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Description not available.Vietnam vet Luke Carr seeks revenge on his ex-lover after returning from the war by plotting to steal her art collection, but his plans are sidetracked by a mysterious request to perform and murder-for-hire. AUTHOR: Jere Hoar
PUBLISHER: Context Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Gertrude Bell by Gertrude Bell, Rosemary O'Brien
Description not available.Provides an unpredented first access to excerpts of the letters the legendary adventurer and Middle East advisor wrote to Richard Doughty-Wylie, the married British army officer with whom she was in love and for whom her diaries were written. AUTHOR: Gertrude Bell, Rosemary O'Brien
PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Tournament of Shadows by Karl Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
Description not available.A history of the struggle for mastery in Centra Asia AUTHOR: Karl Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Twilight Years by William Wiser
Description not available.A fascinating social history of Paris in the 1930s introduces readers to the international, cosmopolitan city that attracted thousands of expatriates from all over the world, including Henry Miller, Katherine Anne Porter, Man Ray, and Picasso, to name a few. AUTHOR: William Wiser
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
This comprehensive look at Islam, focusing on the theology, people, history, cultures, and more, places special emphasis on Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, as well as on some more abstract intellectual underpinnings of the religion. AUTHOR: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Creation of the Modern World by Roy Porter
A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Roy Porter
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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