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The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840From a preeminent legal scholar, a "fascinating" and "masterful" (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But...
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Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the AbsoluteTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - The extraordinary and surprising life of Piet Mondrian, whose unprecedented geometric art revolutionized modern painting, architecture, graphic art, fashion design, and more--from acclaimed cultural historian Nicholas Fox Weber "As fastidiously passionate as his subject's paintings....
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany"One of the most important works of history of our time." --The New York Times A modern classic and the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II by the foreign correspondent who saw firsthand how...
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The Killing Season: The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a WarAn in-depth, authoritative account of the fall of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in World War I and in modern warfare--by the founding editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History "A masterful...
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Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America"A magnificent achievement--a long, gripping, and enthralling account of the life of America's premier conservative polemicist of the twentieth century."--Max Boot, author of Reagan: His Life and Legend "A rich, immersive biography exposes the roots of the modern conservative movement through the life of...
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American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873In a fast-paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award-winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America's three largest countries--the United States, Mexico, and Canada--all transformed themselves into nations. The American...
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Cobblestones: A New Orleans TragedyThe turbulent history of Post-Reconstruction New Orleans collides with the plight of Sicilian immigrants seeking refuge in America. Antonio, a young man fleeing Sicily after avenging his father's murder, embarks on a harrowing journey to New Orleans with the help of Jesuit priests expelled...
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920We are told that the present moment bears a strong resemblance to Reconstruction, the era after the Civil War when the victorious North attempted to create an interracial democracy in the unrepentant South. That effort failed--and that failure serves as a warning today about...
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The Negro Motorist Green Book CompendiumYou've heard the tales, you've watched the movie, but have you seen The Green Book?During the dangerous days of Jim Crow segregation, it was difficult to be an African-American traveler, as hotels that would take you or restaurants that would serve you were few...
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Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of DemocracyDuring his seven-decade career in public life, George Sewall Boutwell sought to "redeem America's promise" of racial equality, economic equity, and the principled use of American power abroad. From 1840 to 1905, Boutwell was at the center of efforts to abolish slavery, establish the...
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Seven Social Movements That Changed AmericaHow do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this "visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book" (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed...
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69 Day Run: A Sea Story About Winning the Cold WarA Sea Story About Winning the Cold War - and so much more. . .It is the Fall of 1985, and the Cold War is at its peak. American Thresher Class nuclear powered attack submarine USS GATO (SSN 615) - the Black Cat -...
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Bend In The RiverEvery bend hides a story. Every story has a cost. Winter, 1964. Tom Crutchfield arrives in the barren coal fields of western Kentucky searching for the mother who abandoned him twenty-one years ago. A mysterious Christmas card has unsettled the life mapped out for...
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The Circus of SatanIn 1878 a teenage Jew, the Hessex Kid, kills an Irish thug in a Five Point's bar fight in front of hundreds of drugged and drunken killers, all members of the Whyo Gang, which controls all crime in Manhattan under the aegis of the...
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Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992The inspiration for the documentary Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But among the talented men (and later women) who worked in mission control, the room located on the...
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Defending Dixie's Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil WarARE YOU INTERESTED IN KNOWING the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed school children? When it comes to the story and tradition of the U.S. South, and especially the...
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Smithson's Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836-1906Discover the incredible history of the Smithsonian as it grew to meet the needs of a nation Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world's largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. The English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson never...
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Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American ExperienceBetween 2012 and 2018, Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled Seattle Tomodachi ("friend of Seattle") comic strips for The North American Post. These comics chronicled the lives and stories of early Japanese settlers and their American-born offspring. Through his work, he captured elements of...
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Goethe: A Life in IdeasA new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thought Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics. In the nineteenth century, he was widely regarded as one of...
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The West: The History of an IdeaA comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Westerners" begin to refer to themselves in this way? Was the idea handed down from...
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