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Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W Loewen

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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)
 
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer

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"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)
 
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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
by Scott McClellan

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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)
 
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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
by David McCullough

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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)
 
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The Assault on Reason
by Albert Gore

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More astute and timely observations from my favorite candidate who isn't running for President. Recommended by Ted, Powells.com... (read more)
 
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Truman
by David McCullough

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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)
 
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Roosevelt, Theodore

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard

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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)
 
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Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter

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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)
 
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
by Jimmy Carter

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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)
 
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Democracy in America Abridged Edition Democracy in America Abridged Edition
by Alex De Tocqueville

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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)
 
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John Adams John Adams
by David McCullough

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Revolution and Constitution Era

The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
by Robert Middlekauff

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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)
 
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Clinton, Bill

Living History
by Hillary Rodham Clinton

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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)
 
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Colonial America

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann

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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)
 
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Early American Biography

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J Ellis

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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)
 
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Signet Classics)
by John Bakeless

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Roosevelt, Franklin D.

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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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)
 
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