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Author
Issam Jameel

Publisher
Modern History Press

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Iraq through a Bullet Hole: A Civilian Returns Home

A unique on-the-ground account of a country shattered

Iraqi playwright Issam Jameel returns to Iraq in the summer of 2005 after a 12-year exile. From the relative safety of Jordan, where he worked for an opposition radio station under the watchful eyes of Saddam's spies, he travels by car to Baghdad visit family and friends.......



Author
George Rathmell

Publisher
Infinity Publishing

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Realms of Gold: The Colorful Writers of San Francisco 1850-1950

A vibrant history of San Francisco through the activities of the renowned writers who lived in one of the world's favorite cities. Few regions in America can equal the rich literary history of San Francisco and its surrounding areas with authors such as: Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Isadora Duncan, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Dashiell Hammett, John St.......



Author
Catherine C. Brooks

Publisher
Infinity Publishing

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War Brought Trials and Anxiety at Home and Overseas

After Pearl Harbor, life in the United States changed for everyone. Brooks had access to the entire local and many daily newspaper clippings from 1942-1945. From these, she gleamed survivor’s stories—hair raising and emotional tales that tear at the heart. She gives details given by prisoners from both Germany and Japan.......



Author
Kevin Cochrane

Publisher
CreateSpace

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The Potter's Keeper

Have you ever wondered why your cell phone doesn't have an antenna anymore? What did the Spanish conquistadors do with all that silver and gold they brought back from the New World? And what's up with the Neanderthals? How come we didn't descend from them and ended up Homo sapiens instead? Inspired by globe-circling travels through China, Asia, South America and Europe, Co.......



Author
Katelyn Bohl; Eric Wilder

Publisher
Gondwana Press

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Lost on Route 66 - Tales from the Mother Road

Lost on Route 66 is a compilation of short stories, poetry and essays about The Mother Road, Route 66.  Stories of the Mother Road guaranteed to bring a smile or two, and maybe even a few tears......



Author
Brayton Harris

Publisher
CreateSpace

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WAR NEWS: Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War

WAR NEWS (originally published in 1999 as Blue & Gray in Black & White) is an exploration of the individual and collective efforts of newspaper journalists during the Civil War. As eyewitnesses to one of the most memorable conflicts in history, they left a record that is sometimes brilliant but, at other times, marred by shoddy journalism, sensationalism, and self-.......



Author
Rick Ritter and Paul Richards

Publisher
Modern History Press

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Made In America, Sold in the Nam (Second Edition) (Reflections of History)

Hope and Healing For All Who Have Been Touched by War

Made in America, Sold in the Nam brings together the writings of more than two dozen Vietnam-era veterans who have never before had the chance to speak their peace.......










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