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Heroes Are Often Defined As Ordinary Characters Who Are Thrust Into Extraordinary Circumstances, And Through Courage And A Dash Of Luck, Cement Their Place ...

Ordeal by Fire blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story-...

Meeting at an African American college in North Carolina in 1959, a group of black and white Episcopalians organized the Episcopal Society for Cultural and ...

Originally part of the Rivers of America Series, The Ohio traces the river from its headwaters in Pittsburgh to the point it empties into the Mississippi,...

The Kennedys endure as American icons because of the mix between power and vulnerability that so many of them embodied. Our fascination and connection to th...

A remarkable environmental success story! Publishers Weekly Cherry traces the ecological evolution of New England's Nashua River--how it was respected by ...

Joe Garner, a twenty-one-year member of the original Green Berets, recounts his top-secret missions with the U.S. Army Special Forces, involving the Cuba mi...

The Author Of Reclaiming The Gods And The Isle Of Avalon Now Details The Fascinating Significance Of The Design Of The U.s. Capital. Nicholas R. Mann. Inclu...

WHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE QUR'AN - A HISTORY OF ISLAM & THE UNITED STATES You will be fascinated by this fast-paced, objective history...

A Collection Of Historical Profiles And Vignettes That Showcase The Heroic Spirit Of Ordinary Americans, Co-written In 1895 By Theodore Roosevelt And Henry ...

Leonard W. Levy. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 520-544.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPolitical Science

In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, a delta rich in fish, game animals, hard and...

as A North American Of European Ancestry, Victoria Freeman Sought To Answer The Following Question: How Did I Come To Inherit A Society That Has Disposses...

Children's author Bobbie Kalman's new series Native Nations of North America is an ongoing series that looks at the lives of the indigenous peoples of Nort...

"A remarkable man on many levels, Sam Brower is the real deal. Readers are apt to find his firsthand account of bringing Warren Jeffs to justice both extre...

ISBN # 9780789154873-Red Tails: WORLD WAR II'S TUSKEGEE AIRMAN - In 1941, an experitmental training plan for black aviators began in Alabama. These men bec...

In New Hampshire, nestled among the foothills of the White Mountains, lies one of the most beautiful bodies of water anywhere in the world, Lake Winnipesauk...

This national bestseller tells the story of James McBride and his mother—a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, m...

Susan Orlean Reopens The Unsolved Mystery Of The Most Catastrophic Library Fire In American History, And Delivers A Dazzling Love Letter To A Beloved Instit...

Now re-releasing as a part of the Lives of Faith series, the story of Jim Elliot’s life and martyrdom is one of the great missionary stories of modern tim...

A Student’s Guide to History provides the practical help students need to be effective in their history courses. In addition to introducing students to th...

Guns In America Have A History. The Violence They Cause Came About From A Series Of Decisions. To Reverse Them There Is A Series Of Solutions. This Is Your ...

Today, in growing numbers, from kitchen tables to nonprofit organizations to corporate boards, Americans are turning away from the bickering and division o...

This Blockbuster Narrative Provides The First Behind-the-scenes, Authoritative Account Of The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex’s Marriage, By The New York Times...

Over Two Unbelievable Decades, The New England Patriots Were Not Only The Nfl's Most Dominant Team, But Also--and By Far--the Most Secretive. How Did They A...

This critically acclaimed memoir, now in paperback, tells the story of the woman who piloted The Washington Post through the stormy times related to the Pe...

The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories ...

An inquiry into the origins, dissemination, and consequences of the modern belief that humans can solve any problem and overcome any difficulty, given time ...

Destiny's Child's inimitable music, empowering message, and singular experiences have fascinated fans for years. Their first tow albums and hit singles hav...

Want to be known as the Detroit Red Wings' second "Mr. Hockey"?Then prove yourself in the next Wings trivia challenge by blowing away the competition!The en...

Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion: a roughhewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. But, thanks to th...

In conversation with Heinz Dieterich, acclaimed political commentator Chomsky reviews a continent on the brink of a major economic and political crisis. An ...

Tobin Met Ozella Williams In The Old Market Building In Charleston, South Carolina, And Learned Of The Oral Tradition And Coded Quilts Used To Navigate Esca...

"David McCullough tells the story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence - when the whole Ameri...

Andrew Jackson Was Fearless -- Some Would Say Ruthless -- In His Single-minded Focus On The Security Of The United States ...--- Inside Cover. Preface -- Ch...

A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical...

At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nat...

Photographers Rogers and Greebon capture the beauty and unique culture of Texas' capital city, also known as "The Live Music Capital of the World." This pho...

Drew Gilpin Faust Writes About Coming Of Age In A Conservative Southern Family In Postwar America-- Provided By Publisher.Categories: History WorldWomen in ...

Songwriter And Actress Linda Thompson Breaks Her Silence For The First Time To Share The Extraordinary Story Of Her Life, Career, And Her Epic Romances With...

Regarded by many of his contemporaries as the greatest baseball player of all time, John Peter "Honus" Wagner enjoyed a remarkable career with the Pittsburg...

A New York Times Technology Correspondent Presents The Dramatic Rise And Fall Of Uber, Set Against The Rapid Upheaval In Silicon Valley During The Mobile Er...

why, For Two Hundred Years, Have Some American Citizens Seen This Country As An Endangered Eden, To Be Purged Of Corrupting Peoples Or Ideas By Any Means Ne...

The Former Chairman Of The Federal Reserve Documents His Rise From A Southern Youth To Ivy League Professorships Prior To The 2007 Housing Bubble Burst, Det...

As Part Of The Treaty Of Paris, In Which Great Britain Recognized The New United States Of America, Britain Ceded The Land That Comprised The Immense Northw...

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

The Transition From President Donald J. Trump To President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Stands As One Of The Most Dangerous Periods In American History. But As # 1 I...

ONE BIBLE, MANY ANSWERS In God's Problem the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for ...