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Curiosities of the Civil War: Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and
Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrison's Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard. Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics you've likely...
Stealing the General
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If James J. Andrews' plan had worked, it could have dramatically altered the course of the war, but the General's young conductor had other ideas. At first, he gave chase...
Church Signs Across America
Full-colour illustrated celebration of one of America's most witty, inspiring and under-appreciated traditions. Including photographs of American churches from every denomination, Church Signs Across America is remarkable as much for...
Best Little Stories of the Blue and Gray
A journalistic history of America's Civil War, it records the war largely in terms of human-interest aspects. In more than 100 vignettes, the writings of soldiers, sailors, slaves, politicians, and...
Screwed: The Undeclared War Against Middle Class - And What We Can Do
Our founding fathers worked hard to ensure that a small group of wealthy people would never dominate this country-they'd had enough of aristocracy. They put government to work to ensure...
The Water is Never Cold: The Origins of U.S. Naval Combat Demolition
The Water Is Never Cold is a groundbreaking study of the birth of the U.S. Navy's combat demolition teams. Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs) and Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs), little-known...
The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall
A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer...
Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War
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The Civil War the bloodiest, most dramatic moment in this nation's history also produced some of the country's greatest literature. Blood reflects the violent hatred, love, patriotism, and heroism this...
The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S.Fleet
Provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. Navy and gives the history, specifications, and tactical role of naval ships and aircraft.
Liberty Ship: The Voyages of the "John W.Brown", 1942-46
The only book devoted exclusively to a single merchantman's seagoing career in World War II.
A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I,
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The first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius-from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This...
The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy: The Germ Warfare Plot of Luke
Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had...
The Reckoning: the electrifying new novel from bestseller John Grisham
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'I couldn't help thinking of Harper Lee's great American novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" while reading The Reckoning . . . [Grisham] knows how to spin a yarn' - Chicago...
The Untold History of the United States
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The companion to the Showtime documentary series, director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick challenge the prevailing orthodoxies of traditional history books in this thoroughly researched and rigorously analyzed look...
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
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In this vivid and brilliant biography, David Stewart describes Aaron Burr, the third vice president, as a daring and perhaps deluded figure who shook the nation's foundations in its earliest,...
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
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By the author of the acclaimed Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution , a gripping narrative that tells the story of the second and final war of independence...
Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses
Many millions of words have already been written about Guns N' Roses, the old line-up, the new line-up. But none of them have ever really gotten to the truth. Which...
Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New
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From the author of best-selling works of history and fiction, a fast-paced, enthralling retelling of one of the greatest battles fought on the North American continent, and of the two...
Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the
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Look for Dan Abrams and David Fisher's new book, Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby . Instant New York Times bestseller! A Winner of the...
Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to
Some of the worst military disasters in U.S. history occurred between Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942. During this period, the American...
This Distracted and Anarchical People: New Answers for Old Questions
While most of the fighting took place in the South, the Civil War profoundly affected the North. As farm boys became soldiers and marched off to battle, social, economic, and...
Virginia at War, 1864
The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major...
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
A New York Times bestseller in hardcover, from the author of Franklin & Winston -- a brilliant history of God and politics in America, updated with a new afterword by...
Confederate Corsair: The Life of Lt Charles W 'Savez' Read
Lieutenant Charles W 'Savez' Read's life was one of swashbuckling adventure and dazzling escapes. Yet very little has been known about him until recently. Robert A. Jones has tracked down...
Half Slave and Half Free: The Roots of Civil War
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Revised Edition With a New Preface and Afterword In a revised edition, brought completely up to date with a new preface and afterword and an expanded bibliography, Bruce Levine's succinct...
The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the
How partisan politics lead to the Civil War What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this brilliant...
American Slavery, 1619-1897
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A concise, engaging overview of American slavery from the beginning of the colonial era to emancipation and its aftermath. Kolchin takes a broad geographical perspective, putting American slavery in the...
The Military Memoirs of General John Pope
Union general John Pope was among the most controversial and misunderstood figures to hold major command during the Civil War. Before being called east in June 1862 to lead the...
The Farmhouse Book: Tradition, Style and Experience
Whether you are looking to leave behind the hectic life of the city for good or simply searching for the perfect spot for retreat, "Farmhouses" is a gorgeous visual tour...
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: v. 10:
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Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.
The Unfortunates
'A gripping call to action-and a daring triumph of a novel' ADORAH NWORAH 'Masterfully portrays the splintering of the mind in its most striking, unfiltered form' AIWANOSE ODAFEN 'A playful,...
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' The Times The entire...
Hellbent: A Dark Conspiracy. An Innocent Victim
The stunning third Orphan X thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author. To some he was Orphan X. Others knew him as the Nowhere Man. But to Jack Johns he...
Samuel Adams: A Life
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The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution's moral compass--Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be...
The Lincoln Highway: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times...
Tecumseh
' A heroic work of research and scholarship. . . The most complete and reliable account of the events that made the great Shawnee Indian a giant figure on the...
Florence Harding
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This book tells the story of Florence Hardin g''s rise to power. The daughter of an abusive father, mother at a young age to an illegitimate child, she saw her...
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck
In the summer of 1862, President Lincoln called General Henry W. Halleck to Washington, D.C., to take command of all Union armies in the death struggle against the Confederacy. For...
Great Fortune
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Everything about the conception and creation of Rockefeller Center was outsized and wildly improbable. Launched in the teeth of the worst depression in American history, the most ambitious construction project...
Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power
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In "Negro President," the best-selling historian Garry Wills explores a controversial and neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson's presidency: it was achieved by virtue of slave "representation," and conducted to preserve...
Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic: First Naval Actions of the Civil War
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On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the...
On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978--the NASA History
Although it was only designed for a ninety-day surface mission, the Viking 1 lander ultimately transmitted science messages to Earth for seven years. This authoritative history chronicles the remarkable achievements...
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a...
Weapons of the Navy Seals: 6
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For the first time, one painstakingly researched volume unveils the weapons and ammunition that have served the SEALs in combat operations around the globe. Much more than a mere catalog...
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
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It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre, escaped on foot, and eluded capture for twelve...