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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose Staff Pick At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments “Its a wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future.” —Howard Fast, author of Spartacus and... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.00 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 $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wilson by A. Scott Berg Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prizewinning, #1 New York Timesbestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitive and revelatory biography of one of the great American figures of modern times. One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Alone Together: My Life with J. Paul Getty by Theodora Getty Gaston Publisher Comments It was 1935. Flame-haired Teddy Lynch finished singing "Alone Together" at the swanky nightclub the New Yorker and left the stage to find a charming stranger at her friends' table. It was Jean Paul Getty, enigmatic oil tycoon and America'... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 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... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror by Larry Schweikart Publisher Comments The bestselling historians turn their focus to Americas role in the world since the end of World War II Schweikart, author of the number one New York Times bestseller A Patriots History of the United States, and Dougherty take a critical look at... (read more) List Price $25.00 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 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: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Publisher Comments A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Minutemen and Their World (American Century Series) by Robert A Gross Publisher Comments Winner of the Bancroft Prize The Minutemen and Their World, first published in 1976, is reissued now in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a new Foreword by Alan Taylor and a new Afterword by the author. On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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 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 $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America (Rev 08 Edition) by Ronald Takaki Publisher Comments Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A Caro Publisher Comments The political biography of our time, now available in a four-volume hardcover set. Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon Johnson is one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American president. It is... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W Loewen Publisher Comments Americans have lost touch with their history, and in andlt;iandgt;Lies My Teacher Told Meandlt;/iandgt; Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying eighteen leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life by Eleanor Roosevelt Publisher Comments One of the most admired people of the twentieth century, Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death, Roosevelt penned this simple guide toward a more fulfilling life. The... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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John Adams by David McCullough From Powells.com David McCullough is our most dependable presidential biographer. Each of his efforts has been a resounding success, combining popular appeal with literary accolades. Mornings on Horseback, about Teddy Roosevelt, won the National Book Award, his... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death by Jill Lepore Publisher Comments Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has composed a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave. How does life... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill Publisher Comments An enthralling, tragic, and intensely private portrayal of the captivating first lady from a man who knew her like no one else When Secret Service agent Clint Hill was initially assigned to guard First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, he envisioned tea... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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