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"They came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America -- men and women whose everyday lives of duty, ho...

Cowards don’t make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily...

Robert M. La Follette and the Insurgent Spirit is a closely argued, lively, and readable biography of the central figure in the American Progressive movemen...

a Unique American Chronicle Of A Navy Family's Life During The Vietnam War Years, This Widely Acclaimed Memoir Has Been Updated To Include An Outspoken Acco...

Revolutions Come In Waves And Cycles. We Are Again Riding The Crest Of A Revolutionary Epic, Much Like 1848 Or 1917, From The Arab Spring To Movements Again...

Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basement...

Timed to re-release simultaneously with Chris Matthews’s new book Jack Kennedy, which Simon & Schuster will publish this fall, this national bestsel...

a Riveting Account Of The Fall Of Greece, The Battle Of Crete, And The Cretanresistance, From The Beginning Of World War Ii To Its End. library Journal few...

Reviews The Individuals, Tactics, And Events Involved In Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's Plan To End World War Ii. Operation Market-garden, September...

D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on June 6, 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men from America, C...

A spellbinding adventure about investigating folklore in the wilds from a beloved modern-day explorer.Categories: History WorldExpeditions & Discoveries...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.On...

"A great read."―Whoopi Goldberg, The ViewHow the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate A...

During the Spanish Civil War, women - long oppressed in Spain - were active both on the front and in the rear guard. This book is the first to focus on Span...

Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most ...

A New York Times bestseller. "My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because it's in the messes where we learn the most--as long as we slo...

In November 1909, thousands of factory workers walked off the job to protest the terrible working conditions in New York City factories. Joining the picket ...

the Winners Manual: For The Game Of Life Shares Ohio State Football Coach Jim Tressel's Big Ten Fundamentals For Success: Attitude, Discipline, Faith, Han...

One of the greatest success stories ever told unfolds in the pages of this compelling, three-dimensional book. Through intimate letters, journals, and diari...

Pete Hamill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 283-289).Categories: History United StatesState & Local

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring e...

Now a National Bestseller!\Bestselling author and former Speaker Newt Gingrich reveals how Big Government Socialism is crippling America—and offers strate...

In This Book, Joanne Freeman Offers A Major Reassessment Of Political Culture In The Early Years Of The American Republic. By Exploring Both The Public Acti...

Bestselling author Tom Brokaw brings readers inside the White House press corps in this up-close and personal account of the fall of an American president....

Presents A Selection Of Letters Written To Tom Brokaw In Response To His Book The Greatest Generation, In Which He Examines The Lives And Experiences Of The...

This famous memoir by John McCorkle, reissued for the first time, is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill." John McCorkle was a y...

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, a...

They were held in brutal captivity―and managed to make it out alive. This is their story. The Lost Girls are Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJ...

the Widely Anticipated Memoir Of Legendary Ace American Fighter Pilot, Robin Olds robin Olds Was A Larger-than-life Hero With A Towering Personality. A Gr...

...offers historically valuable, and tantalizing, insights into the internal workings of the Reagan Administration and the Machiavellian world of Washingto...

Here is a wide-ranging, unique, and personal view of the evolution of modern Ireland over three-and-a-half centuries. Lively biographical footnotes add a fu...

This study provides a much-needed historical overview of the main developments in the theory and practice of Christian mission in this century. Part 1 descr...

Somalia. March 4, 1993. Two Somalis are shot in the back by Canadian peacekeepers, one fatally. Barely two weeks later, sixteen-year-old Shidane Abukar Ar...

Who rules America?All the Presidents' Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, di...

No Longer The Exclusive Province Of The Far Right And Far Left, Anti-semitism Finds A Home In Identity Politics And The Reaction Against Identity Politics, ...

A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treas...

Chronicles the history of America's secret counterterrorist unit, tells how members are recruited and trained, and explains its key role in the Iran hostage...

NOTE: The listed prices above are in U.S. currencyCategories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

"Nowhere else have I found the passion for flavor that encompasses the lives of Louisianians, day in and day out," writes Emeril Lagasse. In Louisiana Real...

In this magisterial new biography, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith brings to life one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic ...

In 1665 the Carignan-Salières Regiment was sent to Canada by King Louis XIV to quell the Iroquois, whose attacks were strangling the colony's fur-based eco...

Newly revised and updated, the master-level companion to the world’s bestselling beer making book, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. In this inviting, eas...

At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for...

This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the ne...

The Country Music Legend Shares The Story Behind His Meteoric Rise To Fame, Including The Highs And Lows, And The Secrets Behind His Biggest Hits. Rogers De...

“Just when you think there can be nothing fresh to be said about the long life of Winston Churchill, along comes biographer Michael Shelden’s page-turne...

"You don't have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift--just being human and curious and from a family will suffice." --Malachy McCourt, New York Times b...

For The First Time Anywhere, The First-person Account Of The Planning And Execution Of The Bin Laden Raid From A Navy Seal Who Confronted The Terrorist Mast...