PROPS
A History of Power in 7 Lessons



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Learn how seashells led to the first global conflict. Discover how a piece of chalk laid the groundwork for totalitarianism. Follow an umbrella’s strange journey from sunny Munich to rainy Dallas.
Norm Coady takes well known historical events, turns them upside down, and shakes out new revelations. Equal parts illuminating and hilarious, Props is for, “people who take history so seriously, they read it for fun.”
   
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Norm Coady
As a boots-on-the-ground classroom teacher, Norm Coady does his best to shape young minds by teaching stuff he barely understands. He is dedicated to his Royal Enfield, the Boston Red Sox and, most of all, his family.



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