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Book Cover for: The First Responders: The Untold Story of the New York City Police Department & September 11th, 2001, Anthea Appel

The First Responders: The Untold Story of the New York City Police Department & September 11th, 2001

Anthea Appel
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Happy pub day to @goes_by_hazzard, whose book American Sirens is out today with @HachetteUS! Kevin’s book expands on “The First Responders,” his incredible 2019 Atavist feature on the black men who became America's first paramedic corps. Read it here: https://t.co/AQWNDZZRLb

Paperback, 2014

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Titans of the Pacific, Robert Gammon

The Titans of the Pacific

Robert Gammon
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The Titanic of the Pacific: A tale of disaster, survival, and ghosts. Issue no. 138 by @thooper8 is your great weekend read! https://t.co/0roIYrTl8Q

Paperback, 2017

$13.38$6.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reverend Mother, Eron Henry

Reverend Mother

Eron Henry
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How does a false prophet rise to power? And how does she fall? Read @chgrimaldi sweeping historical story about the empire of a charismatic Brooklyn preacher who called herself "Reverend Mother." https://magazine.atavist.com/the-shadow-and-the-ghost-brooklyn-italian-pentecostal-church-cult/ https://t.co/cfi0WHIoLL

Paperback, 2011

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909, Henry Fairfield 1857-1935 Osborn

The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909

Henry Fairfield 1857-1935 Osborn
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Four years later, the tooth found itself at the center of a debate on evolution, a fixture in a drawn out argument between public speaker and devout Christian William Jennings Bryan and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. 3/ https://t.co/XvCLIGuvAU

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909, Henry Fairfield Osborn

The American Museum of Natural History: Its Origin, Its History, the Growth of Its Departments to December 31, 1909

Henry Fairfield Osborn
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Four years later, the tooth found itself at the center of a debate on evolution, a fixture in a drawn out argument between public speaker and devout Christian William Jennings Bryan and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. 3/ https://t.co/XvCLIGuvAU

Hardcover, 2015

$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics, Kevin Hazzard

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

Kevin Hazzard
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Happy pub day to @goes_by_hazzard, whose book American Sirens is out today with @HachetteUS! Kevin’s book expands on “The First Responders,” his incredible 2019 Atavist feature on the black men who became America's first paramedic corps. Read it here: https://t.co/AQWNDZZRLb

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book