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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... ( read more)
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River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (05 Edition)
by Candice Millard
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Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... ( read more)
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
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"I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... ( read more)
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Lincoln At Gettysburg : the Words That Remade America (92 Edition)
by Garry Wills
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The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words... ( read more)
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (P.S.)
by Howard Zinn
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Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of — and in the words of — America's women, factory workers, African... ( read more)
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann
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Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to some... ( read more)
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All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings (Lisa Drew Books)
by George Bush
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The most intimate and revealing look at one of America's most private public figures. Though reticent in public, George Bush has openly shared his private thoughts in his correspondence throughout his life. Fortunately, since the former president does... ( read more)
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A Caro
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One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few... ( read more)
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John Adams
by David Mccullough
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him --... ( read more)
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
by Stephen E Ambrose
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Abraham Lincoln, prior to being elected president and at the time working as a railway lawyer, met future Civil War hero General Grenville Dodge, in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1859. According to historian Stephen Ambrose, Lincoln's first words were "Dodge... ( read more)
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A Clearing In the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
by Witold Rybczynski
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are biographer and subject so well-matched as in Witold Rybczynski's seminal
biography of the great nineteenth century landscape architect, Frederick
Law Olmsted. In such classic works as Home:
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The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
by Cliff Sloan
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In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly contested tie, and the government neared collapse. The Supreme Court had no clear purpose or powerno one had... ( read more)
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A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
by Larry Schweikart
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From Christopher Columbus to the fall of Saddam Hussein, this book will go a long way in restoring perspective and clarity to readers' understanding of America's amazing story and the noble principles on which the country was founded.... ( read more)
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The Children's Blizzard (P.S.)
by David Laskin
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The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota,... ( read more)
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Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger
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In a brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive book, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger explains the art of diplomacy and reveals why Americans have historically repudiated both the style and substance of diplomacy as it is practiced... ( read more)
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Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Revised and Updated (Rev 01 Edition)
by Edmund Morris
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Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore... ( read more)
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Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)
by Thomas Paine
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Paineas daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes aThe Crisis, a aThe Age of Reason, a and aAgrarian Justice... ( read more)
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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
by H. W. Brands
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With the sweep, passion, and attention to detail that made "The First American" a resounding hit with readers and critics, Brands shapes a historical narrative of Andrew Jackson that's as fast-paced as the best fiction. High school & older.... ( read more)
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Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal (08 Edition)
by Lily Koppel
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For more than half a century, the red leather diary languished inside a steamer trunk. Rescued from a Dumpster on Manhattan's Upper West Side, it found its way to Lily Koppel, a young writer, who opened its tarnished brass lock and journeyed into an... ( read more)
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Theodore Rex
by Edmund Morris
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The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down... ( read more)
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