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Jeffrey Rosen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 245-258) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government United States...

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer offers an unprecedented look at the culture of excess in the elite community of Palm Beach. Publishers We...

Using In-depth Interviews With Participants And Residents, Watson Brilliantly Captures The Tottering Legacy Of Jim Crow In Mississippi, While Vividly Portra...

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...

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how the...

For years, New York's great Jewish banking families have been aloof, mysterious, clannish and arrogant. Considering themselves an elite One Hundred, the fa...

Book by Woodward, BobCategories: History United States21st Century

Jefferson's Warning And The Financial Aristocracy -- Other People's Oligarchs -- Wall Street Rising : 1980 -- Greed Is Good : The Takeover -- The Best Deal ...

Because Secret Service Agents Are Sworn To Secrecy, The American Public Rarely Knows What Presidents, Vice Presidents, Presidential Candidates, And Cabinet ...

charles A. Lindbergh Is At Once One Of The Century's Best-known And Most Misunderstood Figures. In His Fascinating New Biography, lindbergh, Betselling Aut...

liddell Hart Considered General Sherman The Dominant Military Genius Of The Civil War; To Prove His Point, He Traced Sherman's Military Campaigns, From The ...

The Roaring Twenties - the Jazz Age - has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, ...

National Bestseller Npr Best Book Of 2017 “not All Superheroes Wear Capes, And Elizebeth Smith Friedman Should Be The Subject Of A Future Wonder Woman Mov...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris ...

The Wholesome Image Of America Propagated By Hollywood In The 1940s, '50s And '60s Is One Of The Most Persistent In Popular Culture: Loving Wives, Smiling C...

from The Bestselling Author Of The Definitive Book On D-day Comes The Definitive Book On The Most Momentous Expedition In American History And One Of The G...

"This abridgment…is still the best one-volume biography of Lee." —Chicago Tribune "Lee provides an opportunity for a new generation to better understa...

Remember When Everything Was Looking Up? When The Government Was Running At A Surplus, Pollution Was Disappearing, Peace Was Breaking Out In The Middle East...

A Definitive And Extraordinary Account Of Recent Broadway History—spanning From The Debut Of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Sunset Boulevard To Disney’s The Lio...

Product Description "An inspiring and informative page-turner." –Walter IsaacsonLonglisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The au...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interv...

The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker,...

From the moment these two legendary players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. In Celtic green ...

breaking Their Silence, Witnessees Expose A Cover-up In Jfk's AssassinationCategories: History United StatesState & Local

the Author Of The Bestselling the Greatest Generation Takes Us On A Tour Of The Turbulent 1960s, Blending His Personal Reflections With Firsthand Accounts ...

The Dramatic Story Of The Signature Environmental Disaster Of Our Time And An Inspiring Tale Of Scientific Resistance By A Relentless Physician Who Stood Up...

The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Thi...

Monumental tells, for the first time, the incredible story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian born into slavery who became America's first Black lieuten...

For The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Film, W.k. Stratton's Definitive History Of The Making Of The Wild Bunch, Named One Of The Greatest Westerns Of All Time...

Japan's Informal Empire In China, 1895-1937 : An Overview / Peter Duus -- The Changing Pattern Of Sino-japanese Trade, 1884-1937 / Mizoguchi Toshiyuki -- Ja...

On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bast...

Comprehensive reference work which provides information on the military and civilian leaders, the campaigns, battles, weapons, military terms, issues, naval...

Uses accounts by Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as local civilians, from diaries, letters, books, and newspapers to recreate the Battle of Gettysbu...

The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of ...

America's power is in decline, its allies alienated, its soldiers trapped in a war that even generals regard as unwinnable. What has happened these past f...

a Cutting-edge Collection Exploring Identity-making In East Asia Categories: History United StatesGeneral

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

The decades-long Cold War was more than a bipolar conflict between two Superpowers-it had implications for the entire world. In this accessible, comprehensi...

Young readers will love exploring the gigantic rocks, roaring waterfalls, and majestic trees that can be found throughout Yosemite National Park.Follow Ran...

"Read this man's book." --James EllroyA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels―the real ...

Contains new facts concerning Nixon, Watergate, and the death of Dorothy Hunt, wife of E. Howard HuntDorothy Hunt, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman” tell...

A Sweeping Memoir Of American Politics And History From Chris Matthews, New York Times Bestselling Author And Former Host Of Msnbc’s Hardball With Chris M...

Examines Henry Kissinger's influence on the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the presidency of Richard NixonCategories: Politic...

Documents The Trial Of A Man Charged With Dozens Of Counts Of Arson In A Rural Virginia County, Sharing Insight Into His Struggles With Addiction, His Relat...

From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles—just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Gran...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.” —The New York Times Best...

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe National Footba...

Simmering racial tensions inflamed by discriminatory punitive measures sparked a violent confrontation aboard the USS Kitty Hawk while it was engaged in air...