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British Heritage Bruce Heydt	Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Atmospheric Railway Take a ride on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's short-lived Atmospheric Railway and learn why it failed.
British Heritage Richard Tames	Brunel and The Great Western Railway Isambard Kingdom Brunel achieves one of his greatest engineering successes, and establishes himself as one of Victorian Britain's brightest lights.
British Heritage Norma Joan Paul	Edmund Halley Edmund Halley successfully plotted the orbit of the comet that bears his name. A history of the man and his accomplishments.
World War II Stanley A. Frankel	Battle for Bougainville: Hell on Hill 700 Losing Hill 700 to the Japanese meant defeat for the American forces on Bougainville. To the men of the 37th Infantry Division, that was unthinkable.
World War II Sherwood S. Cordier	Red Star vs. the Rising Sun The undeclared conflict between the Soviet Union and imperial Japan at Khalkhin Gol cast a long shadow on subsequent events in the Pacific theater and on the Russian Front.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Geri Smith	Mexican Renaissance The Making of a Democracy, by Julia Preston and Samuel Dillon, is a highly readable and revealing account of the country's dramatic recent history.
Military History Margaret Donsbach	Celtic War Queen Who Challenged Rome It was easy for Emperor Nero to dismiss a woman from a barbarian tribe in faraway Britannia. But when Boudica and her warriors decimated a legion, Rome took her seriously.
Military History Timothy M. May	Chormaquan and the Mongol Conquest of the Middle East One of Genghis Khan's less-famous generals masterminded a brilliant campaign through Persia, Georgia and Armenia.
Military History David R. Smith	Joseph Wheeler Fightin' Joe Wheeler lived up to his name in two wars and in two uniforms -- one gray, one blue.
Military History James P. Myers	General Forbes' Road to War Rather than repeat Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock's disastrous march on Fort Duquesne through western Virginia in 1755, in 1758 Brig. Gen. John Forbes took a new route -- carved through the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania.
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