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    10 Books About the Kennedys

    Get an inside look at the family America will never stop talking about.

    8 Medieval Castles You Can Actually Visit

    Journey into the past.

    The Courageous Acts of Resistance That Led to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    In January of 1943, Warsaw Ghetto inmates began defying their German enemies—and sparked a widespread hunger for resistance.

    The 9 Best Vietnam War Movies

    The war that continues to haunt America is poignantly represented in these movies.

    Nancy Wake: The Fearless Resistance Fighter Who Led Over 7,000 Soldiers Against the Nazis

    “Somebody once asked me ‘Have you ever been afraid?’ Hah! I’ve never been afraid in my life.”

    10 Books About the Kennedys

    Get an inside look at the family America will never stop talking about.

    8 Medieval Castles You Can Actually Visit

    Journey into the past.

    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

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    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

    Their influence and contributions are impossible to ignore.

    by Catherine Phelan

    9 Outstanding Audiobooks for Every Kind of History Buff

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    9 Outstanding Audiobooks for Every Kind of History Buff

    Listen up, history fans. These great audiobooks are for you.

    by Audrey Webster

    "I've Been to the Mountaintop": Revisiting the 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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    "I've Been to the Mountaintop": Revisiting the 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Gerald Posner examines that fateful day and the man responsible for King's murder in Killing the Dream.

    by Sarah Mangiola

    More Than a Scientist: The Lesser-Known Life of Sir Isaac Newton

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    More Than a Scientist: The Lesser-Known Life of Sir Isaac Newton

    Taking the post of Warden of His Majesty’s Mint in 17th-century London, Newton came face-to-face with seedy criminals. 

    by Audrey Webster

    Jim Jamison: The U.S. Corporal Who Sought Out Scientists in Post-Nazi Germany

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    Jim Jamison: The U.S. Corporal Who Sought Out Scientists in Post-Nazi Germany

    Jamison was part of a top-secret program, similar to Operation Paperclip, that recruited German scientists to work for the U.S. government after World War II. 

    by Mack Maloney

    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

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    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

    Their influence and contributions are impossible to ignore.

    by Catherine Phelan

    9 Outstanding Audiobooks for Every Kind of History Buff

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    9 Outstanding Audiobooks for Every Kind of History Buff

    Listen up, history fans. These great audiobooks are for you.

    by Audrey Webster

    "I've Been to the Mountaintop": Revisiting the 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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    "I've Been to the Mountaintop": Revisiting the 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Gerald Posner examines that fateful day and the man responsible for King's murder in Killing the Dream.

    by Sarah Mangiola

    More Than a Scientist: The Lesser-Known Life of Sir Isaac Newton

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    More Than a Scientist: The Lesser-Known Life of Sir Isaac Newton

    Taking the post of Warden of His Majesty’s Mint in 17th-century London, Newton came face-to-face with seedy criminals. 

    by Audrey Webster

    Jim Jamison: The U.S. Corporal Who Sought Out Scientists in Post-Nazi Germany

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    Jim Jamison: The U.S. Corporal Who Sought Out Scientists in Post-Nazi Germany

    Jamison was part of a top-secret program, similar to Operation Paperclip, that recruited German scientists to work for the U.S. government after World War II. 

    by Mack Maloney

    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

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    20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

    Their influence and contributions are impossible to ignore.

    by Catherine Phelan

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    A Most Dangerous Humanitarian Mission: When Allied Pilots Dropped Food Into Nazi Occupied Territory

    A Most Dangerous Humanitarian Mission: When Allied Pilots Dropped Food Into Nazi Occupied Territory

    The best planes for the job were bombers—aircraft that German artillery units fired upon at every opportunity.

    by Logan Nye, We Are the Mighty

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    These Bloody Days: The Tower of London in Tudor England

    These Bloody Days: The Tower of London in Tudor England

    A Journey Through Tudor England explores the building's infamous executions and the "graffiti" left by doomed prisoners. 

    by Olivia Mason

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    The Long, Strange History of the Maunsell Sea Forts

    The Long, Strange History of the Maunsell Sea Forts

    The eerie and abandoned World War II relics remain standing to this day.

    by Robert Walsh

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    That Time Imperial Japan Tried to Bomb the U.S. Using Hydrogen Balloons

    That Time Imperial Japan Tried to Bomb the U.S. Using Hydrogen Balloons

    Approximately 9,000 balloons packed with explosives drifted toward American shores...

    by Tim Kirkpatrick, We Are the Mighty

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    8 Books Behind Great War Movies

    8 Books Behind Great War Movies

    From non-fiction accounts to novels, books have inspired some of the greatest war films ever made.

    by Stephen Lovely

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    A Most Dangerous Humanitarian Mission: When Allied Pilots Dropped Food Into Nazi Occupied Territory

    A Most Dangerous Humanitarian Mission: When Allied Pilots Dropped Food Into Nazi Occupied Territory

    The best planes for the job were bombers—aircraft that German artillery units fired upon at every opportunity.

    by Logan Nye, We Are the Mighty

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    These Bloody Days: The Tower of London in Tudor England

    These Bloody Days: The Tower of London in Tudor England

    A Journey Through Tudor England explores the building's infamous executions and the "graffiti" left by doomed prisoners. 

    by Olivia Mason

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    10 Essential Books About Martin Luther King, Jr.

    10 Essential Books About Martin Luther King, Jr.

    50 years after his death, we look back on King's legacy with these 10 vital reads. 

    by Catherine Phelan

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    When Benedict Arnold Created—and Then Sank—a Fleet of Ships During the Battle of Valcour Island

    When Benedict Arnold Created—and Then Sank—a Fleet of Ships During the Battle of Valcour Island

    They needed an escape plan, and Arnold possessed one.

    by Logan Nye, We Are the Mighty

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    Moonshot: That Time American Intelligence Collected Soviet Communication Signals Via the Moon

    Moonshot: That Time American Intelligence Collected Soviet Communication Signals Via the Moon

    In 1960, a U-2 spy plane captured images of a massive and mysterious antenna in Soviet Russia...

    by Logan Nye, We Are the Mighty

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    10 Accurate Historical Fiction Books for Nonfiction Readers

    10 Accurate Historical Fiction Books for Nonfiction Readers

    Fact, meet fiction.

    by Olivia Mason

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    Constance: The Untold Story of Oscar Wilde’s Wife

    Constance: The Untold Story of Oscar Wilde’s Wife

    Though a popular children’s author and activist, Mrs. Wilde’s life eventually became one marked by scandal. 

    by Sarah Mangiola

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