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Peter Hetherington
Unvanquished
Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland, and the Struggle for Eastern Europe

Unvanquished is the biography of Joseph Pilsudski (1867-1935), the father of Polish independence.

Pilsudski’s life reads like a novel, and includes swashbuckling tales of his involvement in a plot to kill the czar, life in the underground, and a dramatic prison escape. In 1920, he led the Polish Army to victory over the Red Army, securing Poland’s independence and saving Europe from Bolshevik revolution. Pilsudski was the only statesman to successfully stare down both Hitler and Stalin, and his planned pre-emptive war against the Nazi regime, while rejected by the West, might have spared Europe from the nightmare of WWII.
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Renée Wendinger
Extra! Extra! The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York

The orphan trains that departed New York City carrying more than 250,000 children from various East Coast orphanages, to all points West across the United States, became the largest mass migration of children ever in US history.
The Orphan Trains and Newsboys of New York is a collection of stories that effectively communicates little known details about children facing nearly insurmountable odds. From agonizing letters written by desperate mothers, to news stories of the latest train, or of newsboys looking out for each other, the humanity of individuals caught up in the sweep of history is unmistakable.
This book, a nonfiction global history, portrays over 250 hauntingly good photographs.
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M L Gutierrez
The Bible Dilemma
Historical contradictions, misquoted statements, failed prophecies and oddities in the Bible

The Bible Dilemma is a compilation of Bible verses that shows the following:
Historical contradictions in the Bible
Failed promises and prophecies
Misquoted statements
Borrowed statements in the Bible
Stories and legends similar to the Bible
Who are the gods in the Bible
The 72 names of God from the book of Exodus
The nature of God
Scientific errors
Conflicting arguments about Jesus Christ being the Messiah
Non-existing books mentioned in the Bible
What the Bible says about salvation
Belief systems concerning Jesus Christ
Catholic dogmas about Mary
Other topics such as Galileo, Joan of Arc and many more
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John P. Karalis
Without Footnotes:
A Corporate Lawyer's Anecdotal Journey

Short, concise, chapters take readers behind the scenes of the computer industry during the seventies through the nineties, blending humor and irony with memorable stories of success and failure. A very readable recount of the author's involvement in landmark transactions while a senior legal executive with Honeywell, Apple, Sperry and Tektronix.

This title was featured at BookExpo America 2010, in New York.
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Dorothea von Schwanenfluegel Lawson
Laughter Wasn't Rationed
A Personal Journey Through Germany's World Wars and Postwar Years
Second edition

Born in WWI, Dorothea Lawson witnessed it all -- the rise and fall of Hitler and his Nazi Party, WWII and the Berlin Wall. Her first-hand account includes the air raids, bombing of Berlin, ever-present hunger, Soviet invasion and American occupation.

Dorothea's life is full of historical facts, but brings out the ordinary citizen perspective not found in history books, including many jokes about the Third Reich once punishable by imprisonment or death.
Several universities have used her memoir in history courses.
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