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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein Publisher Comments Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's epic account begins in the blood and... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis Publisher Comments Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam by Gordon Goldstein Publisher Comments “A compelling portrait of a man once serenely confident, searching decades later for self-understanding.”—Richard Holbrooke, The New York Times Book Review I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter Publisher Comments President Jimmy Carter offers a passionate defense of separation of church and state. He warns that fundamentalists are deliberately blurring the lines between politics and religion. As a believing Christian, Carter takes on issues that are under fierce... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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For Love of Politics: Inside the Clinton White House by Sally Bedell Smith Publisher Comments During their eight years in the White House, Bill and Hillary Clinton worked together more closely than the public ever knew. Their intertwined personal and professional lives had far-reaching consequences–for politics, domestic policy, and... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mr. Jefferson's University by Garry Wills Publisher Comments In the paperback edition of the critically acclaimed hardcover, bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills explores Thomas Jefferson's final and favorite achievement, the University of Virginia. The University of Virginia is one of America... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy by Jussi M. Hanhimaki Publisher Comments Henry Kissinger dominated American foreign relations like no other figure in recent history. He negotiated an end to American involvement in the Vietnam War, opened relations with Communist China, and orchestrated d�tente with the Soviet Union. Yet... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $6.75 Sale - Hardcover
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In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation by Francoi Furstenberg Publisher Comments How did people in our country-North and South, East and West-come to share a remarkably durable and consistent common vision of what it meant to be an American in the first fifty years after the Revolution? How did the nation respond to the problem of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Complete Idiot's Guide to the Legacy of Lincoln by Pamela Oldham Publisher Comments How one man changed a nation. Abraham Lincoln is arguably our most revered president, and the object of much fascination. Many biographies have been written about him, but this is the first book to tackle his legacyhow Lincolns policies, not just his... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius by Joyce E. Chaplin Publisher Comments Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin-he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. In this authoritative intellectual biography of America’s most brilliant and cosmopolitan Founding Father, Joyce Chaplin considers Franklin’s... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lincoln for President: An Unlikely Candidate, an Audacious Strategy, and the Victory No One Saw Coming by Bruce Chadwick Publisher Comments The untold story of the drama, controversy, and incredible political genius of Lincoln's first presidential campaign In May of 1860, Republican delegates gathered in Chicago for their second-ever convention, with the full expectation of electing William... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power by Garry Wills Publisher Comments Moving beyond the recent revisionist debate over Jefferson's own slaves and his relationship with Sally Hemings, Wills instead probes the heart of Jefferson's presidency and political life, revealing how the might of the slave states remained a concern... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader by Walter Isaacson Publisher Comments Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America's favorite Founder and wit. As a twelve-year-old... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race (Lawrence Stone Lectures) by Thomas J Sugrue Publisher Comments "In Not Even Past, one of America's most prominent historians of race and rights turns a shrewd and honest eye to the contemporary scene. It should be essential reading for anyone trying to understand the changes in racial experience and argument in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey Publisher Comments Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many of us truly know our Constitution? The United States Constitution: A... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism by Douglas J Feith Publisher Comments Of all the players in the planning and evolution of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, few were more integral--or more controversial--than Douglas Feith, the chief strategist on Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon policy team. Feith is the first inside... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book by David Hume Kennerly Publisher Comments The only book commemorating Barack Obama's historic Inauguration to be licensed by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book lavishly documents the entire inaugural week, from Obama's Whistle Stop train ride to... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Hardcover
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A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell Staff Pick In this surprising and wickedly entertaining work of history, Russell presents us with a provocative look at a cast of unrecognized American heroes, the prostitutes, rebels, rascals, and hippies, who led us toward the rights and freedoms that Americans... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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James Madison by Richard Brookhiser Publisher Comments James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story—although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries—is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Great Issues in American History #03: From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981 by Richard Hofstadter Publisher Comments The third volume in Great Issues In American History, From Reconstruction to the Present Day is now updated and revised to include another decade of American history. Beatrice K. Hofstadter, wife of the late Richard Hofstadter and herself an historian... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Mass Market
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