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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4 by Robert A. Caro Publisher Comments Book Four of Robert A. Caro's monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as "one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments Soon to be a major motion picture, Lincoln, from Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning writer Tony Kushner, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the President and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. In this mega... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard Publisher Comments James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will,... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Publisher Comments In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father&... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Publisher Comments The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history — how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (05 Edition) by Candice Millard Staff Pick Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of — and in the words of — America's women, factory workers, African... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M Barry Staff Pick "An account of the Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America. When the river flooded, it was possible to travel in a boat, east to west in the South, two hundred miles. The book is an account of how engineers had tried to control the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Staff Pick In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire — which burned more than three million acres in 1910 — Timothy Egan vividly narrates the heroic efforts to fight the blaze and the dramatic impact it had on the future of conservation.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw Publisher Comments "In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek Publisher Comments An Unfinished Life is the first authoritative single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades. Drawing upon firsthand sources, freshly unearthed documents, and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning historian Robert Dallek... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America by Thurston Clarke Publisher Comments The definitive account of Robert Kennedys exhilarating and tragic 1968 campaign for president—a revelatory history that is especially resonant now After John F. Kennedys assassination, Robert Kennedy—formerly Jacks no-holds-barred political... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M Barry Publisher Comments A revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America. For four hundred years, Americans have wrestled with and fought over two concepts that define the nature of the nation: the proper... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union by Robert V Remini Publisher Comments In 1850, America hovered on the brink of disunion. Tensions between slave-holders and abolitionists mounted, as the debate over slavery grew rancorous. An influx of new territory prompted Northern politicians to demand that new states remain free; in... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto Publisher Comments In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (American Icons) by Gore Vidal Publisher Comments Gore Vidal?s uniquely irreverent take on America?s founding fathers will enliven all future discussion of the enduring power of their nation-building ideas. Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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James Madison and the Future of Limited Government by John Curtis Samples Publisher Comments The essays in this volume use Madison to engage such contemporary issues as multiculturalism, federalism, the emerging democracies, the scope of international law, and faith-based policy and politics. This book speaks to both the past and present of the... (read more) List Price $10.75 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of the American People by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy. Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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