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Teach Yourself Instant Reference History of the USA (Teach Yourself Instant Reference) by Helicon Publisher Comments This indispensable volume contains more than 1,000 entries on the people, politics, and events that have shaped the United States. Helpful cross-references and time lines are included.... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Publisher Comments THIS IS THE BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing with headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward kept the tale of conspiracy and the trail of dirty tricks coming... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good by Steven Fenberg Publisher Comments As President Obama began to unveil sweeping government programs to restore the crippled economy, the public and media drew numerous comparisons with the actions of Franklin Roosevelt, who faced the grim prospects of the Great Depression almost eighty... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot Publisher Comments From acclaimed journalist David Talbot comes a groundbreaking narrative account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history: the Kennedy Administration and its dramatic aftermath. Though countless books have been written about the Kennedy men... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The China Diary of George H. W. Bush: The Making of a Global President by Jeffrey A Engel Publisher Comments "When George Bush went to China in 1974, our two countries were still very much in the discovery stage of our relationship. His honest and personal reflections provide a rare, almost 'behind the scenes' window into that fascinating time period, and are a... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $5.75 Used - Hardcover
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Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America by Nelson W Aldrich Publisher Comments This insider's look at inherited wealth in the United States explores the complex meanings of money and success in American sociey with a new introduction that examinies whether America's privileged class will be willing or able to play a leadership role... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson by Alan Pell Crawford Publisher Comments In this first truly original look at the life of Thomas Jefferson since Fawn Brodies "Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate Portrait," published more than 30 years ago, Crawford presents the tragic, true, and largely untold story of Jeffersons final years.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Citizen-In-Chief: The Second Lives of the American Presidents by Leonard Benardo Publisher Comments "The American presidency . . . is merely a way station en route to the blessed condition of being an ex-president." —John Updike The presidency is a captivating concept in the hearts and minds of the American people. Part commander-in-chief, part... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution by William R Polk Publisher Comments From the fearful crossing of the stormy Atlantic to the growth of the early settlements, from the French and Indian War and the unrest of the 1760s to the inevitable break with England—here is an insightful and fascinating account of the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lincoln's Little War: How His Carefully Crafted Plans Went Astray by Webb B. Garrison Publisher Comments The level of President Abraham Lincoln's involvement in the Civil War has long been debated. This intriguing book by historian Webb Garrison explores how Lincoln's plans for a small police action soon escalated into the bloodiest war in American history,... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens by William C Davis Publisher Comments This biography tells how two Georgia men--Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens--dominated the formation of the Confederacy and served as its vice president and secretary of state. 2 photos.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Kennedy Assassination Tapes by Max Holland Publisher Comments A major work of documentary history — the brilliantly edited and annotated transcripts, most of them never before published, of the presidential conversations of Lyndon B. Johnson regarding the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath. The transition... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Founders v. Bush by Steve Coffman Review "Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy." Jim Hightower Best selling author, radio commentator and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan Publisher Comments For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power by Marcus Mabry Publisher Comments Perhaps no American leader is better known and less understood than Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Beyond the dramatic story of her past--her ascent from segregated Alabama to the halls of power--and the controversy of her present, little is known... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward Publisher Comments In Obamas Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Founding Fathers Reconsidered (09 Edition) by R. B. Bernstein Publisher Comments Here is a concise, scholarly, yet accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "the Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "philosopher-... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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Huey Long by T Harry Williams Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this work describes the life of one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate by Bob Woodward Publisher Comments Twenty-five years ago, after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy. "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over," President Ford declared. But it was not. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country by Laton Mccartney Publisher Comments Business and finance author McCartney delivers a groundbreaking and, for the first time, comprehensive account of the 1922 Teapot Dome oil scandal--the biggest and most far-reaching scandal in the history of American politics.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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