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A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
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This book makes the Civil War period and slavery come alive, partly through the real voices of 2 emancipated slaves, and partly through the consumate writing skill of the author. The level is just right: carefully documented sources (endnotes) that authenticate the story, plus a wonderfully accessible writing style that is clear, never boring, and quie... »
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
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Cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and was sent to the Siberian Gulag along with other captive Poles, Finns, Ukranians, Czechs, Greeks, and even a few English, French, and American unfortunates who had been caught up in the fighting. A year later, he and six comrades from... »
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
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World War II spy story of double agent Eddie Chapman reads better than the best of John Le Carre's novels (see my reviews here)
[[ASIN:0743442539 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]
[[ASIN:0394416457 Honourable Schoolboy]]
[[ASIN:0394508432 Smiley's People]]
[[ASIN:0394492196 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]
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The Best and the Brightest
Despite the logorrhea, the fragments, the absolute structures, and the never-ending repetition, this book is worthwhile as the explication of a man who su... »
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Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition
I purchased this as an office resource so I could have a better idea of tracking my globetrotting boss! After receiving it, I realize it has much more in... »
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