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Few events in American history have shaped the nation like the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It opened the American West for settlement. It redrew the map of...

Told by one of our country's greatest historians, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the extraordinary history of the birth of our countr...

the Life Of Harry S. Truman Is One Of The Greatest Of American Stories, Filled With Vivid Characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Be...

Untangles The Narrative Threads Of Roosevelt's Final Months, Showing How He Juggled The Strategic, Political, And Personal Choices He Faced As The War, His ...

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...

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...

david Mccullough Tells The Story Of Those Who Marched With General George Washington In The Year Of The Declaration Of Independence - When The Whole Americ...

Hillary Clinton's Candid Reflections About The Key Moments During Her Time As Secretary Of State, As Well As Her Thoughts About How To Navigate The Challeng...

Other Books in the People's Place SeriesNo. 1 20 Most Asked Questions About the Amish and Mennonites (revision) by Merle and Phyllis Good./ The most common...

*finalist For The National Book Award* *finalist For The Kirkus Prize* *instant New York Times Bestseller* *named A Best Book Of The Year By Npr, New York P...

Joyce Lee Malcolm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryUnited States

Reconstructs the Pennsylvania anthracite miners' early attempts to organize and improve their working conditionsCategories: History United StatesState &...

Dennis Guest. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [366]-378) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesSocial Work

A Narrative History Of The Trial Of Nine Black Men For The Rape Of Two White Women On A Train Traveling Through Northern Alabama In 1931. The Supreme Court ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account...

Imperial Ambitions -- Collateral Language -- Regime Change -- Wars Of Aggression -- History And Memory -- The Doctrine Of Good Intentions -- Intellectual Se...

Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth cent...

David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from...

chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Has Been Called The Stonehenge Of North America. Its Spectacular Pueblos, Or Great Houses, Are World Famous And Have Attracted T...

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...

In a natural follow-up to her national bestseller Front Row at the White House, the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal presi...

Describes political developments in Europe from the aftermath of World War II to the decline of the Soviet empire. Describes polit...

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s gr...

The reporter who filed the last dispatch before falling with Custer at his "last stand" against the Sioux.The Honolulu bureau chief who looked up from his ...

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 Book Has Ten Chapters: The First Is An Analysis Of The Build-up To The War, The Next Seven Chapters Cover The War Itself And The Final Chapter Examines ...

The Challenge Of Rethinking History Education Is A Must Read For Anyone Looking For A Guide To Both The Theory And Practice Of What It Means To Teach Histor...

Mike Pompeo Recounts His Political Career-- Mike Pompeo Is The Only Person Ever To Have Served As Both America's Most Senior Diplomat And The Head Of Its Pr...

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...

With a coastline that rivals California’s, Maine attracts millions of visitors each year who come to swim, fish, hike, or just enjoy the views. Many of th...

Product Description The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of...

Healing That Reaches Beyond the Self In this landmark work, Marianne Williamson reminds us that there is a point in everyone's spiritual journey where th...

The Widow Of American Sniper Chris Kyle Shares Their Private Story: An Unforgettable Testament To The Power Of Love And Faith In The Face Of War And Unimagi...

The Former President Shares His Private Thoughts And Feelings On His Political Career, Other Leaders, And The State Of The World. Peaks And Valleys -- Wilde...

John Keegan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-455) And Index.Categories: History MilitaryWorld War I

By Lenore Skomal. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [145]-149).Categories: History WorldWomen in History

Jeff Ashton was part of the prosecution team in the Florida homicide trial of Casey Anthony, the single mother accused of murdering her little girl, Caylee....

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...

Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resul...

A bold and important history of lesbian-feminism on the Florida coast.In 1977, two lesbian couples living in St. Augustine, Florida, found a row of small be...

The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, archi...

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...

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

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...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important naval battles in the history of World War II (1939-1945), Midway, which was fought barely six months a...

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...

A Best Book of the YearUSA Today * Time Magazine * Washington Post * Miami Herald * Richmond Times Dispatch * Christian Science Monitor * Daily Beast * Min...

One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise – and how Americans have been seduced into hel...