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- Tomb search could end riddle of Shakespeare's true identity:
A sarcophagus in an English parish church could solve the centuries-old literary debate over who really wrote
the plays of William Shakespeare.... -
Telegraph UK, 8-9-09
- Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? 'Investigation Junkies' to Launch New Expedition
DNA Evidence on a Remote Island May Reveal the Truth About Earhart's Disappearance -
ABC News, 8-5-09
- Britain says goodbye to Harry Patch, the last of its World War I soldiers:
The tribute to Patch, who died two weeks ago at age 111, reflects the emotional grip that the
'war to end all wars' still holds on the nation.... -
LAT, 8-6-09
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REVIEWS & FIRST CHAPTERS: |
- Douglas Brinkley: Natural Man
THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America -
NYT, 8-9-09
- Douglas Brinkley: THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, Excerpt -
NYT, 8-9-09
- Pete Fornatale, Michael Lang with Holly George-Warren: Three Days in August
BACK TO THE GARDEN
The Story of Woodstock,
THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK -
NYT, 8-9-09
- Pete Fornatale: BACK TO THE GARDEN
The Story of Woodstock, Excerpt -
NYT, 8-9-09
- Michael Lang with Holly George-Warren: THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK, Excerpt -
NYT, 8-9-09
- Andrew Roberts: HISTORY Band of Bickering Brothers
MASTERS AND COMMANDERS
How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 -
WaPo, 8-9-09
- James Gavin: Cabaret Queen
STORMY WEATHER
The Life of Lena Horne -
WaPo, 8-9-09
- Timothy R. Pauketat: HISTORY Down by the Riverside
CAHOKIA
Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi -
WaPo, 8-9-09
- William T. Vollmann: HISTORY
On the Border
IMPERIAL -
WaPo, 8-9-09
- Christopher Caldwell: RELIGION Make Way For the New Europeans
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE
Immigration, Islam, and the West -
WaPo, 8-9-09
- John R. Hale:Rowing to Democracy -
NYT (8-6-09)
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- Lawrence Powell"Katrina anniversary visit by President Barack Obama appears unlikely": "Nationally, Katrina is old news," said Tulane University historian Lawrence Powell."I think right now
the president is more focused on the economy and health care."... -
Times-Piscayne 8-10-09
- Allan Meltzer"Morning in America Means a 'Long Slog' as Phelps Eyes Recovery": "It is worrisome how we can finance the deficit without having inflation," said Allan Meltzer, a
Fed historian and economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.... -
Bloomberg, 8-3-09
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INTERVIEWED: |
- An Interview with Charles Geisst: How Americans Got Into a Credit Card Mess -
Time (8-8-09)
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HONORED, AWARDED &APPOINTED: |
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SPOTTED: |
- Historian Douglas Brinkley on Theodore Roosevelt Seattle Central Library -
KUOW, 8-6-09
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: |
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EVENTS CALENDAR: |
- Inaugural Semester-long seminar on Constitutional History offered at N-Y Historical Society this fall:
Lincoln's Constitution will be taught at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, on Thursday afternoons
from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The seminar will be held on September 17 and 24 and on October 1, 15, 22, and 29, 2009.
NYHS Press Release (7-20-09)
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- BBC to launch new series on history of Christianity -
Religious Intelligence, 6-19-09
- C-SPAN2:BOOK TV Weekend Schedule
- PBS History Detectives:
Mondays at 9pm
- History Channel:
Weekly Schedule
- History Channel: "Life After People" -
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 2-7pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "MonsterQuest" -
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 2-7pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Hillbilly: The Real Story" -
Thurdsay, August 13, 2009 at 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Angels & Demons Decoded" -
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Behind The Da Vinci Code" -
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Ancient Ink" -
Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Woodstock: Now & Then" -
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 8pm ET/PT
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BEST SELLERS (NYT): |
NYT Non-Fiction Best Sellers List - August 16, 2009 - #1 - Michelle Malkin: CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
- #7 - Douglas Brinkley: THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR
- #11 - J. Randy Taraborrelli: MICHAEL JACKSON (THE MAGIC, THE MADNESS, THE WHOLE STORY, 1958-2009)
- #12 - C. David Heymann: BOBBY AND JACKIE
- #14 - Doug Stanton: HORSE SOLDIERS
- #13 - Craig Nelson: ROCKET MEN
- #27 - Richard Wolffe: RENEGADE
- #35 - Larry Tye: SATCHEL
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COMING SOON BOOKS: |
- Gil Troy: Reagan Revolution : A Very Short Introduction, August 2009
- William A. DeGregorio: The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, Seventh Edition, August 15, 2009
- Brooks D. Simpson: The Reconstruction Presidents (Paperback), August 18, 2009
- Richard C. Hoagland: Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA (Revised), September 1, 2009
- Douglas Hunter: Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World,
September 1, 2009
- Noah Andre Trudeau: Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership, September 1, 2009
- Annette Gordon-Reed: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (Paperback), September 8, 2009
- Jon Krakauer: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman,
September 15, 2009
- Dean C. Jessee (Editor): The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript
Revelation Books, September 2009
- James Patterson: The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller,
September 28, 2009
- Timothy Egan: The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, October 19, 2009
- Gil Troy, Vincent J. Cannato, eds.: Living in the Eighties, October 23, 2009
- L. Fletcher Prouty: JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy, (Paperback),
November 1, 2009
- Edward Kritzler: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the
New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge, (Paperback), November 3, 2009
- Anthony Haden-guest: Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night
(Paperback), December 8, 2009
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