American History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingSet against the sweeping backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction-era Georgia, Gone With the Wind chronicles...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in the canon of American literature carry the seismic cultural weight of Leaves of Grass —...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodBeneath the glittering surface of 1920s Long Island lies a world of obsession, illusion, and moral decay —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-scorched plains of Texas to the smoky saloons of the frontier, Heart of the West captures the rugged, unpredictable spirit of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the savage and breathtaking wilderness of colonial America during the French and Indian War of 1757, The Last of the Mohicans chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThree of the most enduring works of American literature are united in this magnificent omnibus edition, bringing together Mark Twain's beloved classics:...

Edition: 2nd printingCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadowy depths of the Pacific Ocean, a secret war raged beneath the waves —...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the turbulent final days of the American Civil War, a Confederate warship sailed into one of the...

Edition: First Australian ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the darkest days of the...

Edition: 8th printingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markingsIn the thick of the Second World War's most brutal theatres, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Leland Stowe...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of American military ambition and political will stands a singular institution — the Air Force Association — and Crusade for Airpower...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the summer of 1865, the Confederate commerce raider CSS...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shattered American complacency and thrust...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt a Boston boarding house breakfast table, a brilliant, opinionated, and endlessly charming monologist holds court — and The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table by...

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Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhen the fate of a presidential election hangs by a thread, every mile of track becomes a battleground in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the spare medieval lyrics of the thirteenth century to the charged modernist voices of the twentieth, The Albatross Book of Living Verse presents...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in American history have wielded power as brazenly and unapologetically as William Randolph Hearst,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens to a society after it has survived its first century of existence? After the First Hundred Years chronicles the sweeping transformations of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodAt the height of World War II, a single act of defiance aboard a battered minesweeper sets...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of skyscrapers and speakeasies, Kenneth Allsop's The Bootleggers transports readers to the blood-soaked streets of Prohibition-era Chicago, where the law was...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingA plunder room of words and phrases, You All Spoken Here is an irresistible treasury of the rich,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAgainst the haunting backdrop of names etched in black granite — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — Arthur Egendorf's Healing from the War: Trauma & Transformation...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWelcome to Moo University — a vast, sprawling Midwestern land-grant institution where ambition, eccentricity, and self-interest collide with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the frozen steppes of Imperial Russia to the windswept shores of Portugal's Age of Discovery, Empires: Their Rise and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the breathless decades between 1909 and 1936, a generation of daring pilots pushed flimsy, roaring machines to their absolute limits in pursuit of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the scrappy silent-era upstart that gambled everything on the first talking picture to the Hollywood titan behind...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the windswept shores of Puget Sound to the skies above every continent on Earth, the story of Boeing is one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the windswept dunes of Kitty Hawk to the vast silence of outer space, The Smithsonian Book of Flight chronicles humanity's relentless...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the earliest experiments with floatplanes and flying boats to the jet-powered carrier operations of the Cold War era, Wings Over the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the golden age between the two World Wars, a generation of daring aviators and visionary entrepreneurs carved the first...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the daring pioneers who first dared to conquer the skies to the glamorous jet-setters of the mid-twentieth century, Diamonds in the Sky: A Social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFor a century, the National Geographic Society has stood as one of the world's most iconic institutions — a beacon of curiosity, wonder, and relentless discovery...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the nineteenth century, two young nations — Australia and America — stood at the edge of vast,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the gas-lit stages of New York's theatre district to the glittering soundstages of Tinseltown, Broadway to Hollywood: Musicals from Stage to Screen chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA treasure trove for the dedicated student of the Second World War, this collection of After the Battle...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Volume 3, issues 1-6. A collection of issues of Airpower, a flagship publication from Sentry...

If you enjoyed the chilling reading of In Cold Blood and were at the edge of your seat while watching Oliver Stone's JFK , you'll love this investigative look into...

A biography of the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States, this book traces John Adams' adventurous life and spirited rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and encompasses...

The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, gives us...