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Tells The Story Of The Conservative Economists Espousing Free Market And Deregulatory Policies During The Four Decades Between 1969 And 2008. Leading Figure...

A Critique Of The White American Class Structure Argues That The Paths Of Social Mobility That Once Advanced The Nation Are Now Serving To Further Isolate A...

Derrick Jensen's most ambitious, important, and best book to date. Publishers Weekly The author, who in earlier books like The Culture of Make Believe dis...

From a prize-winning biographer comes the defining portrait of a man who led America in a time of turmoil and left us a darker age. We live today, John A. ...

From acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to ‘talkies’ transformed Hollywood.It was the end ...

*A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer?**A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE**A Washington Post “Book to Read This Summer”**AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK ...

What do we really mean by phrases such as western Canadian political culture, the centrist political culture of Ontario, Red Toryism in the Maritimes, or P...

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill ...

Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's atten...

The Story of the Greatest Sports Moment of the Twentieth Century Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, ...

The New York Times Bestseller!#1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we m...

Political consultant Doug Schoen has been the power-behind-the-throne to Presidents, Prime Ministers and even a politician-priest whose brother was a mafia ...

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the US found itse...

Documents The 1946 Survival Story Of Six Navy Officers Whose Martin Mariner Seaplane Crashed In The Antarctic During A White-out Snowstorm, Describing The H...

Fawn M. Brodie. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [555]-560.Categories: HistoryUnited States

Washington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-reinventions in history. In his mid-twenties, this third son of a modest Virginia planter had ruined ...

Part one of the classic Civil War study of General Ulysses S. Grant, written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton, introduces General Grant as he undertake...

The American Promise, Value Edition, has long been a favorite with students who value the text’s readability, clear chronology, and lively voices of ordi...

No one did political corruption quite like Rod Blagojevich. The 40th governor of Illinois made international headlines in 2008 when he was roused from his ...

As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that h...

In The Summer Of 2010, Photographer Brandon Stanton Began An Ambitious Project -- To Single-handedly Create A Photographic Census Of New York City. The Phot...

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that be...

On A Winter Day In 1903, In The Outer Banks Of North Carolina, Two Unknown Brothers From Ohio Changed History. But It Would Take The World Some Time To Beli...

"If I could, I would put this book into the hands of every Christian in America." --Dr. David Jeremiah "Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, an...

The Election Happened, Remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-randall, Then Deputy Secretary Of The Department Of Energy. And Then There Was Radio Silence. Across All...

By Carrie Young.Categories: History United StatesState & Local

This Popular and Classic Text explores both the paradoxes and the possibilities of postwar America. Author William H. Chafe portrays the significant cultur...

From top journalists and the bestselling authors of The Man Who Ran Washington, an ambitious and lasting history of the full Trump presidency. Revered journ...

Elizabeth R. Varon. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 435-487) And Index.Categories: HistoryMilitary

The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America’s most storied military figures. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta...

The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor City. Using information from declassified federal documents...

In A Natural, Cultural, And Artistic History Of Our Favorite Mood Enhancer, The Authors Show How Caffeine Was Discovered, Its Early Uses, And The Unexpected...

A St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Book of 2017The first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years is the first to draw on a wide array of ...

The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul."\From Marion Davies'...

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bus...

A New Edition Of A Definitive History Of American Environmental Policy, Focusing On Policies From 1970 To The Trump Administration And Their Historical Cont...

A pictorial celebration of New Mexico’s history and landscape. In celebration of New Mexico’s statehood centenial, Richard Melzer focuses on the vario...

For Romans, bathing was a social event. Public baths, in fact, were one of the few places where large numbers of Romans gathered daily in an informal contex...

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the sho...

Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the cour...

The Definitive Ranking Of The Greatest Football Players Of All Time-- Provided By Publisher.Categories: HistoryUnited States

The Nuclear Borderlands explores the sociocultural fallout of twentieth-century America's premier technoscientific project--the atomic bomb. Joseph Masco o...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this wild and sceni...

The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create® includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest an...

Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928–1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled cha...

Ronald J. Mason. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Academic Press, C1981. With New Pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: H...

Obama Tells The Story Of His Improbable Odyssey From Young Man Searching For His Identity To Leader Of The Free World, Describing In Strikingly Personal Det...