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Son of a Gambling Man: My Journey from a Casino Family to the Governor's Mansion
Son of a Gambling Man: My Journey from a Casino Family to the Governor's Mansion
by Bob Miller
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A memoir of growing up in mob-run Sin City from a casino heir-turned-governor whos seen two sides of every coin When Bob Miller arrived in Las Vegas as a boy, it was a small, dusty city, a far cry from the glamorous, exciting place it is today. Driving... (read more)

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Crafting History in the Northern Plains: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America (Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America)
Crafting History in the Northern Plains: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America (Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America)
by Mark D. Mitchell
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The histories of post-1500 American Indian and First Nations societies reflect a dynamic interplay of forces. Europeans introduced new technologies, new economic systems, and new social forms, but those novelties were appropriated, resisted, modified... (read more)

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Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
by Robin Nagle
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Americas largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers dont give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget... (read more)

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First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley
First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley
by Keith Koeneman
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"Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped the bomb at a routine news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. With no prelude or fanfare, Mr. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election when his term expires next year. 'Simply put, it's time,' he said."... (read more)

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Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis: Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt
Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis: Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt
by Douglas D. Scott
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On a chilly January morning in 1872, a special visitor arrived by train in North Platte, Nebraska. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia had already seen the cities and sights of the East—New York, Washington, and Niagara Falls—and now the... (read more)

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Rough-Water Man: Elwyn Blake's Colorado River Expeditions
Rough-Water Man: Elwyn Blake's Colorado River Expeditions
by Richard E. Westwood
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The passage of the 1902 Reclamation Act created a mandate for the federal government to build dams on the Colorado River and its powerful tributaries. By 1920 the US Geological Survey had surveyed the river’s main courses, but still needed accurate... (read more)

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Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill
Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill
by Steve Boggan
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What do you do if you want to really understand a country, to understand its people and feel its heartbeat? You can follow the rest of the tourists, or you can take the advice of Watergate reporter Bob Woodward’s source, ‘Deep Throat’,... (read more)

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Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall
Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall
by Kristin Ann Hass
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"... A compelling and important set of arguments about the role of public memory in contemporary America. Hass's research on individual memorials is deep and impressive. I definitely and strongly recommend [this book]."--Beth Bailey, author of America's... (read more)

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French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815
French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815
by Robert Englebert
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Robert Englebert is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Saskatch­ewan, Canada. Guillaume Teasdale teaches history at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.... (read more)

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Most Likely to Secede: What the Vermont Independence Movement Can Teach Us about Reclaiming Community and Creating a Human Scale Vision for t
Most Likely to Secede: What the Vermont Independence Movement Can Teach Us about Reclaiming Community and Creating a Human Scale Vision for t
by Ron Miller
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The 21st century United States is no longer a functioning republic, but an unreformable Empire unresponsive to the needs and concerns of its own citizens. Most Likely To Secede features a collection of provocative and forward-thinking essays from 29... (read more)

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In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition
In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition
by Joseph A. M. (edt) Gingerich
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Eastern North America has one of the largest inventories of Paleoindian sites anywhere in the Americas. Despite this rich record of early human settlement during the late Pleistocene, there are few widely published reports or summaries of Paleoindian... (read more)

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Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
by Erica Grieder
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Texas may well be Americas most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the states... (read more)

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America's National Parks, a Pop-Up Book
America's National Parks, a Pop-Up Book
by Don Compton
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