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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Publisher Comments In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote Publisher Comments "I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies.... Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Staff Pick Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick "I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns Staff Pick The dazzling companion volume to the acclaimed Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea chronicles the fascinating history of the world-renowned United States National Park system. Four-hundred pages of richly composed text by... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box by Madeleine Albright Publisher Comments Before long, and without intending it, I found that jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal. Former president George H. W. Bush had been known for saying Read my lips. I began urging colleagues and reporters to Read my pins. It would... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to some... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin Publisher Comments This engaging book reveals Benjamin Franklin’s human side—his tastes and habits, his enthusiasms, and his devotion to democracy and the people of the United States. Three hundred years after his birth, we may remember Franklin’s famous... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott Staff Pick Take one bordello. Muddle it with a bit of turn-of-the-century Chicago. Add a few characters to the mix, including the Everleigh sisters, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, and Al Capone, and you serve up quite a cocktail... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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