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by James W Loewen Publisher Comments Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jon Krakauer Powells.com Staff Pick "Under the Banner of Heaven is not a typical Krakauer book that takes you on an adventure into the wilderness. Instead, it delves into a world that is misunderstood by most of America, the world of Mormonism and Fundamental Mormonism... (read more) Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Scott McClellan Publisher Comments Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent history. Drawn to Bush by his commitment to... (read more) Your Price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by David McCullough Publisher Comments Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Albert Gore Powells.com Staff Pick More astute and timely observations from my favorite candidate who isn't running for President. Recommended by Ted, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David McCullough Publisher Comments The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson -- and dramatic events. In this... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Candice Millard Powells.com Staff Pick This true story traces the exploration of a previously un-navigated tributary of the Amazon River by Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by his son Kermit. The trip was extremely dangerous, and Candice Millard tells the story with detail that makes you... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jimmy Carter Publisher Comments President Carters challenging and provocative assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice for Palestinians--and one of the most important books of the year--is now available in paperback.... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jimmy Carter Publisher Comments Following his #1 New York Times bestseller Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine. President... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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Revolution and Constitution Era by Robert Middlekauff Publisher Comments The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American... (read more) Your Price $50.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Hillary Rodham Clinton Publisher Comments Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Charles C. Mann Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Joseph J Ellis Publisher Comments In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award-winning author of "American Sphinx" explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men--Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison--set the course for our nation. A... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by John Bakeless Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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