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Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

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

Stores Selling: 6

$6.56 - $12.96

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

An evolutionary biologist dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns. Read by Grover Gardner. ... Read more

Stores Selling: 6

$11.00 - $23.00

Douglas A. Blackmon - Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Bringing to light a shameful chapter in American history, a shocking study reveals how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off the outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to small-town businesses, provincial f... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$5.89 - $12.24

Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

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

Stores Selling: 6

$17.00 - $25.00

Drew Gilpin Faust - This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

In this illuminating Civil War history, Drew Gilpin Faust examines a little-studied aspect of the war: the effects that death and dying (and killing) had on soldiers, their kin, and society as a whole. The visible presence of the dead bodies (often in damaged or mangled form, gravely wounded or deco... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$5.24 - $11.48

David Halberstam - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War, in a narrative successor to The Best and the Brightest that evaluates political decisions and miscalculations on both sides of the conflict. ... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$7.00 - $35.00

Annette Gordon-Reed - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Traces the history of the Hemings family from its origins in early eighteenth-century Virginia to its dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826, in an account that describes their family ties to the third president. Reprint. A best-selling National Book Award winner and New York Times and Publisher... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$11.00 - $14.00

Doris Kearns Goodwin - No Ordinary Time: Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front In World War II

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt and an intimate look at those residing in the White House during the war years shows how Eleanor and Franklin together turned a country deep in depression into a militarily strong and economically healthy nation. Read by Edward Herrmann. Book available. ... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$7.00 - $20.00

H. W. Brands - Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A best-selling biography of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on archival materials, public speeches, interviews with family and colleagues, and personal correspondence to examine his political leadership and legacy. Reprint. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year. ... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$7.00 - $13.00

Annette Gordon-Reed - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed continues the meticulous and eye-opening investigation of the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings she began in her previous book (THOMAS JEFFERSON AND SALLY HEMINGS) by tracking the lives of the Hemings family in a variety of locations, bot... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$20.00 - $25.00

H. W. Brands - Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A sweeping biography of the life and political career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on archival materials, public speeches, interviews with family and colleagues, and personal correspondence to examine FDR's political leadership in a dark time of Depression and war, his championship of the poor... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$17.00 - $23.00

Drew Gilpin Faust - This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

In this illuminating Civil War history, Drew Gilpin Faust examines a little-studied aspect of the war: the effects that death and dying (and killing) had on soldiers, their kin, and society as a whole. The visible presence of the dead bodies (often in damaged or mangled form, gravely wounded or deco... Read more

Stores Selling: 5

$13.00 - $18.00

Douglas A. Blackmon - Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America From The Civil War to World War II

Bringing to light a shameful chapter in American history, a shocking study reveals how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off the outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to small-town businesses, provincial f... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$14.00 - $20.00

Daniel Walker Howe - What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

A panoramic history of the United States ranges from the 1815 Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War and chronicles the dramatic changes that took place in America during the period, interweaving political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history to addre... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$17.00 - $25.00

Frances Fitzgerald - Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

A new edition of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning portrait of Vietnam seeks to inform readers on its cultural traditions, political and religious conflicts, and historical events as experienced by its citizens, what the author believes to be American missteps that contributed to cu... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$6.55 - $12.23

J. William Harris - Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation

DEEP SOUTHS tells the stories of three southern regions from Reconstruction to World War II: the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, the eastern Piedmont of Georgia, and the Georgia Sea Islands and Atlantic coast. Though these regions initially shared the histories and populations we associate with the idea of... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$16.00 - $60.00

Arthur Herman - Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age

The epic struggle between Mahatma Gandhi and Winston Churchill jumps to life from the pages of Arthur Herman's double biography. Detailing the lives of two of the most significant historical figures of the 20th century would be challenging enough, but Herman's fusion of the two stories is masterly: ... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$8.00 - $14.00

Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

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

Stores Selling: 5

$19.00 - $26.00

Allan Brandt - The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America

A social history of cigarette smoking in America and an investigative report into the health issues related to smoking, THE CIGARETTE CENTURY won the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history writing and was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Allan M. Brandt presents well-r... Read more

Stores Selling: 3

$11.00 - $19.00

Lance Banning - The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic

James Madison was the finest democratic theorist that the United States has ever produced. His was the pivotal philosophical role in framing the Constitution and establishing the principles on which a wholly new form of government was to be based. Yet this widely informed and profoundly original thi... Read more

Stores Selling: 4

$20.00 - $65.00

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