Jon Meacham's account of the White House years of Andrew Jackson shows him to be a man of principle as well as of passion. Even in those days, says Meacham, Washington was a hardball town, and he recounts how factions, rivalries, and revenge-taking sometimes ruled the day. But Meacham shows, through... Read more

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Former Secretary of Education William Bennett presents the full sweep of American history in small, digestible bites--each of which honors a person or an event that contributed to the history of this great land. Bennett offers 365 judiciously chosen tales of struggle, conflict, and triumph--one for ... Read more

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In 1925, legendary explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into uncharted realms of the Amazon jungle in order to discover "The Lost City of Z," an ancient civilization that he believed could have been the basis for the mythical El Dorado. Fawcett and his party disappeared, never to be heard from ... Read more

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Analyzes the multinational conflicts that set the stage for World War II, the Chinese communist revolution, and the Korean War, documenting Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 diplomatic mission in the Pacific through which the United States forged ill-fated covert agreements. By the author of Flyboys. ... Read more

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W. Cleon Skousen, a Constitutional scholar, provides an incisive account of the Founding Fathers and their influences, as well as an insightful interpretation of their major documents. Skousen identifies 28 basic principles, and shows how these morality-based ideas were used by the Founding Fathers ... Read more

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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis was the perfect choice. He endured incredible hardships and saw incre... Read more

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While too many Americans have forgotten the name Louis D. Brandeis, none can escape his profound influence on this country. Melvin Urofsky's thorough account of the life of the former Supreme Court Justice should establish Brandeis as one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century, best k... Read more

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A follow-up to America's Women by a former New York Times editorial page editor chronicles the revolution of women's civil rights throughout the past half century, drawing on oral history and research in a variety of disciplines while celebrating Hillary Clinton's recent presidential campaign. 75,00... Read more

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James McManus, who memorably chronicled the genesis of his own poker obsession in POSITIVELY FIFTH STREET, expands his analysis to examine the history of the poker's evolution and to reveal how the game came to represent the essence of American culture. McManus identifies possible roots of poker fro... Read more

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Money is the root of all history--or so argues historian Niall Ferguson in his one volume world history, THE ASCENT OF MONEY. Ferguson presents a popular account of the globalized economy that has grown to dominate our age and which has fueled wars, revolutions, and "economic progress." Fe... Read more

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Kati Marton's parents, award-winning journalists who refused to placate the Communist government in Budapest, were accused of being spies for the West and arrested. Finally, after years of strife and horror, the family managed to flee Hungary and come to America. When she went back to Budapest and l... Read more

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Decimation means the killing of every tenth person in a population, and in the spring and early summer of 1994 a program of massacres decimated the Republic of Rwanda. Although the killing was low-tech--performed largely by machete--it was carried out at dazzling speed: of an original population of ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston teams up with Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to present a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy. The Monster of Florence is a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, ... Read more

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This comprehensive activity book/curriculum guide contains all you need to make modern history come alive for your child!Don't just read about history—experience it! Designed to turn The Story of the World, Volume 4 into a complete history program, this activity book provides comprehension ... Read more

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