changed the face of the North American contiment.
The U.S. Mexican War
Carol and Thomas Christensen
Hardcover
1998
Bay Books
In the early 1840's a map of North America would show two dominant nations, the United States and Mexico. As the decade progressed, tensions between the two countries steadily mounted, erupted violently in the spring of 1846. What followed was a passionate territorial battle that would last for two years, cover hundreds of thousands of square miles, and forever alter the communities in its wake. The U.S.-Mexican War paints a detailed, cross-cultural portrait of the events that changed the face of the North American contiment.
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CATEGORY: History
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 | The Twenty-Five Yards of War
Description not available.Drawing on the recollections of twelven men, an oral history of the Second World War provides a soldier's eye view of combat in both the European and Pacific theaters, from the D-Day Invasion at Normandy to being bombed by Japanese pilots over Midway. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Question of Hu by Jonathan D. Spence
Description not available.Recounts the extraordinary experiences in early eighteenth-century France of a Chinese peasant taken there by Jesuit priests, imprisoned in an asylum, and finally returned to China AUTHOR: Jonathan D. Spence
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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