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Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership by Barry Strauss Publisher Comments Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar: Each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Alexander... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc 
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Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership by Barry Strauss Publisher Comments Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar: Each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Alexander... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies by Matthew Parker Publisher Comments To those who travel there today, the West Indies are unspoiled paradise islands. Yet that image conceals a turbulent, dramatic, and shocking history. For some two hundred years after 1650, the West Indies became the strategic center of the Western world,... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan Publisher Comments SYBIL: A name that conjures up enduring fascination for legions of obsessed fans who followed the nonfiction blockbuster from 1973 and the TV movie based on it-starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward-about a woman named Sybil with sixteen different... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Publisher Comments At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelts harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black,... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments From bestselling author Simon Winchester comes the immense and thrilling story of the world's most mysterious and breathtaking natural wonder: the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the ambitions of... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $27.50 Used - Compact Disc
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The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt Publisher Comments Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its... (read more) Your price: $44.99 New - Compact Disc
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Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor by Bill Sloan Publisher Comments Called “a master of the combat narrative” (The Dallas Morning News), author Bill Sloan captures the valor, fortitude, and suffering of the American defenders of the Philippines as no other author has. Abandoned by their government, the men and... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc
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Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood Publisher Comments It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone-if not for today's frightening headlines of robbery and kidnapping on the high seas. Pirates have existed since the invention of commerce itself, but they reached the zenith of their power... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Compact Disc
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Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation by Chris Derose Publisher Comments In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat.But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Kingdom by Robert Lacy Publisher Comments Fascinating history of the oil-rich Middle East.... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $99.95 New - Audio Cassette 
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford Synopsis From the story of Genghis Khan's rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed, this brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of how the modern world was made.... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor by Bill Sloan Publisher Comments Called “a master of the combat narrative” (The Dallas Morning News), author Bill Sloan captures the valor, fortitude, and suffering of the American defenders of the Philippines as no other author has. Abandoned by their government, the men and... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan Publisher Comments In 1967, not long after the Six Day War, three young Arabs ventured into the town of Ramla, in Jewish Israel. They were on a pilgrimage to see their separate childhood homes, from which their families had been driven out nearly twenty years before during... (read more) Your price: $36.95 New - Compact Disc
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Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation by Chris Derose Publisher Comments In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat.But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc
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Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein Synopsis Hailed as one of the best books of 2009 by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, this vibrant portrait of 1930s culture masterfully explores the anxiety, hope, despair, and surprising optimism of distressed Americans during the Great Depression.... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Last Days of the Incas by Kim Macquarrie Publisher Comments In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the... (read more) Your price: $99.99 New - Compact Disc
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American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (War Stories) by Oliver North Publisher Comments In American Heroes, New York Times bestselling author Oliver North offers an inspiring, first-hand account of the extraordinary young American volunteers defending us against radical Islamic terror. Since 9-11-01, North and his award-winning War Stories... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey Publisher Comments Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox. It is a modern state driven by contemporary technology and possessed of vast oil deposits, yet its powerful religious establishment would have its customs and practices rolled back a thousand years to match... (read more) Your price: $79.99 New - Compact Disc
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Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum Publisher Comments The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this... (read more) Your price: $59.97 New - Compact Disc
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