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Holding aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early
Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan-the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound impact on the development of radical politics...
Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House
In November 2003 it will already be 40 years since the horrific assassination of President Kennedy. But the appeal of the Kennedys and their Camelot court remains as strong as...
The Americas: Where to Go When: Consultant Editor: Craig Doyle
The Americas: Where to Go When, compact edition, is the ultimate holiday planner, highlighting the most spectacular places in North, Central and South America and the best time to visit...
Dear Americans: Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan
Organized chronologically, this collection of letters from Ronald Reagan to his constituents during his eight years in the White House shares the former president's political convictions, religious beliefs, and human...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That
"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans-it's a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music."- Town & Country " Riveting" - New...
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of...
No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum Boston famous as the nation's hub of radical abolitionism. In fact, however, the city was far from a...
Freedom's Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY! An "important, deeply affecting-and regrettably relevant" ( New York Times Book Review ) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom...
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's
Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.?...
The Memoirs Of Richard Nixon
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis monumental autobiography chronicles the tumultuous political career of one of America's most controversial presidents. The Memoirs Of Richard Nixon...
American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerAmerican Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary chronicles the lives and careers of influential American composers and lyricists. This...
The Cause Of Liberty: The Story Of The French Soldiers Of The American Revolution
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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsStephen Bonsal's The Cause Of Liberty: The Story Of The French Soldiers Of The...
Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of Maga
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis incisive political analysis, Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of Maga,...
Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
'An important book' Martin Wolf, Financial Times (BOOK OF THE YEAR) The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer...
The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution
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The Roberts Court, seven years old, sits at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. Through four landmark decisions, Marcia Coyle, one of the most prestigious experts on the Supreme Court,...
Fidel and Che: A Revolutionary Friendship
FIDEL AND CHE: A REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIP is the story of the peasant s son, scholar, and rebel Fidel Castro, and his fateful meeting with the itinerant doctor Ernesto (Che) Guevara....
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on...
Team of Rivals: Lincoln Film Tie-in Edition
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Team of Rivals is a brilliant, multi-million selling biography, now the inspiration for a major Stephen Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study...
The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World
In 1621, fifty-seven women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company of London calling for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make...
Scotland - History of a Nation
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The book titled Scotland - History of a Nation by the author Geddes & Grosset. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About
The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe...
The Death Of A President
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis monumental work chronicles the tragic events of November 1963, meticulously detailing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. William...
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of
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* A New Republic Best Book of the Year * The Globalist Top Books of the Year * Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding...
The White House Years
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsHenry Kissinger's monumental The White House Years chronicles his pivotal role in American foreign policy during the Nixon administration. This...
The Great White Walls Are Built: Restrictive Immigration To North America And Australasia 1836-1888
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the formative period of restrictive immigration policies across North America and Australasia between...
The Torch Is Passed...: The Associated Press Story Of The Death Of A President
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of historical journalism presents the Associated Press's immediate, on-the-ground reporting of...
10,000 Days Of Thunder: A History Of The Vietnam War
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markings10,000 Days Of Thunder: A History Of The Vietnam War presents a comprehensive...
The Waters of Oblivion: The British Invasion of the Rio De La Plata,
On 7th July 1807, Lieutenant-General John Whitelocke contemplated the terms of a surrender document to which he was about to put his name. It was the final act in Britain's...
UNIFORMS OF CIVIL WAR IN COLOUR
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"Traces the Blue and the Gray in this gallery of over 150 full-color paintings...portraying army uniforms of the civil war...historical information, data on rank markings, badges, belt plates, and buttons,...
Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border, 1863
'The best and most accurate first-person account of the long-overlooked western border war of 1863...[It] contributes to a richer understanding of the Civil War by establishing links between developments in...
Love Song to the Plains
Love Song to the Plains is a lyric salute to the earth and sky and people who made the history of the Great Plains by the region's incomparable historian, Mari...
World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age
A truly global view of history covering over 350 of the world's most important milestones and key turning points An essential gift for every history buff, this boldly illustrated book...
The Sweetness of Water: Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE** A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING 2021 SELECTION 'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex...
Generals in Blue and Gray: Davis'S Generals
The twenty-one profiles of Confederate generals in this volume chronicle the South's war effort. Familiar leaders such as Lee, Jackson, and Stuart are each covered, as are the notorious Nathan...
Kit Carson and the Indians
Often portrayed by past historians as the greatest guide and Indian fighter in the West, Kit Carson (1809-68) has become in recent years a historical pariah--a brutal murderer who betrayed...
Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
A biography of the spectacular rise and fall of Eddie Antar, better known as "Crazy Eddie," whose home electronics empire changed the world even as it turned out to be...
Through My Father's Eyes
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThrough My Father's Eyes presents a poignant memoir, chronicling Franklin Graham's intimate reflections on...
Cold Mountain
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the brutal backdrop of the American Civil War, Cold Mountain chronicles the arduous journey of a wounded Confederate soldier,...
Among The Heroes: United Flight 93 And The Passengers And Crew Who Fought Back
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsAmong The Heroes: United Flight 93 And The Passengers And Crew Who Fought Back presents a gripping non-fiction account of the...
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and
Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with...
Among the Heroes
The events of September 11th 2001 are etched on the minds of people all over the globe. This book examines the fate of Flight 93. Believed to be heading for...
Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had another, less visible side, equally central to his character and leadership: Lincoln...
With Malice Toward None: A War Diary
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, With Malice Toward None: A War Diary, chronicles the tumultuous period of World War...
The Conquest Of New Granada
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded boards. No slipcase. This historical account, The Conquest Of New...
The Dark Wind
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some stains on DJ and endpapers, otherwise clean text. This gripping mystery The Dark Wind transports readers to...