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Chapter 1. The Accusation -- Chapter 2. Blood Libel In The Modern World -- Chapter 3. Who Done It : The Immigrants? -- Chapter 4. The Massena Case And Ameri...

The emergence of the lower houses of assembly is a major theme in American history: their quest for power became the most significant single feature of poli...

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller. The definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulit...

A Behind-the-scenes Chronicle Of The Search For Saddam Hussein Offers A Moment-by-moment Narrative Account That Also Profiles The Author's Non-violent, Psyc...

The United States Has Been Epitomized As A Land Of Opportunity, Where Hard Work And Skill Can Bring Personal Success And Economic Well-being. The American D...

For the first time, a minute-by-minute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan On March 30, 1981, President Reagan walked out of a hotel in...

Barry Goldwater is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our century, a man whose influence on America conservatism ...

A Memoir By A Uss Arizona Survivor Describes His Experience Of The Attacks That Left Him With Burns Over More Than Sixty-five Percent Of His Body, His Resol...

While the fathers were off founding the country, what were the women doing? Running their husband s businesses, raising their children plus providing polit...

As a young speechwriter in the Reagan White House, Peter Robinson was responsible for the celebrated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. He was a...

“Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek The Washington Post - Robert Kagan Today, the conventio...

Tells The Story Of The Little-known Dr. John Brinkley And His Unquenchable Thirst For Fame And Fortune And Morris Fishbein, A Quackbuster Extraordinaire Who...

If offered the chance—by cloak, spell, or superpower—to be invisible, who wouldn’t want to give it a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeuri...

In 1889, Broken Shackles was published in Toronto under the pseudonym of Glenelg. This very unique book, containing the recollections of a resident of Owen...

A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven—from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings ...

Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais’s In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle...

A REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN—FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APO...

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scub...

This comprehensive narrative covers Latin America's pre-Colombian and colonial periods, including its civil war and struggle for independence. Brown's clear...

Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity In The South African Coloured Community Is The First Systematic Study Of Coloured Identity, Its History,...

Soon to be a major motion picture from the director of The Hangover starring Jonah Hill, the page-turning, behind-closed-doors account of how three kids fro...

A Non-fiction Analysis Of The Persian Gulf War And The Nature Of War And Command As Seen Through The Actions Of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., Commander ...

A Portrait Of Washington, D.c. During The Days Of World War Ii. Waiting -- The Battle For Washington -- Bureaucracies At War -- Locked In Deadly Struggle .....

Since the Declaration of Independence, equality has been America's primary moral commitment. But equality of what? and for whom? In this completely revised ...

Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor Is One Israeli's Powerful Attempt To Reach Beyond The Wall That Separates Israelis And Palestinians And Into The Hearts O...

A nation lost its innocence on November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in Dallas. Thirty-five years lat...

America, how well do you know your history? Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to d...

More than twenty years ago, a disillusioned college graduate named Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to look for himself and his nation. His memoi...

The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. When 26 Army nurses and medics-par...

William L. Barney. Includes Bibliographies And Index.Categories: History United States19th Century

Describes Social Life And Customs Of The Working People In New York After The Revolution. Includes Sections On Apprentices And Youths, Journeymen, Master Cr...

The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood.On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled m...

The True Story Of The Assassination Of Jfk, Told By Secret Service Agents Who Were There And Who Have Lived With The Guilt And Grief From That Day. When Tim...

A horrifying look at one of the bloodiest scandals in the history of the American presidency, Fast and Furious is this season's sensational, mustread book ...

A History Of Texas High School Football Teams That Have Won Four Or More State Championships Since 1920-- Rick Sherrod. Includes Bibliographical References ...

Was Golf Better (to Use One Of Tiger's Favorite Phrases) Back In The Day? In [this Book], Michael Bamberger, Who Fell For The Game As A Teenager In Its Wild...

The summer of 1967 turned out to be one of the most exciting – and improbable – seasons in the history of baseball. Dubbed “The Impossible Dream,” t...

Former Republican Strategist Phillips Takes An Uncompromising View Of The Political Coalition, Led By Radical Religion, That Is Driving America To The Brink...

The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the...

Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings B...

In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848–1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the moving story of his life to Frank B. Linderman, the wel...

Examines how space technology is being used for espionage, discusses the clashes between the Air Force and the CIA for control of the vast system, and detai...

Former President George H.W. Bush, revealed through his letters and writings from 1941 to 2010, is “worth its weight in gold…a valuable update of the li...

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while t...

Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty w...

Explores the history of the trail and celebrated the frontiersmen and their dogs who braved its dangers.Categories: History United StatesState & Local ...

Living with Wild Bears in Alaska"A heart-stopping eco-adventure, a testimony to both the grizzlies and their courageous protector."--People"The grizzly bear...

In 1896, A Norwegian Immigrant And Mother Of Eight Named Helga Estby Was Behind On Taxes And The Mortgage When She Learned That A Mysterious Sponsor Would P...