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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Staff Pick Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska by Miranda Weiss Publisher Comments "Miranda Weiss's Tide, Feather, Snow is beautifully poetic, her observations are expansive, and the pace and rhythm in which she writes are perfect.” — Lynne Cox, author of Grayson and Swimming to Antarctica "Tide, Feather, Snow is about... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Custer by Larry McMurtry Publisher Comments In this lavishly illustrated volume, Larry McMurtry, the greatest chronicler of the American West, tackles for the first time one of the paramount figures of Western and American history. On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart Publisher Comments New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today (National Geographic) by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments On a map, the Mississippi River cuts America neatly in half coursing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and separating East from West. But the Mississippi is in fact the “spine of our nation,” says Stephen Ambrose. It knits the nation... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot Publisher Comments andlt;Bandgt;Iandlt;/Bandgt;n a kaleidoscopic narrative, andlt;Iandgt;New York Times andlt;/Iandgt;bestselling author David Talbot tells the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982and#8212;and of the extraordinary men... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance by Lisa Alther Publisher Comments Americas most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate relative of “Devil Anse” Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a Hatfield of stealing one of his hogs, triggering... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Johnstown Flood (Touchstone Books) by David McCullough Publisher Comments David McCullough is known to millions as the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling books The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas, and Mornings on Horseback, and as host of the popular PBS television series "Smithsonian World?' The... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors Staff Pick Every summer Philip Connors runs away from home. He spends half the year in a remote fire lookout savoring the solitude and the joy of monotasking. His wonderful book, Fire Season, will make you want to quit your job, sell the house, and find your own... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Last Bohemia: Scenes from the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn by Robert Anasi Publisher Comments A firsthand account of the swift transformation of Williamsburg, from factory backwater to artists district to trendy hub and high-rise colony Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is now so synonymous with hipster culture and the very idea of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story by Howard Means Publisher Comments “Finally, the clichÉ is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth” (Ken... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books) by David McCullough Publisher Comments This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rush for Riches by J S Holliday Publisher Comments In this vivid account of the birth of modern California, J.S. Holliday frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism... (read more) List Price $41.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler Synopsis Around 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook. Deftly weaving... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The San Francisco Cliff House by Mary Germ Hountalas Publisher Comments The shifting fortunes of San Franciscos legendary Cliff House, from raucous seaside roadhouse to fanciful Victorian palace to world-renowned urban destination, are celebrated in this comprehensive illustrated history. The story of San Franciscos Cliff... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (P.S.) by Michael Perry Staff Pick Coop is perfect for anyone dreaming of a "simple" life in the country — and for those already living it. Perry is a brilliant storyteller, and this is a funny and poignant account of his unorthodox childhood and his current quest for some cred as a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics) by George R Stewart Publisher Comments George R. Stewarts classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nations peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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