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Great Fortune
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Everything about the conception and creation of Rockefeller Center was outsized and wildly improbable. Launched in the teeth of the worst depression in American history, the most ambitious construction project...
Sweet Land of Liberty?: The African-American Struggle for Civil Rights
A powerful and moving account of the campaign for civil rights in modern America. Robert Cook is concerned less with charismatic leaders like Martin Luther King, and more with the...
Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic: First Naval Actions of the Civil War
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On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the...
A New Time for Mexico
Fuentes' bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the tumultuous events that have recently transformed Mexican politics and society. The rebellion in Chiapas, a rash of assassinations,...
Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War
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When Thomas Jefferson wrote his epitaph, he listed as his accomplishments his authorship of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia statute of religious freedom, and his founding of the...
Mr Jefferson's Lost Cause
Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers--free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system--particularly with the Louisiana Purchase--squeezing...
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists and the Origins of
A rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era THE NEW YORK TIMES...
A Promised Land
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of...
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo
The iconic study of the Haitian revolution by one of the founding fathers of Caribbean scholarship, now in Modern Classics for the first time In 1791, inspired by the ideals...
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The 50,000 copy bestseller, soon to be a major Spielberg film In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows...
Into Mexico With General Scott
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Author: Edwin L. SabinBinding: HardbackPublished: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1920Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some stains on spine. Bumping...
Art In America: A Brief History
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Author: Richard MclanathanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. This comprehensive volume chronicles the rich...
Virginia Voyages: From Hakluyt's Principal Navigations
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Author: David B. QuinnBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1973Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the early European expeditions to the Virginia colony, drawing directly from...
The Last Victory: The Life And Times Of A United States Victory Ship 1945-1992 (SIGNED)
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Author: Walter W. JafferBinding: HardbackPublished: United States Merchant Marine Vet WWII, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Worn DJ with small tears. Previous owner's...
Towboating On The Mississippi
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Author: William J. PetersenBinding: HardbackPublished: A. S. Barnes, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards with some surface wear. Internally sound.This historical account chronicles the vital role...
Towboat River
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Author: Edwin And Louise RosskamBinding: HardbackPublished: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and...
The Vietnam War: The Illustrated History Of The Conflict In Southeast Asia
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Author: Ray BondsBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun-fading to spine and some foxing to pages.The authoritative The Vietnam War:...
Pocahontas Or The Nonparell Of Virginia
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Author: David GarnettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, London, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsDavid Garnett's Pocahontas Or The Nonparell Of Virginia chronicles the extraordinary...
Cattlemen Of The High Country
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Author: Tor HolthBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light wear to bottom edges of cloth boardCattlemen Of The High Country chronicles the demanding lives of...
1850-1975 A History Of Grand Lodge Of Free & Accepted Masons State Of California
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Author: Stansel, Edwin N.Binding: HardbackPublished: Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. of California, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
Pioneer Pathways: Sixty Years Of Citizenship
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Author: Isabel McCorkindale (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Published for the Women's Temperance Union of Australia by Morris & Walker, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has...
The North & The East
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Author: John H. Lutman And Christopher L. HivesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Corporation of the City Of London., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight markings to back of cover.The...
The Politics of Change: A Jamaican Testament
$180.00 AUD
Author: Michael ManleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some light general wear, previous owner writing inside first page,...
Cattlemen Of The High Country
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Author: Tor HolthBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tear and tanning along spine,Tor Holth's Cattlemen Of The High...
To The Ends Of The Earth
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Author: John PerkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: American Museum of Natural History., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on FEP, minor tears...
Who's Looking Out for You?
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From the mega-bestselling author of The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone , a no-holds-barred expose of the people and institutions who are letting Americans down - and what...
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military
About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the...
The Metcalfe Family Album: Six Generations of Traditions and Memories
Drawing on America's immigrant heritage (the ethnic traditions represented are French, Dutch, German, Russian, Irish, English, Swedish and Italian) this is a portrait of history as it is lived by...
Steam to Diesel in New Jersey
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At the end of World War II, the nation's railroads were eager to replace their abundance of war-weary steam locomotives with sleek new diesel engines. From Cape May to Bayonne,...
One Christmas in Washington: Churchill and Roosevelt Forge the Grand
By Christmas Eve 1941, the war could have been worse for Britain or the USA; the Japanese had entered the war, a week before Christmas the Italian navy sank two...
The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the
*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal...
Old New World
In this text, Lucinda Lambton sets out to show that it is in America rather than in Britain that she finds a sense of living history, where the culture and...
Rough Crossings
Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, ROUGH CROSSINGS is the gripping, astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by tens of thousands of slaves who...
Version Zero
'This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart' Caroline Kepnes, author Netflix smash hit You The blockbuster thriller from New York Times bestseller David Yoon. Sometimes...
Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838-42
The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world -- and the last such all-sail convoy. Headed by the controversial Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and...
Louisa Kirkbride: A Tale Of New York
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Author: Rev. A. J. Thebaud, S. J.Binding: HardbackPublished: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1880Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marks...
Kidnap: The Story Of The Lindbergh Case
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Author: George WallerBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Award plate on fep. School crest stamp on...
Twenty Days: A Narrative In Text And Pictures Of The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln And The Twenty Days And Nights That Followed - The Nation In Mourning, The Long Trip Home To Springfield
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Author: Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt And Philip B. Kunhardt Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Castle Books, New York., 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and tear to DJ, tears and...
An American Death: The True Story Of The Assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Greatest Manhunt Of Our Time
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Author: Gerold FrankBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsAn American Death chronicles the shocking assassination of Dr. Martin Luther...
Cattlemen Of The High Country
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Author: Tor HolthBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerTor Holth’s Cattlemen of the High Country presents a vivid historical account in the genre of Australian rural...
Documents Of American History
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Author: Henry Steele CommagerBinding: HardbackPublished: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has wear particularly on spine (see photo), pages have light...
The Blockade: Banners And Raiders
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Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling work of historical non-fiction, The Blockade: Banners...
The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages 1851-2009
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Author: The New York TimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Black Dog & Leventhal., 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis monumental collection chronicles over a century and a half of...
America In Search Of Itself: The Making Of The President 1956-1980
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Author: Theodore H. WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, New York., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor tears and chips...
Fury Of The Northmen: Ad 800-1000
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Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFury Of The Northmen: Ad 800-1000 chronicles the tumultuous...
A Treasury Of Stephen Foster
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Author: Stephen FosterBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring legacy of a pivotal figure in American music,...