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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
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I found David Hajdu's book singularly diverting, entertaining, and informative. Most of all, and I can't quite define how or why, I found "The Ten-Cent Plague" to be downright cozy. Perhaps because I think of that era that way; nostalgia, I suppose.
I applaud Mr. Hajdu's unquestionable ability to vividly introduce the reader to (or remin... »
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
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Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible fo... »
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
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Most people who have heard the term "Medieval Warming Period" tend to think of it as a period of good weather in Western Europe which led to population growth, the construction of Gothic Cathedrals, and the beginning of the rise of centralized nation-states. Brian Fagan, in another work as intriguing as his earlier "The Little Ice Age, "The Long Summe... »
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The Bush Tragedy
'He doesn't know anything. He doesn't want to know anything. But he's not dumb.' That was Bill Clinton on his successor, quoted here. No author assessing ... »
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