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Warmth of Other Suns (10 Edition) by Isabel Wilkerson Staff Pick The Warmth of Other Suns is a fascinating epic narrative of the Great Migration by the brilliant and beautiful Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson. Recommended by Adrienne, Powells.com List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover 
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The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama by Fred I. Greenstein Publisher Comments Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "A wonderful book. . . . For journalists, it is a great checklist as to what we ought to be--but probably are not likely to be--looking for in a presidential candidate."--David Broder Praise for Princeton's... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill Oreilly Publisher Comments A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--And a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup Publisher Comments andquot;A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community.andquot; -The Boston Globe In hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling author Ted Gup's unique book uplifting as... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the United States becoming a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. Today, such... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson Publisher Comments Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough Publisher Comments From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The New Deal: A 75th Anniversary Celebration by Kathy Flynn Publisher Comments 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, the series of programs initiated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help Americans recover during the Great Depression. Programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Civil Works... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub Publisher Comments Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock—in some cases overseas, elation—was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Tony Horwitz: The Powells.com Interview
Tony Horwitz got his start as a journalist at the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in Indiana and later at the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia (where he...
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