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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society."--Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On JuneteenthNew York Times Book...
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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin OldsFighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football...
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Esalen: America and the Religion of No ReligionJeffrey Kripal here recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been a world leader in alternative and experiential education and stands today at the center of the human potential movement. Forged in the literary and mythical leanings of the Beat...
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange TimeThe first volume in Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, featuring a new introduction from award-winning author and editor John Jeremiah Sullivan. Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in...
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Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War IINEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace."--The Wall Street Journal Freedom's Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen--General Motors...
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The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in TexasWinner of the Caughey Western History PrizeWinner of the Robert G. Athearn AwardWinner of the Lawrence W. Levine AwardWinner of the TCU Texas Book AwardWinner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book AwardWinner of the María Elena Martínez PrizeFrederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist "A...
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The Great BridgeA monumental tale of American ambition, told by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master historian David McCullough. This gripping saga of the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the country's boldest engineering achievements, reveals not only the politics and personalities behind "America's Eiffel Tower,"...
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President McKinley: Architect of the American CenturyAcclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a "measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight...a deft character study of a president" (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not...
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The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of AmericaFINALIST FOR THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Winner of the 2021 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction. One of The Washington Post's Top 50 Nonfiction Books of 2020. From a...
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American WestNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West--"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the...
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Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All LifePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - An epic, extraordinary account of scientific rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth "[An] engaging and thought-provoking book, one focused on the theatrical politics and often deeply troubling science that shape our definitions of...
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King: A LifeWINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A New York Times bestseller and notable book of...
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The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish PeopleA magisterial account of one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great MortalityIn this masterful, comprehensive account of the Irish Potato Famine, delivered with novelistic flair, Kelly gives us...
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Transgender History, Third Edition: A Resource for Today's Struggle--And Tomorrow'sThe groundbreaking guide to trans history in America, revised and updated for a new political era. Transgender History is the modern classic on transgender life in America since the nineteenth century, encompassing the major movements, writings, and events that shape today's gender revolution. Susan...
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The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation Into the National Security StateFifty years ago, a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of the darkest state secrets of the twentieth century. The Church Committee confirmed the nation's worst fears about the unchecked power of its intelligence agencies: at the FBI, surveillance campaigns...
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President Garfield: From Radical to UnifierAn "ambitious, thorough, supremely researched" (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America's twentieth president--James Garfield. In "the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years" (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the...
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity PoliticsPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster--and an anatomy of the austerity politics that continue to shape the world today When the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of...
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Katherine"An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels."--Alison Weir"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich," Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history--that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British...
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Tesla's WalkAccompany the genius inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla on a poetic journey through one autumn day in 1899 Colorado Springs.Nikola Tesla's eight-month visit to Colorado Springs in 1899 is integral to his evolution as a genius inventor. Yet, for many, it still exudes an...
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The Promise of Unbroken Straw2025 Oklahoma Book Award Winner1944, Oklahoma. With their family farm on the brink of ruin, Paul's life takes an unexpected turn--but newfound fortune comes at an unimaginable cost.In rural Oklahoma, 13-year-old Paul wrestles with more than the typical burdens of adolescence. With a struggling...
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