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Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays
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Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' - Washington Post '[An] epic history ......
Enemies: A History of the FBI
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
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Cuban Revolution Reader: A Documentary History
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Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs
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Telegram!: Modern History as Told Through More Than 400 Witty, Poignant, and Revealing Telegrams
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El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman
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America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
In the eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams greatly admired the Persian Empire, while Iranians regarded America as an ideal their own government might emulate. Beginning there, how...
There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.-a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern AmericaOn June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued...
Grand Canyon National Park: Past and Present
The Grand Canyon was destined to become an American treasure. Unparalleled in its enormity, visitors come from all over the world to experience this great place. From prospectors and homesteaders...
Masterpieces of Haitian Art
From painting and sculptures to papier-mache and gorgeously embellished Vodou flags, Russell's book is a celebration of the best examples in each medium produced in Haiti in the last seven...
Western Art of the Twenty-First Century: Native Americans
The second book in this two-volume survey, readers are invited to re-examine the history of the West and its art through a multi-faceted contemporary lens. More than 30 artists are...
The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
During the height of the Cold War, the United States started to develop and expand its air defence capabilities to knock down Russian Air Force nuclear-armed bombers flying over the...
Mitchell's New General Atlas 1860
In 1860, Augustus Mitchell Jr. printed one of the world's most accurate and artistic atlases. This reproduction of 'Mitchell's New General Atlas' restores all 76 maps from the original plus...
Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of
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...
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.?An...
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
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Time Inside the Red Border
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America: The Last Best Hope, Volume 1: From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived it
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Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
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The Abolitionist Legacy: From Reconstruction to the NAACP
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From Monopoly to Competition: The Transformations of Alcoa, 1888-1986
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The Great Depression: America in the 1930s
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
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A Long Time Coming: The Historic, the Combative, Expensive and Inspiring 2008 Election and the Victory of Barack Obama
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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERIn this spectacular, newsmaking expose that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan blows the lid...
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life
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Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El
A "rollicking," "vividly re-created," and "enticing romp" that tells the true story of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a...
The Closing of the American Mind
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Author: Allan David BloomBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1987Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Closing of the American Mind', Allan Bloom critiques the state...
Atlas of Ancient America
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Author: Elizabeth Benson, Dean Snow, Michael CoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Facts On File, Incorporated, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe 'Atlas of Ancient America' provides a comprehensive overview...
Bad Or, the Dumbing of America
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Author: Paul FussellBinding: HardbackPublished: Summit Books, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'Bad Or, the Dumbing of America', Paul Fussell critiques the cultural and intellectual...
To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of Sherman's March
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Author: Jim MilesBinding: SoftbackPublished: Rutledge Hill Press, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive history of General William T. Sherman's famous march during the...
God at Ground Zero: How Good Overcame Evil, One Heart at a Time
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Author: Ray Giunta, Lynda Rutledge StephensonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Integrity Publishers, 2002Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the profound impact of good in the face of evil,...
Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45
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Author: Barbara W. TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Edition, 1971Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China...
Architecture: The Story of Practice
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Author: Dana CuffBinding: HardbackPublished: MIT Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the complexities of architectural practice and its relationship with society. Dana Cuff delves...
Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife (SIGNED)
'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN'Totally riveting. I couldn't put it down' VICTORIA HISLOP'Ethel sings out for...
Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early
The untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth centuryIn Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta...
Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies
A delicious and delightful narrative history of pie in America, from the colonial era through the civil rights movement and beyondFrom the pumpkin pie gracing the Thanksgiving table to the...
Iron Muse: Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad
The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness...
Vital Rails: The Civil War History of the Charleston and Savannah
Completed in 1860 and spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the...
Empire of Liberty
In this thoughtful and timely consideration of the nature of American power and empire, Anthony Bogues argues that America's self-presentation as the bastion of liberty is an attempt to force...
The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis
A multifaceted portrait of the early American republic as seen through the lens of the Burr Conspiracy In 1805 and 1806, Aaron Burr, former vice president of the newly formed...
Emperor of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy
A dramatic reevaluation of Thomas Jefferson's thinking on foreign policy and his record as a statesman This book, the first in decades to closely examine Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy, offers...
American Sharpe
Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father's...
Forgotten Fortress: Fort Millard Fillmore and Antebellum New Mexico
Fort Millard Fillmore, named for the thirteenth President of the United States, was the first U.S. Army fort established in southern New Mexico Territory. Its primary purpose was to control...