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In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections o...

Clean pages. Bottom corner of book is lightly curled, sticker on back cover, name written on inside cover - other than that it's in good shape!Categories: H...

Autumn 1944. World War Ii Is Nearly Over In Europe But Is Escalating In The Pacific, Where American Soldiers Face An Opponent Who Will Go To Any Length To A...

Follows The 1925 Murder Trial Of African-american Doctor Ossian Sweet, Who Was Accused Of Murdering A White Person During A Mob Attack On His Home, And Incl...

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...

From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with sixte...

Truman Capote Called His Account Of The 1959 Murder Of A Kansas Farm Family A Nonfiction Novel. Using Information He Collected Through Townspeople And The K...

A member of the 1980 Reagan-Bush election committee addresses questions concerning connections between the election of the two and the release of American h...

Product Description From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its...

By Antwone Quenton Fisher And Mim Eichler Rivas.Categories: Science & MathEssays & Commentary

Examines the far-reaching social, economic, political, and legal changes inaugurated by the French RevolutionCategories: History United StatesGeneral

The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how t...

It was the worst of times and the best of times. It was an era of unprecedented crisis and a time of unprecedented courage. In a single, comprehensive volu...

What Would The Founders Think? We Live In A Divided America That Is Currently Incapable Of Sustained Argument And Is Feeling Unsure Of Its Destiny. Joseph J...

"More imaginatively than any other Stevens biographer, Fawn Brodie has speculated upon the emotional springs of the man's behavior. More resourcefully than...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

Chronicles The Final Voyage Of The Ss Central America, As It Sank Off The Carolina Coast In 1857, And Explains The Recent Technology Used To Recover The Shi...

The Great Crash of 1929 profoundly disrupted the United States' confident march toward becoming the world's superpower. The breakneck growth of 1920s Americ...

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...

On May 18, 1860, in the midst of the nominating battle at the Republican National Convention, four contenders–Lincoln, Seward, Chase and Bates–wait in the...

Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first explorers to the present day.Categories: HistoryWorld

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

An account of the extraordinary strength and courage exhibited by americans under the extreme and seemingly unending stress of three and a half years of cap...

For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few k...

The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as a shocking account of judgments distorted by politics and...

Ch. 1. Introduction: American Architecture? -- 1. Excerpt From On The Architecture Of America / Anonymous -- 2. Excerpt From On The Arts / Anonymous -- 3. A...

In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from Canada and the United States set off on a preposterous mission: invade an impoverished Caribbean co...

On December 25, 1991, at 7:35 p.m., soldiers lowered the red Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin and raised the Russian tri-color in its place. The moment ...

A Collection Of Letters Between Martha Gellhorn And Her Family, Friends, Lovers, Politicians And Cultural Figures During The 1930's Usa, Spanish Civil War, ...

Why The Modern World Forgot How To Sleep Why Is Sleep Frustrating For So Many People? While Human History Presents A Vast Diversity Of Sleeping Styles, Toda...

To say that Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was determined is like saying the sun is warm. La Salle made his way from Eastern Canada to the Great L...

Featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, Shortest Way Home is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of ...

The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roos...

Chronicles John F. Kennedy's Childhood, Wartime Actions, Political Campaigns, Presidency, Marriage And Personal Life, And Health, Revealing Insights Into Hi...

In An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Michael Burlingame has uncovered buried Lincoln treasure from the papers of one of Lincoln’s private secretaries, J...

This is the drinker's guide to every aspect of whisky, from Scotch to Japanese, rye to bourbon and beyond. With hundreds of entries covering everything fr...

Open Virgil's Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook and you'll find a winning mix of barbecue and grilling recipes plus perfect summer sides for quick weekday dinner...

“I couldn’t put the book down…very scary indeed.” —Los Angeles TimesThe Classic Account Of One Of The World’s Most Feared Serial Killers Decade...

pittsburgh's East Liberty Valley Originally Consisted Of Lush Hunting Grounds Used By Many Native American Groups. In The 1700's British General John Forbes...

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the ...

The Subject Is Cold-war Hollywood, But Mr. Navasky Goes Far Beyond That Small Town And Brings The Subject Right Up To The Present. The Informer As Patriot -...

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance is guide to a colorful and significant era in African-American history. The book includes an introduction; A-to-Z ent...

Obama: An Intimate Portrait Reproduces More Than 300 Of Souza's Most Iconic Photographs With Fine-art Print Quality In An Oversize Collectible Format. Toget...

Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth & Charles W. Sasser Hardcover Pocket BooksCategories: History MilitaryVietnam War

This superbly organized guide to the 1,600-mile shoreline of Lake Michigan describes 182 historical sites and points of interest. Generously illustrated, ...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

The fate of poor and working-class African Americans-who are unquestionably represented among neoliberalism's victims-is inextricably linked to that of oth...

Clutching her pink trunk filled with the relics of a lost childhood, twelve-year-old Jenny steps off a bus in Reno and into the wide-open future. Separated...