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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu
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Take Me Out To The Ballgame: Four Fifties Baseball Stars — Mantle, Musial, Berra, & Mays
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If you love baseball you will certainly enjoy this look back into the 1950s. Lewis’ detailed storytelling covers the inspiring events and anecdotes of
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Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York
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An evocative coming of age memoir—the story of the education of a wayward wild child and acidhead who, searching for meaning and purpose, found refuge
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