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5) Jumbo's hide, Elvis's ride, and the tooth of Buddha: more marvelous tales of historical artifacts
Once again historian Harvey Rachlin uncovers odd and stirring stories behind some of the most fascinating objects in the world. "Jumbo's Hide," Publisher's Weekly writes, "is entertaining and enlightening ... a pageant of human aspiration, achievement, obsession, and belief." Artifacts explored include: The truce flag that ended World War I, The Maltese Falcon, John Adam's pigtail and Jesse James' Stickpin and Galileo's middle finger.
6) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history but never learned
A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.6 Million Copies Sold!
"Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!" —People magazine
From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this revised, expanded,
...Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics,...
19) The madman's library: the strangest books, manuscripts and other literary curiosities from history
In this all-new collection of yarns, New York Times–bestselling author and self-proclaimed yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is all wound up about life, motherhood, losing her beloved washing machine, and, of course, knitting.
With trademark humor and wit that have sustained...
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