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The Case for ImpeachmentNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." --The HillWhat are the ranges and limitations of presidential authority? What are the standards of truthfulness that a president must uphold? What will it take to impeach Donald J....
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Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward AuthorsAndrew Shaffer's Literary Rogues is an unflinching look at the bad behavior of some of our most beloved authors, from Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, to Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, to Hunter S. Thompson and Bret Easton Ellis.Literary Rogues is a...
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Packinghouse Daughter: A MemoirA unique blend of memoir and public history, Packinghouse Daughter, winner of the Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of small-town, working-class life. The daughter of a Wilson & Company millwright, Cheri Register recalls the 1959 meatpackers' strike that divided her hometown of...
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A Nation of Immigrants"In this timeless book, President Kennedy shows how the United States has always been enriched by the steady flow of men, women, and families to our shores. It is a reminder that America's best leaders have embraced, not feared, the diversity which makes America...
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The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and t"Jeff Pearlman has captured the swagger of the '86 Mets. You don't have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this book--it's a great read for all baseball enthusiasts." --Philadelphia Daily NewsAward-winning Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when...
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A Choice Not an Echo: Updated and Expanded 50th Anniversary EditionOver 3 Million Copies Sold Celebrate 50 years since the release of Phyllis Schlafly's monumental A Choice Not an Echo, the book that launched the conservative resurgence of the late 20th century. This special updated and expanded edition contains 50 percent new material placing...
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Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American HistoryIn April 1865, the steamboat Sultana slowly moved up the Mississippi River, its overtaxed engines straining under the weight of twenty-four hundred passengers--mostly Union soldiers, recently paroled from Confederate prison camps. At 2 a.m., three of Sultana's four boilers exploded. Within twenty minutes, the...
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Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights MovementAn important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously-inspired political movement for change--The Underground Railroad, a movement peopled by daring heroes and heroines, and everyday folk For most, the mention of the Underground Railroad evokes images of hidden tunnels, midnight rides,...
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Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation"A terrific, original, and important work....Fitzpatrick provides a stunningly fresh look at the impact of JFK's assassination on the American people."--Doris Kearns GoodwinFor Letters to Jackie, noted historian and News Hour with Jim Lehrer commentator Ellen Fitzpatrick combed through literally thousands of condolence messages...
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The War of the PoorInternational Booker Prize FinalistThe Spectator (UK): Best Book of the Year From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a powerful account of the German Peasants' War (1524-25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time. In the sixteenth century,...
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Six Car Lengths Behind an Elephant: Undercover & Overwhelmed as a CIA Wife and MotherImagine being married to a spy. Imagine keeping the big secret and moving your family from country to country to country. How does it all work? In this entertaining memoir, Lillian McCloy shares stories from her life as the wife of an undercover CIA...
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Pug, Tug and Me: ...and Don't Forget Patsye Suevolume 1They were born in the 1920's. They grew up in the 1930's during theGreat Depression. They went to war in the 1940's. They served in thearmed forces during World War II. They became part of what is nowknown as the Greatest Generation.This account shares...
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Mr Darcy's Guide to CourtshipTop 5 Austen-inspired Nonfiction Book of the Year - Austenprose.com Inspired by the works of Jane Austen, the amusingly tongue-in-cheek Mr Darcy's Guide to Courtship is written from the perspective of Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy and closely based on real Regency advice manuals....
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The Age of ReformWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and preeminent historian comes a landmark in American political thought that examines the passion for progress and reform during 1890 to 1940. The Age of Reform searches out the moral and emotional...
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Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862"Ironclad against ironclad, we maneuvered about the bay here and went at each other with mutual fierceness," reported Chief Engineer Alban Stimers following that momentous engagement between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack) in Hampton Roads, Sunday, March 9, 1862.The...
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The Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard: Chief of Scouts, U.S.A.The true story of the one of the most thrilling figures of the Wild West. Every army needs its scouts. A good scout knows the enemy and the enemy's terrain as well as his own, and is resourceful and incisive, cool-headed and courageous. A...
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To Live, To Think, To Hope - Inspirational Quotes by Helen KellerOne of the most enigmatic figures in history, Helen went from being locked in a prison of darkness and silence, to one of the most well-respected philosophers and beacons of change in the modern world. Now, with this book, one can experience Helen's most...
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The Arctic Brotherhood: The Story of Alaska-Yukon's Most Influential OrderThe Arctic Brotherhood, a fraternal order that emerged from the Klondike Gold Rush, established itself in 1899 in the boomtowns of Skagway, Bennett, Atlin, and Dawson City and then spread into the Alaska Interior and all the way to Nome. In this captivating history...
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Over the Beach: The Air War in VietnamWhile the jet-jockey competitiveness, the undercurrent of fear, the victories and foul-ups of jet sweeps have been described many times, few such chronicles have done it so grippingly and with such a ring of accuracy. Mr. Grant explores the emotions felt not only by...
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Otto Mears and the San JuansA friend of Otto Mears described him this way: "Mr. Mears is a man who always said 'I can;' and he did." His accomplishments are mind boggling. Mears' trading business led directly to his building toll roads. His newspapers touted Saguache, Ouray, and other...
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