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An Aqueous Territory: Sailor Geographies and New Granada's Transimperial Greater Caribbean World

An Aqueous Territory: Sailor Geographies and New Granada's

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In An Aqueous Territory Ernesto Bassi traces the configuration of a geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean between 1760 and 1860. Focusing on the Caribbean coast of New...
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department

Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department

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Author: Dean AchesonBinding: HardbackPublished: W. W. Norton & Company, 1969, Fourth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn this memoir, Dean Acheson reflects on his experiences in the...
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux

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Author: Fanny KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: Konecky & Konecky, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis memoir recounts the harrowing experiences of Fanny Kelly, an American pioneer woman who was captured...
Monitor: the Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Charged the Course of History

Monitor: the Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Charged the Course of History

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Author: James Tertius DekayBinding: SoftbackPublished: Walker Co, 1997, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerOn March 9 1862, an epic battle was fought that not only affected...
Panama and What it Means

Panama and What it Means

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Author: John Foster FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1914, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a comprehensive account of Panama, exploring its history, culture, and...
God's Ghostwriters

God's Ghostwriters

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'Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan'A revelation [...and...] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent'[A] massive achievement' Spectator'Refreshingly readable' Guardian For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has...
I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition

I Have a Dream - 60th Anniversary Edition

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With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott KingA beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther...
The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America's Road to Civil War

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#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...
God's Ghostwriters

God's Ghostwriters

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'Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan'A revelation [...and...] an intellectual triumph' Irish Independent'[A] massive achievement' Spectator'Refreshingly readable' Guardian For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has...
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's

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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.?An...
Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History

Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of

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In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an...
Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller

Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller

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'A phenomenal, transfixing?work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory'...
Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

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'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 Prize-winning...
A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999

A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene:

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The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut ZippersNorth Carolina has always...
Through The Children's Gate: A Home in New York

Through The Children's Gate: A Home in New York

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On every page of this delicious book you will meet characters and situations that tell you this could only be New York. The parents who are determined to get their...
Washington: Lessons in Leadership

Washington: Lessons in Leadership

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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Vol. 3

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Vol. 3

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Author: Douglas Southall FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis volume of 'Lee's Lieutenants' continues the detailed examination of General Robert E. Lee's...
The Emergence of Lincoln, volume 2: Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861

The Emergence of Lincoln, volume 2: Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861

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Author: Allan NevinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Scribner, [1975]Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book is the second volume of a comprehensive biography of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the events...
Ordeal of the Union: A House Dividing 1852-1857 (Vol. II)

Ordeal of the Union: A House Dividing 1852-1857 (Vol. II)

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Author: Allan NevinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Scribners, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is the second volume of Allan Nevins' comprehensive history of the American Civil War era....
The War For The Union: Volume II - War Becomes Revolution

The War For The Union: Volume II - War Becomes Revolution

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Author: Allan NevinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is the second volume in Allan Nevins' comprehensive history of the American...
One-off Focus on America Bargain Book Box ON1680

One-off Focus on America Bargain Book Box ON1680

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One-off Focus on America Bargain Book Box Delve into the heart of America with this curated collection of captivating narratives! This box offers a rich tapestry of American history, culture,...
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Author: Ernest R. May and Philip D. ZelikoBinding: HardbackPublished: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a detailed account of the Cuban...
Stray Shots & A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints

Stray Shots & A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints

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Author: Roland ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: The Derrydale Press, 1993Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive look at American sporting books and prints over a...
Early American-Australian Relations to 1830

Early American-Australian Relations to 1830

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Author: Gordon GreenwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1944Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the diplomatic and cultural relationships between early American settlers and Australia up...
Jubal Early's Raid on Washington 1864

Jubal Early's Raid on Washington 1864

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Author: B. F. CoolingBinding: HardbackPublished: Nautical and Aviation Publishing, 1989, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book is a compelling account of Jubal Early's...
Crazy Horse Called Them Walk-A-Heaps: The Story of the Foot Soldier in the Prairie Indian Wars

Crazy Horse Called Them Walk-A-Heaps: The Story of the Foot Soldier in the Prairie Indian Wars

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Author: Neil Baird ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: North Star Press, 1979Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the lesser-known foot soldiers during the Prairie Indian...
They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson

They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T. J. Jackson

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Author: Burke DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax Press, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis biography explores the life of Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, one of the most famous Confederate generals during...
Forlorn Hope of Freedom: The Liberty Party in the Old Northwest, 1838-1848

Forlorn Hope of Freedom: The Liberty Party in the Old Northwest, 1838-1848

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Author: Vernon L. VolpeBinding: HardbackPublished: Kent State University Press, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history and impact of the Liberty Party in...
Stephen Dodson Ramseur: Lee's Gallant General

Stephen Dodson Ramseur: Lee's Gallant General

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Author: Gary W. GallagherBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the life and military career...
The War in Southwest Virginia 1861-65 SIGNED

The War in Southwest Virginia 1861-65 SIGNED

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Author: Gary C WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: A&W Enterprise, 1985, Sixth Edition RevisedCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book provides a detailed account of the Civil War...
The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly March 1951

The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly March 1951

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Author: Roy P. Basler, G. W. Bunn Jr., Benjamin P. ThomasBinding: Other bindingPublished: The Abraham Lincoln Association, 1951Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Abraham Lincoln...
Pearl Harbor in Perspective

Pearl Harbor in Perspective

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Author: Michael SlackmanBinding: Other bindingPublished: Arizona Memorial Musuem, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Pearl Harbor attack, exploring its historical...
Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

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'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 Prize-winning...
America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

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Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

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For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George...
Morgan: American Financier

Morgan: American Financier

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Another Day in the Death of America

Another Day in the Death of America

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The Last Days of Innocence: America at War, 1917-1918

The Last Days of Innocence: America at War, 1917-1918

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True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America

True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America

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A celebrated historian recounts Hubert Humphrey's role as a liberal hero of twentieth-century America Hubert Humphrey was liberalism's most dedicated defender, and its most public and tragic sacrifice. As a...
Hollywood At War: The American Motion Picture and World War II

Hollywood At War: The American Motion Picture and World War II

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Author: Ken D. Jones, Arthur F. MclureBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle Books, 1973Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the relationship between Hollywood and World War II, detailing...
For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England

For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England

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Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram

Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram

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North with Lee and Jackson: Lost Story of Gettysburg

North with Lee and Jackson: Lost Story of Gettysburg

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Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

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American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation, Volume II (since 1865) (Penguin Academics Series)

American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation, Volume II (since 1865) (Penguin Academics Series)

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Gettysburg Requiem: The Life of Colonel William C. Oates

Gettysburg Requiem: The Life of Colonel William C. Oates

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The Red and the Blue

The Red and the Blue

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True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America

True Believer: Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America

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A celebrated historian recounts Hubert Humphrey's role as a liberal hero of twentieth-century America Hubert Humphrey was liberalism's most dedicated defender, and its most public and tragic sacrifice. As a...