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A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War

A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War

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Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia

Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia

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Author: Elisenda Vila LlonchFormat: Paperback, 245mm x 245mm, 920g, 192 pagesPublished: British Museum Press, United Kingdom, 2013In ancient Colombia, people did not use gold as currency or desire it for...
Economic Insanity: How Growth-Driven Capitalism is Devouring the American Dream

Economic Insanity: How Growth-Driven Capitalism is Devouring the American Dream

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The New American Empire: A 21st Century Teach-In on American Foreign Policy

The New American Empire: A 21st Century Teach-In on American Foreign Policy

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World Orders Old and New

World Orders Old and New

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Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

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Author: John HemmingFormat: Hardback, 172mm x 235mm, 1000g, 368 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went...
Tracking the Axis Enemy: Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence

Tracking the Axis Enemy: Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence

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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba

Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba

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The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom

The Journey to the Mayflower: God's Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom

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Fire and light

Fire and light

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Truman

Truman

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Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

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People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru

People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru

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The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

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Author: Peter S. Canellos Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 The "superb" (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight...
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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Author: Jeff Guinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 2018 Edgar Award Finalist-Best Fact Crime "A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable...
Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castro's Cuba

Our Woman in Havana: Reporting Castro's Cuba

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Chile: Death in the South

Chile: Death in the South

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The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White

The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White

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Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse

Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse

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Author: Eric Alterman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president...
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul

Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul

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Hell Week and Beyond: The Making of a Navy Seal

Hell Week and Beyond: The Making of a Navy Seal

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Author: Scott McEwen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Follow America's elite warriors through the military's most grueling training and learn how they survive real special operations. Of the 18...
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the two most iconic figures of the Civil Rights movement. To most Americans, Malcolm and Martin represent contrasting political ideals -- self-defense...
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools

A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools

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Author: Rachel Devlin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education The struggle...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

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Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history,...
Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

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Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF...
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

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Author: James A. Morone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 American politics seems to be in an unprecedented uproar. But in this revelatory work of political history, James A. Morone...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

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Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history,...
How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT

How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT

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Author: Elena Conis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The chemical compound DDT first earned fame during World War II by wiping out insects that caused disease and boosting Allied...
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump

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Author: James A. Morone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 American politics seems to be in an unprecedented uproar. But in this revelatory work of political history, James A. Morone...
The Ads That Won the War

The Ads That Won the War

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My Misspent Youth

My Misspent Youth

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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics

Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics

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American Jesus: How The Son Of God Became A National Icon

American Jesus: How The Son Of God Became A National Icon

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All the Presidents' Gardens: How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

All the Presidents' Gardens: How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

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Author: Marta McDowell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 Since 1800, the 18 acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history. Kings and queens have dined...
The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

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The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

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City of Sedition: The History of New York City during the Civil War

City of Sedition: The History of New York City during the Civil War

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Decision Points

Decision Points

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The Rush: A New History of the Gold Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1855

The Rush: A New History of the Gold Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1855

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Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South

Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South

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How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere

How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere

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Unspeakable Awfulness: America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

Unspeakable Awfulness: America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

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Author: Jonathan D Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's...
American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

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Author: David Corn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 "[Corn is] a great journalist. I love the way he thinks. I love the way he writes. I'm so glad he's...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

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Author: Cody KeenanFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 265g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"At a time when the meaning of America is up...
The Reckoning: America's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

The Reckoning: America's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

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Author: Mary L Trump Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER America is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the...