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History and Current Events February 2026 |
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The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
by Tracy Borman
The dramatic and untold story of the lie about the controversial succession that ended the Tudor era and changed the course of British history. In the long and dramatic annals of British history, no transition from one monarch to another has been as fraught and consequential as that which ended the Tudor dynasty and launched the Stuart in March 1603.
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American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
by Jon Meacham
This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus--sometimes discordant and always fascinating--tells the story of the country and of its people.
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Tom Paine's War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time
by Jack Kelly
In January 1776, Thomas Paine--a recent immigrant to America --published Common Sense. His straightforward argument upended the fraud of monarchy and dismantled the idea of aristocratic privilege that had dominated the world for centuries. His words convinced Americans that the king had no divine right to rule them--they could rule themselves. He turned a rebellion over taxes and representation into a true Revolution.
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Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape
by Manchán Magan
This lyrical exploration of the Irish language's deep-rooted connection to nature, myth and memory offers readers a fresh way of seeing the world through words shaped by wind, water, ancestors, and the ancient rhythms of the land. The richness of the Irish language is closely tied to the natural landscape and offers a more magical way of seeing the world.
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The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
by Jason Burke
An epic, authoritative, gripping account of the years when a new wave of revolutionaries seized the skies and the streets to hold the world for ransom. In the 1970s, an unprecedented wave of international terrorism broke out around the world. More ambitious, networked and far-reaching than ever before, new armed groups terrorized the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage missions, leaving governments scrambling to cope and definitively shaped today's world.
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