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  • MARLENE DIETRICH'S ABC'S
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    MARLENE DIETRICH'S ABC'S
    MARLENE DIETRICH
    A collection of the icon's surprising and heartfelt thoughts on topics A-to-Z, plus recipes and photos—a wonderfully addictive scrapbook for fans. From the wonderfully varied and witty mind of Marlene Dietrich comes an alphabetized collection of her most zany, honest, and heartfelt thoughts. Offering her take on a range of ideas, people, and items, Marlene Dietrich's ABC is an ...

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  • MARLENE
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    MARLENE
    MARLENE DIETRICH
    A fascinating self-portrait of one of the greatest entertainers of Hollywood's golden age Film star. Cabaret sensation. Recording artist. Writer. Marlene Dietrich was nothing short of enchanting—and remains so as she chronicles her fabulous rise to stardom in Marlene. From her early career in Germany as a chorus girl to her breakout role as Lola in The Blue Angel to her courage...

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  • A POLITICAL COMPANION TO WALT WHITMAN
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    A POLITICAL COMPANION TO WALT WHITMAN
    PAGONZ0
    "Wonderful . . . a timely invitation to political and social theorists to take seriously this imaginative man who solicited us to think and sing democracy." —Bonnie Honig, author of Emergency Politics The works of Walt Whitman have been described as masculine, feminine, postcolonial, homoerotic, urban, organic, unique, and democratic, yet arguments about the extent to which Whi...

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  • A LIFE FOR FREEDOM
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    A LIFE FOR FREEDOM
    DENIS GOLDBERG
    In this fascinating memoir, the anti-apartheid activist recounts his lifelong fight for emancipation and the years he endured in a South African prison. From June 1963 to October 1964, ten antiapartheid activists were tried at South Africa's Pretoria Supreme Court. Standing among the accused were Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, was Denis Goldberg. Charged under t...

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  • HOMER SIMPSON PONDERS POLITICS
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    HOMER SIMPSON PONDERS POLITICS
    TIMOTHY M. DALE
    What pop culture from The Hobbit to The Office reveals about modern politics—from the authors of Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: "Fun and engaging." —William Irwin, author of Black Sabbath and Philosophy It's said that the poet Homer educated ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Home...

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  • MADELINE MCDOWELL BRECKINRIDGE AND THE BATTLE FOR A NEW SOUTH
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    MADELINE MCDOWELL BRECKINRIDGE AND THE BATTLE FOR A NEW SOUTH
    MELBA PORTER HAY
    A biography of the Kentucky women's rights activist and progressive reformer, featuring personal interviews and recently discovered correspondence. Preeminent Kentucky reformer and women's rights advocate Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872-1920) was at the forefront of social change during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A descendant of Henry Clay and the d...

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  • SUE MUNDY
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    SUE MUNDY
    RICHARD TAYLOR
    A teenage boy fighting in the American Civil War becomes a Kentucky legend in this historical novel by the author of Girty and Elkhorn. October 11, 1864. The Civil War rages on in Kentucky, where Union and Confederate loyalties have turned neighbors into enemies and once-proud soldiers into drifters, thieves, and outlaws. Stephen Gano Burbridge, radical Republican and military ...

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  • VOICES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN KENTUCKY
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    VOICES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN KENTUCKY
    FRANCIS MUSONI / IDDAH OTIENO / ANGENE WILSON / JACK WILSON
    "A rich blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and heart-wrenching oral testimonials . . . powerful." —Imali J. Abala, author of The Dreamer With an introduction that provides a historical and theoretical overview of African immigration, the heart of this book is built around oral history interviews with forty-seven of the more than twenty-two thousand Africa-born ...

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  • MAKING BOURBON
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    MAKING BOURBON
    KARL RAITZ
    "Raitz examines the rich story of distilling in its Kentucky heartland and traces its maturation from a local craft to an enduring industry." —William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in ...

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  • MURDER ON THE OHIO BELLE
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    MURDER ON THE OHIO BELLE
    STUART W. SANDERS
    "A carefully crafted microhistory of a riverboat and life on the Western rivers that reveals the tensions and realities of America on the eve of civil war." — America's Civil War Review In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. Nothing out of the ordinary. In those days, people fished corpses from the river with alarming frequency. But this body...

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  • LEWIS MILESTONE
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    LEWIS MILESTONE
    HARLOW ROBINSON
    A biography of the Oscar-winning director and a study of his acclaimed films, like All Quiet on the Western Front, The Front Page, and Of Mice and Men. This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life—a classic rags-to-riches American narrative—in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent to the sound era. Creator of All Qu...

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  • COACH HALL
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    COACH HALL
    JOE B. HALL / MARIANNE WALKER
    This inspiring memoir by an NCAA championship player who went on to become an NCAA championship coach is "a quick read chronicling an eventful life" ( Lexington Herald-Leader).   Until I was nine or ten, everyone called me Joe or Joe Hall. Then one day, my grandmother, for reasons known only to her, pulled me aside, telling me my name was "too short and too plain." She said, "L...

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  • BOY ON THE BRIDGE
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    BOY ON THE BRIDGE
    ANDREW MARBLE
    "This isn't just a must-read for military buffs—it's a source of inspiration for every American and anyone who aspires to be one." —John Kerry, former US Secretary of State   Born in Poland, John Shalikashvili (1936-2011) emigrated to the United States in 1952 and was drafted into the army as a private in 1958. He rose steadily through the ranks, serving in every level of unit ...

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  • ENID YANDELL
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    ENID YANDELL
    JUILEE DECKER
    The life and work of a sculptor who pushed both aesthetic and social boundaries at the turn of the twentieth century is explored in this in-depth study. Working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Louisville-born sculptor Enid Yandell developed a distinctly physical and masculine style that challenged the gender norms of artistic practice. An award-winning scu...

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  • BLOOD, GUTS, AND GREASE
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    BLOOD, GUTS, AND GREASE
    JON B. MIKOLASHEK
    "Sheds light on the complex personality that has been, in many ways, masked by the legend that emerged during World War II and has grown since." —Col. Gregory Fontenot, ARMY Magazine George S. Patton is one of the most controversial, celebrated, and popular military leaders in American history, and his accomplishments and victories have been greatly documented. Yet Patton spent...

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  • SPECTACULAR BID
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    SPECTACULAR BID
    PETER LEE
    "Lee does a masterful job of telling the entire and real story of a racing star who overcame numerous obstacles . . . a book that you cannot put down!" —Brian Zipse, managing partner of Derby Day Racing On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on a safety pin in his stall, injuring his foot. He had impressively won the first two races—the Kentucky Derb...

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  • JFK AND DE GAULLE
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    JFK AND DE GAULLE
    SEAN J. MCLAUGHLIN
    "America's road to disaster in Vietnam has been endlessly chronicled, but Sean L. McLaughlin takes a fresh approach to that familiar story." —James Hershberg, George Washington University Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy admi...

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  • CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGENDARY TELEVISION STARS
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    CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGENDARY TELEVISION STARS
    JAMES BAWDEN / RON MILLER
    "Insightful, often humorous, and always fascinating remembrances by some of the greatest names in entertainment history . . . a vibrant portrait of a bygone era." —Brent Phillips, author of Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance During television's first fifty years—long before Hulu, Netflix, and the like—families would gather around their sets nightly to watch ...

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  • HITCHCOCK AND THE CENSORS
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    HITCHCOCK AND THE CENSORS
    JOHN BILLHEIMER
    Edgar Award Winner: This lively account of the director's battles with the Code Office is "an essential addition to any Hitchcock shelf" ( Mystery Scene Magazine).   From 1934 to 1968, the Motion Picture Production Code Office controlled the content and final cut on all films made and distributed in the United States. Code officials protected sensitive ears from standard four-l...

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  • OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
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    OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
    VICTORIA AMADOR
    "There is much more to de Havilland's story than her role as Melanie Wilkes, and it's all here . . . a treat for film fans" ( Booklist). Two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland is best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. She often inhabited characters who were delicate, elegant, and refined; yet at the same time, she was a survivor with a fierc...

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  • RIDLEY SCOTT
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    RIDLEY SCOTT
    VINCENT LOBRUTTO
    A study of the iconic and influential film director's life and work, from the author of Stanley Kubrick: A Biography. With celebrated works such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, Ridley Scott has secured his place in Hollywood. This legendary director and filmmaker has had an undeniable influence on art and the culture of filmmaking, but is also a respecte...

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  • SIR BARTON AND THE MAKING OF THE TRIPLE CROWN
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    SIR BARTON AND THE MAKING OF THE TRIPLE CROWN
    JENNIFER S. KELLY
    The true story of a forgotten champion: "Bringing Sir Barton out from the shadows, Jennifer Kelly restores him to a richly-deserved spotlight." ―Dorothy Ours, author of Man o' War   He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the "king of them all." But after a winless two-...

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  • LINCOLN, SEWARD, AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA
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    LINCOLN, SEWARD, AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA
    JOSEPH A. FRY
    "A heartening reminder that politicians, at their best, can rise above petty rivalries and jealousies to serve a larger cause." —Don H. Doyle, author of The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War   The Civil War marked a significant turning point in American history—not only for the United States itself but for its relations with foreign powers...

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  • FISHING THE JUMPS
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    FISHING THE JUMPS
    LAMAR HERRIN
    From the author of Romancing Spain, a novel about two fishing buddies and about home, family, and the stories we tell to keep the illusion alive. In his latest novel, award-winning writer Lamar Herrin highlights the art of storytelling and the value of friendship with a lush, outdoor landscape serving as a backdrop. Set over the course of a weekend spent fishing on an Adirondac...

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  • ADOLPH RUPP AND THE RISE OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
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    ADOLPH RUPP AND THE RISE OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
    JAMES DUANE BOLIN
    An in-depth look at the life of the influential University of Kentucky basketball coach and his legacy. Known as the "Man in the Brown Suit" and the "Baron of the Bluegrass," Adolph Rupp (1901–1977) is a towering figure in the history of college athletics. In Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball, historian James Duane Bolin goes beyond the wins and losses to present ...

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  • AMREEKIYA
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    AMREEKIYA
    LENA MAHMOUD
    A touching debut novel chronicling the life a young Palestinian American woman between two cultures as she comes of age and as she settles into marriage. Isra Shadi, a twenty-one-year-old woman of mixed Palestinian and White descent, lives in California with her paternal amu (uncle), amtu (aunt), and cousins after the death of her mother and abandonment by her father at a young...

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  • PERSHING'S TANKERS
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    PERSHING'S TANKERS
    "Compelling . . . highly recommended to students of the Great War or of armored force development." — The Journal of America's Military Past   After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France. The army envisioned having a large tank force by 1919, but when the war en...

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  • THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX
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    THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX
    COLIN F. BAXTER
    The noted historian offers "a compelling sociohistorical account of an often overlooked yet critical" WWII explosive twice as powerful as TNT ( Choice). During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic were virtually defenseless against German U-boats. Bombs and torpedoes fitted with TNT barely dented the hulls of Axis naval vessels. Then, seemingly ...

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  • LOSSBERG'S WAR
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    LOSSBERG'S WAR
    FRITZ VON LOSSBERG
    "This book is a work of detail and scholars can now envision the campaigns and battles of the First World War from a high-level German perspective." — Journal of Military History Gen. Fritz von Lossberg (1868-1942) directed virtually all the major German defensive battles on the Western Front during the First World War. Hailed as "the Lion of the Defensive," he was an extremely...

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  • A POLITICAL COMPANION TO JAMES BALDWIN
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    A POLITICAL COMPANION TO JAMES BALDWIN
    "Uniformly excellent" essays on the work of the renowned author and his "extraordinary relevance in the present moment" ( Choice). In seminal works such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and The Fire Next Time, acclaimed author and social critic James Baldwin expresses his profound belief that writers have the power to transform society, engage the public, a...

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