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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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  • VOICES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN KENTUCKY
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    VOICES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN KENTUCKY
    FRANCIS MUSONI / IDDAH OTIENO / ANGENE WILSON / JACK WILSON
    Following historical and theoretical overview of African immigration, the heart of this book is based on oral history interviews with forty-seven of the more than twenty-two thousand Africa-born immigrants in Kentucky. From a former ambassador from Gambia, a pharmacist from South Africa, a restaurant owner from Guinea, to a certified nursing assistant from the Democratic Republ...

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  • LEWIS MILESTONE
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    LEWIS MILESTONE
    HARLOW ROBINSON
    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 Quiet on the Western Front, Of Mice and Men, the original Ocean's Eleven and Mutiny on the Bounty, Lewis Milestone (1895-1980) was one of the most signifi...

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  • ENID YANDELL
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    ENID YANDELL
    JUILEE DECKER
    Louisville-born and nationally renowned sculptor Enid Yandell (1869–1934) was ahead of her time. She began her career when sculpture was considered too physical, too messy, and too masculine for women. Yandell challenged the gender norms of early-twentieth-century artistic practice and became an award-winning sculptor, independent artist, and activist for women's suffrage.This ...

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  • SPECTACULAR BID
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    SPECTACULAR BID
    PETER LEE
    A safety pin was all that kept Spectacular Bid from becoming the eleventh Thoroughbred to take the Triple Crown. This work examines Spectacular Bid from his humble beginnings—he was born in a mud puddle on a horse farm in Versailles, Kentucky—to his recognition as one of the greatest American racehorses. On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on a sa...

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  • JFK AND DE GAULLE
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    JFK AND DE GAULLE
    SEAN J. MCLAUGHLIN
    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 administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. The administration's response ignited a series of events that dealt a massive blow to American prest...

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  • CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGENDARY TELEVISION STARS
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    CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGENDARY TELEVISION STARS
    JAMES BAWDEN / RON MILLER
    During television's first fifty years—long before cable networks, Hulu, Netflix, and the like—families would gather around their television sets nightly to watch entertaining shows such as I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, M*A*S*H, The Beverly Hillbillies, Fantasy Island, and The Rockford Files. Many of the stars of these beloved shows have passed away, but their presence remains intact—n...

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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-le...

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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 fierce...

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  • RIDLEY SCOTT
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    RIDLEY SCOTT
    VINCENT LOBRUTTO
    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 respected media businessman.In Ridley Scott: A Biography, Vincent LoBrutto delves into Ridley Scott's oeuvre in a way that all...

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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
    "But in fishing the jumps there comes a moment when an insatiable hunger rises up in you and everything turns wild."The term "fishing the jumps" speaks to a method of catching fish while they're in the midst of a wild, frenzied state. And just like the undercurrents that exist in the lakes on which this tale is based, some relationships have a way of hiding—and revealing—turmoi...

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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
    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 the fullest account of Rupp's life to date based on more than one-hundred interviews with Rupp, his assi...

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  • AMREEKIYA
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    AMREEKIYA
    LENA MAHMOUD
    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 age. Ever the outcast in her amu and amtu's household, they eagerly encourage Isra to marry and leave. After rejecting a string of undesirable suitors, s...

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  • MAKE WAY FOR HER
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    MAKE WAY FOR HER
    KATIE CORTESE
    A girl afflicted with pyrokinesis tries to control her fire-starting long enough to go to a dance with a boy she likes. A woman trapped in a stalled marriage is excited by an alluring ex-con who enrolls in her YMCA cooking class. A teen accompanies her mother, a prestigious poet, to a writing conference where she navigates a misguided attraction to a married writer—who is, in t...

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  • A POLITICAL COMPANION TO JAMES BALDWIN
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    A POLITICAL COMPANION TO JAMES BALDWIN
    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 (1924–1987) expresses his profound belief that writers have the power to transform society, to engage the public, and to inspire and channel conversation to achieve lasting change. While Baldwin is best known for his writings on ra...

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  • HITCHHIKER
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    HITCHHIKER
    BOB THOMPSON
    In this unique memoir, the adventuresome author combines stories of rural Kentucky and restless travel with tall tales of other worlds and bygone eras. Bob Thompson discovered his passion for storytelling on the front porch of his Granny's country store in McCracken County, Kentucky. Absorbing the tales and traditions he learned there, he kept them close as he went out in searc...

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  • FORWARD WITH PATTON
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    FORWARD WITH PATTON
    ROBERT S. ALLEN
    Soldier, journalist, and Soviet spy Robert S. Allen (1900–1981) was a deeply controversial figure. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military, forged a successful career as a syndicated columnist, and even rose to become the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. During this period, he developed a sideline as a paid informant for t...

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  • PHANTOMS OF OLD LOUISVILLE
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    PHANTOMS OF OLD LOUISVILLE
    DAVID DOMINÉ
    A paranormal investigator and Old Louisville resident explores chilling reports of hauntings among the historic homes of the National Preservation District. The Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood known as Old Louisville is one of the country’s largest National Preservation Districts and the largest Victorian-era neighborhood in the country. Beneath the balconies and terraces of...

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  • HAUNTS OF OLD LOUISVILLE
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    HAUNTS OF OLD LOUISVILLE
    DAVID DOMINÉ
    The paranormal investigator and author of Phantoms of Old Louisville explores haunted historic mansions, churches, and more. The Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood known as Old Louisville is one of the country’s largest National Preservation Districts and the largest Victorian-era neighborhood in the country. Beneath the balconies and terraces of the district's Gothic, Queen An...

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  • BURGOO, BARBECUE, AND BOURBON
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    BURGOO, BARBECUE, AND BOURBON
    ALBERT W. A. SCHMID
    Burgoo, barbecue, and bourbon have long been acknowledged as a trinity of good taste in Kentucky. Known as the gumbo of the Bluegrass, burgoo is a savory stew that includes meat—usually smoked—from at least one "bird of the air" and one "beast of the field," plus as many vegetables as the cook wants to add. Often you'll find this dish paired with one of the Commonwealth's other...

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  • WENDELL BERRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
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    WENDELL BERRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
    JACK R. BAKER / JEFFREY BILBRO
    Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural obsession with restless mobility for decades, arguing that it causes damage to both the land and the character of our commun...

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  • HOLLYWOOD DIVIDED
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    HOLLYWOOD DIVIDED
    KEVIN BRIANTON
    On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood—John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rouben Mamoulian—and the issue on the table was nothing less than a vote to dismiss Mankiewicz as...

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  • STONER'S BOY
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    STONER'S BOY
    ROBERT F. SCHULKERS
    Mr. Stoner is bad, and it seems his son is turning out just the same. Masked and dressed all in gray, Stoner's Boy moves like a ghost up and down the river, stealing and causing mischief. Seckatary Hawkins and his club have crossed this dangerous lad, and (to make matters worse) Briggen and the Pelham gang across the river won't leave the ruthless thief alone: They know that he...

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  • KENTUCKY REBEL TOWN
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    KENTUCKY REBEL TOWN
    WILLIAM A. PENN
    This unique Civil War history chronicles the hard-fought battles and divided loyalties of a pro-Southern county in Union Kentucky.   When the Civil War broke out, Kentucky was officially neutral—but the people of Harrison County felt differently. Volunteers lined up at the train depot in Cynthiana to join the Confederate Army, cheered on by pro-Southern local officials. After t...

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  • KENTUCKY AND THE GREAT WAR
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    KENTUCKY AND THE GREAT WAR
    DAVID J. BETTEZ
    From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to communities banding together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays, Kentuckians were loyal supporters of their country during the First World War. Kentucky had one of the lowest rates of draft dodging in the nation, and the state increased its coal product...

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  • HITLER'S WEHRMACHT, 1935–1945
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    HITLER'S WEHRMACHT, 1935–1945
    ROLF-DIETER MÜLLER
    An “impressively comprehensive” study of the Nazi military and its culpability in war crimes by “one of the foremost historians of World War II” (Stephen G. Fritz, author of Ostkrieg). Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with the legacy of the Wehrmacht—the unified armed forces mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935. Historians have vigorously debated whether the W...

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  • MORE KENTUCKY BOURBON COCKTAILS
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    MORE KENTUCKY BOURBON COCKTAILS
    JOY PERRINE / SUSAN REIGLER
    Ninety-five percent of the world's bourbon whiskey is produced in Kentucky, and the drink is as distinctive to the state as Thoroughbred horses and Bluegrass music. As America's native spirit enjoys booming popularity worldwide, award-winning bartender Joy Perrine and celebrated restaurant critic and drinks writer Susan Reigler return to offer new recipes that will delight both...

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