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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose Staff Pick At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.) by Samantha Power Publisher Comments In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power—a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy—asks the haunting question: Why do... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gulag Archipelago, Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, 1918-1956 (P.S.) by Aleksa Solzhenitsyn Publisher Comments Volume 2 of the gripping epic masterpiece, The story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for Nearly a decade... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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John Adams by David Mccullough Publisher Comments In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gulag Archipelago : an Experiment in Literary Investigation, Volume 1 (07 Edition) by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn Publisher Comments Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. But it was only the first stage of a shocking triple tragedy. On the heels of one of the three strongest... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs by Madeleine Albright Publisher Comments The former US Secretary of State and bestselling author of Madam Secretary offers a provocative and personal look at the role of religion in America's foreign policy. In THE MIGHTY AND ALMIGHTY, Madeleine Albright examines religion and foreign affairs... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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One Day the Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in War (P.S.) by Charles London Publisher Comments Today, in violence-torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story . . . and ours. In this powerful and unforgettable book—by turns painful, funny... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S.) by Aleksa Solzhenitsyn Publisher Comments Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Profiles in Courage (P.S.) by John F Kennedy Publisher Comments Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Democracy in America (P.S.) by Alex De Tocqueville Publisher Comments The abridged edition of the enduring masterwork—a classic portrait of America's culture and people Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains the most comprehensive, penetrating,... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 #03: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Volume 3: An Experiment in Literary Investigation by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Publisher Comments Volume 3 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own release after eight years... (read more) Your price: $21.99 New - Trade Paper
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