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The Romanov Family’s Final Moments
by Helen Rappaport
For the Romanov family at the Ipatiev House, Tuesday, 16 July, in Ekaterinburg…
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Madame Claude: Her Secret World of Pleasure, Privilege, and Power
by William Stadiem In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in the…
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The Rise and Fall of Aviation’s Golden Couple
by Corey Mead
by Corey Mead During the height of the roaring twenties, Jessie Miller longs for adventure. Fleeing a…
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The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy
by William Klaber & Philip Melanson Updated for the 50th anniversary of the murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shadow…
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President Carter: The White House Years
by Stuart E. Eizenstat For good or ill, Carter’s presidency was foreshadowed by the way he…
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Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy
by Daniel Kalder Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in…
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Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary
by Kevin R. C. Gutzman Thomas Jefferson’s influence on American political history outstrips that of any…
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Anne Royall: Common Scold
by Jeff Biggers Bloody feet, sisters, have worn smooth the path by which you have come…
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The Many Affairs of Crown Prince Rudolf
by Greg King and Penny Wilson On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant…
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Echoes of Mayerling: The Unlikely Career of Countess Marie Larisch
by Greg King and Penny Wilson By 1918, the Austro-Hungarian and the German Empires had collapsed…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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