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In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Sou...

This Portrait Follows The Former First Lady From Her Birth In A Boomtown Mining Shack To The White House And Is Full Of Anecdotes And Behind-the-scenes Glim...

The building of the Panama Canal was one of the most grandiose, dramatic, and sweeping adventures of all time. Spanning nearly half a century, from its be...

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

Provides An Account Of One Of The Greatest National Disasters The United States Has Ever Experienced And Its ConsequencesCategories: Science & Math Natu...

Through The Lens Of Their Decades-long Friendship, The Noted Historian And New York Times-bestselling Author Examines John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Life And Legacy ...

In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics prog...

A Narrative History Of One Of America's Deadliest Episodes Of Race Riots And Lynchings Traces How Black Americans Were Brutally Targeted By Anti-black Upris...

[michael Lewis's] Most Ambitious And Important Book. --joe Klein, New York TimesCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government United ...

In Force And Freedom, Kellie Carter Jackson Provides The First Historical Analysis Exclusively Focused On The Tactical Use Of Violence Among Antebellum Blac...

Vintage Views Along the West Pike:From Sand Trails to US-31 is a pictorial history of Michigan's most famous road. The historic West Michigan Pike, original...

La excepcional crónica del crac inmobiliario que originó la mayor crisis de los últimos 80 años.La gran apuesta es la excepcional crónica del crac inmo...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the elect...

Introduction -- The Monroe Doctrine To The Second World War -- The Cold War : The Guatemalan Coup And The Cuban Revolution -- The Alliance For Progress -- T...

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, fr...

two Men, Each Handsome And Unusually Adept At His Chosen Work, Embodied An Element Of The Great Dynamic That Characterized America’s Rush Toward The Twenti...

An unprecedented exposé of Soviet espionage in the United States during the 1930s and 40s This stunning book, based on KGB archives that have never come t...

Describes The Origins Of Nascar Racing In The World Of Southern Moonshiners, Who Used Fast Ford Cars To Transport Bootleg Alcohol During The Depression And ...

A Respected Economist And Columnist For The New York Times Shares A Collection Of His Most Influential Columns, Along With Commentary, That Critically Analy...

The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real es...

Calling All Texas Rangers Fans! The Ultimate Texas Rangers Trivia Book Is A Staple For Anyone Who Loves Baseball, Sports Trivia, And The Lone Stars. You Wil...

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, ...

We Live In A Time When The Very Idea Of Objective Truth Is Mocked And Discounted By The Occupants Of The White House. Discredited Conspiracy Theories And Id...

Former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson -- who was at the very epicenter of the crashing financial markets -- provides a startling, first- person acco...

William Baxter ; Introduction By William L. Shea. Originally Published: Cincinnati : Poe & Hitchcock, 1864.Categories: History United StatesState & ...

The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary and conservative icon Peggy Noonan offers her most insightful work, including her Wall Street Journal columns...

About the Author\Greg King is the author of many internationally published works of history, including The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria. His work has app...

Cats are incredible creatures: they can eat practically anything and live almost anywhere. Tracing their rise from prehistory to the modern cat craze, Abiga...

Every cranny of Vermont bears the footprints of the past, every turn of the road has a story to tell of notable people and stirring events spanning more tha...

"An unforgettable reading experience."―Eric Holder With this powerful and intimate trial diary, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asks the key quest...

Examines America's Westward Expansion, Describing The Forcible Subjugation Of Native American Tribes, Including The Fierce Battles Against The Navajo Which ...

FIRST TIME OFFERED IN SPANISH! ¡POR PRIMERA VEZ EN ESPANOL! Spanish version of the 2012 Civics Flash Cards for the U.S. Naturalization Test. Recien actuali...

A Graphic Novel Adaptation Of Studs Terkel's Interviews And Accounts Of The Lives Of Ordinary Americans. Preface / Harvey Pekar -- Original Introduction To ...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

Wild As A March Hare -- The Model Plan For Legal Marijuana -- A True Pioneer In The Kentucky Spirit -- Spectacular Bid -- The War On Drugs, The Militia, And...

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

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the disquieting true story behind Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.A successfu...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single most important piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This one law so dramatically altere...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

Shame varies as an individual experience and its manifestations across time and cultures. Groups establish identity and enforce social behaviors through sha...

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with ama...

Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, ...

The Fifties Is A Sweeping Social, Political, Economic, And Cultural History Of The Ten Years That David Halberstam Regards As Seminal In Determining What Ou...

Atlanta and Environs is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I ...

A Biography Of Former New York Governor And Vice-president Nelson A. Rockefeller. Joseph E. Persico. Includes Index.Categories: History United StatesState &...

First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Winning acclaim for its comprehensi...

"I must have presented a strange and humorous sight to him as I carefully approached on the rickety pier, arms slightly extended for balance. Cameras and ta...

Provides An Account Of The Assassination Of President Kennedy, Drawing From Interviews, Observations, And The Proceedings Of The Warren Commission To Chroni...