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Powells Partner Bookshelf | History, Kansas, Old West, BeatsReturn to http://www.vlib.us/
History books by friends -- on Kansas, the Old West, ecology, Beats, spies, gunfighters, google, web; authors I like to read. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (sad, scary, your concerns were correct)- a must read. Compare it with RFK's version.
Books 1 - 10 of 16 next » check for availability by Jay M. Price
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On September 16, 1893, over 100,000 people converged on the edges of six million acres just south of the Kansas border, a parcel officially designated the Cherokee Outlet but more commonly called the Cherokee Strip. This was the largest of the rushes... (read more) New - Trade Paper 
by Andrew C. Isenberg
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An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, here’s how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that... (read more) Your Price $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
by David S. Reynolds
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Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (1800—1859) by the prize-... (read more) Used - Hardcover
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by Roger Cohen
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In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Oliver Harris
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William Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination and one of Americas great original writers. The two mysteries that Oliver Harris explores are how Burroughs became that writer and what fascination itself means. His book is both a... (read more) New - Hardcover
by Tim Weiner
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For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world... (read more) Your Price $14.00 Used - Hardcover
by Karen Holliday Tanner
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A distant cousin of the legendary Doc Holliday uses previously undisclosed family documents and reminiscences to shed light on Holliday's early years through the events leading up to the shootout at the O.K. Corral. "The definitive biography of this Wild... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by Tim Berners Lee
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Chapter One Enquire Within upon Everything When I first began tinkering with a software program that even-tually gave rise to the idea of the World Wide Web, I named it Enquire, short for "Enquire Within upon Everything," a musty old book of Victorian... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
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