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My Life in the Ring and out
The first African American to win the world heavyweight championship, Jack Johnson was a cultural lightning rod whose professional success and lavish lifestyle attracted both admiration and envy. Johnson recounts...
The St.Valentine's Day Massacre, 1929: FBI Files Relating to the
On February 14th, 1929, seven men died in a gangster shooting in Chicago. Nobody was convicted of these murders, which gave rise to a public outcry. In 1935, the FBI...
The Watergate Affair, 1972: The Resignation of President Richard
This publication presents the report of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) during the 28th month period from May 25, 1973 when Archibald Cox took office as Special Prosecutor to...
Television After TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition
In the last ten years, television has reinvented itself in numerous ways. The demise of the U.S. three network system, the rise of multi-channel cable and global satellite delivery, changes...
Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion
Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune - or even willfully blind - to the landmark upheavals rocking American society during the 1960s. "Groove Tube" is Aniko Bodroghkozy's rebuttal...
Teller's War: The Top-Secret Story behind the Star Wars Deception
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Discusses the career of scientist Edward Teller and assesses Teller's role in promoting the costly Star Wars program.
Breaking the Devil's Pact: The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the
An in-depth study of the U.S. v. the International Brotherhood of Teamsters In 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the...
Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command
This memoir of James Stavridis' two years in command of the destroyer USS Barry reveals the human side of what it is like to be in charge of a warship...
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a...
The Pagoda
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In 1977, two lesbian couples living in St. Augustine, Florida, found a row of small beach houses for sale next to a house they wanted to turn into a feminist...
Tanker War: America'S First Conflict with Iran, 1987-88
In May 1987 the US guided missile frigate Stark, sailing the waters of the Persian Gulf, was suddenly blown apart by the air force of Iraq. A fifth of the...
Here the Reluctant Trinity of Canada, Mexico and the United States
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A completely original, passionately rendered portrait of the nations of North America and their complicated relationships with one another, by a New York Times journalist who has lived in all...
Henry James: A Biography (Five-Volume Set)
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Author: Leon EdelBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cloths in good condition with minor bumping on spines and corners. DJs clipped...
Bull Halsey
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Author: E. B. PotterBinding: HardbackPublished: NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsE. B. Potter's "Bull Halsey" is a definitive biography that chronicles...
Captives Of Shanghai: The Story Of The President Harrison
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Author: David H. Grover And Gretchen G. GroverBinding: HardbackPublished: Western Maritime Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the dramatic true story of the American passenger ship...
The Civil War Dictionary
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Author: Mark M. Boatner IIIBinding: HardbackPublished: David McKay, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight stains on book block. This comprehensive historical reference...
Ready To Riot
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Author: Nathan Wright, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the underlying causes and manifestations of social unrest. It provides an in-depth analysis...
By Little And By Little: The Selected Writings Of Dorothy Day
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Author: Dorothy DayBinding: SoftbackPublished: Dove Communications, 1983Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compilation presents a collection of significant works from a pivotal figure in American social and religious...
A Day In The Life Of America
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Author: Rick SmolanBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, New York, 1986Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a comprehensive photographic record of a single day across the United States. It captures diverse...
Those Who Love: A Biographical Novel Of Abigail And John Adams
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Author: Irving StoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell London, 1966Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a biographical narrative centered on the lives of Abigail and John Adams. This work reimagines their...
The Rise And Fall Of Black Slavery
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Author: C. Duncan RiceBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1975Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive historical analysis of black slavery. It traces the institution's origins and development across various...
Blind Ambition: The White House Years
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Author: John W. Dean IiiBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1976Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerJohn W. Dean III recounts his experiences during his tenure in the Nixon administration. The narrative...
White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy And Southern Reconstruction
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Author: Allen W. TreleaseBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account meticulously details the origins and activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The narrative...
Harry S. Truman
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Author: Margaret TrumanBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow, 1973Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a comprehensive account of the life and presidency of Harry S. Truman. It...
Letters From North America And The Pacific: 1898
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Author: Charles Philips TrevelyanBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book in very good condition tears to the back of the DJ.This volume...
A Day In The Life Of California
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Author: John GrishamBinding: HardbackPublished: Cornerstone, United Kingdom, London, 1988Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book captures the essence of daily existence within California. It presents a vivid portrayal of the...
Fossil In The Sandstone: The Recollecting Judge (SIGNED)
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Author: Sir Kevin AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Spectrum Publications Melbourne, 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 118 of 250 copies. Faded DJ. This book presents a detailed account...
Main Currents In American Thought: An Interpretation Of American Literature From The Beginnings To 1920
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Author: Vernon Louis ParringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD, INC., 1930Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Overall in very good condition. Some of the pages in the...
Secret Service Chief
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Author: U.E. Baughman With Leonard Wallace RobinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded cloth. Worn Dj with surface wear. Clean text. This book...
The Oxford Companion To American Literature: Fifth Edition
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Author: James D. HartBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1983Condition:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive reference work provides an authoritative guide to the vast landscape of...
Burnside'S Bridge: The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia
Before the heroic stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, the 2nd and 20th Georgia Infantries, led by Brigadier General Robert Toombs, held off a veritable Yankee juggernaut...
Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World
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"Our women are serving actively in many ways in this war, and they are doing a grand job on both the fighting front and the home front." -- Eleanor Roosevelt,...
The Soccer War
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Part diary and part reportage, The Soccer War is a remarkable chronicle of war in the late twentieth century. Between 1958 and 1980, working primarily for the Polish Press Agency,...
The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the
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Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award The astonishing story of aunique missionary project and the America it embodied from award-winning historian John Demos. Near the start of the nineteenth...
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as...
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colonies to explore the many other revolutions roiling the turbulent American continent. In that...
A History of the Twentieth Century: 1933-1951
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The world was still reeling from the ravages of the century's first Great War when a dramatic and inexorable chain of events set it afire once again. In the Second...
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The True Story of Two Runaway Slaves
It was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring and successful daylight escape from...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard
The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history, destroying a naval fleet, killing over a thousand crew members,...
Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign
When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness,...
Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North
The Northern home-front during the Civil War was far from tranquil. Fierce political debates set communities on edge, spurred secret plots against the Union, and triggered widespread violence. At the...
Pragmatism and Other Writings
The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most...
Capital Dames
Cokie Roberts, the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty , turns her attention to the Civil War in a riveting exploration of...
Paths to Victory: A History and Tour Guide of the Stone's River,
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The fourth volume in The Civil War Campaign Series covers every aspect of the campaigns in central and southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. Includes a tour guide. Illustrated and indexed....