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Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–set the course for our nation.Joseph Ellis illuminat... Read more
Stores Selling: 9
$5.00 - $21.00
Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The first volume of Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers his life up to 1901, when he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President McKinley. Morris explores Roosevelt's origins and growth, and conveys the robust personality that charmed a nation. ... Read more
Stores Selling: 7
$11.00 - $28.00
Lawrence Wright - The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Exploring both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks interweaves the stories of four men--Al Qaeda leaders Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, FBI counterrorism head John O'Neill, and Prince Turki al-Faisal, former chief of Saudi intelligence--in the story of the peo... Read more
Stores Selling: 5
$5.92 - $12.24
Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers
This group portrait of the Founding Fathers emphasizes the sometimes intense associations and rivalries among Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Franklin, Madison, and Washington.The author examines six defining moments when the personal and the political collided, and shows how their distinctive sty... Read more
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$22.00 - $30.00
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
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$20.00 - $65.00
Jean Edward Smith - Grant
This large, one-volume biography of Ulysses S. Grant finds much to praise. It reviews his career after the war and as President, and sees him as one who dealt with difficult challenges such as Reconstruction, the growth of the nation, and foreign policy with confidence. It also deals forthrightly wi... Read more
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$13.00 - $16.00
Robert Dallek - Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were two of the most compelling, contradictory, and important leaders in America in the second half of the twentieth century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition and often ruthless in pursuit of their goals. Tapping into recently disclosed docume... Read more
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$3.00 - $21.00
Robert S. Weisbrot and Robert Weisbrot - The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
A behind-the-scenes analysis of lesser-known influences that fueled the social reforms of the 1960s explores the pivotal ways in which Washington was an effective engine of change, citing the roles of JFK, Johnson, and lower-profile politicians who were critical to the passage of key legislation. Re... Read more
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$12.00 - $13.00
Theodore H. White - The Making of the President 1960
Examines the plans and campaigns of the seven candidates in the year leading up to the presidential election of 1960 ... Read more
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$27.00 - $35.00
George Dangerfield - The Era of Good Feelings
This is a prize-winning history of the years between the terms of Presidents Jefferson and Jackson. ... Read more
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$16.00 - $65.00
Richard Hofstadter - The Age of Reform: From Bryan to F.D.R.
A classic study of American political thought that analyzes the passion for progress and reform from 1890 to 1940. ... Read more
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$9.00 - $12.00
Rogers M. Smith - Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History
Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions -- not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male Supremacy? In this pow... Read more
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$28.00 - $75.00
Jack N. Rakove - Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces... Read more
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$11.00 - $12.00
Diane McWhorter - Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
This narrative history of the civil rights movement focuses on Birmingham, Alabama over two decades--and that city's historic confrontations of 1963. The author examines the background of Birmingham's elites and how they responded to the challenges posed by the movement. She explores personalities a... Read more
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$10.00 - $12.00
Arthur M. Schlesinger - A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
An account of John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, and days as President. ... Read more
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$7.29 - $12.21
David Halberstam - War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
The author of The Best and the Brightest explores the complex dynamics of foreign policy in post-Cold War America, profiling Washington decision makers and providing an analysis of the Clinton and Bush presidencies, and includes a new chapter on America's war against terrorism. ... Read more
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$2.93 - $14.04
Forrest McDonald - Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
'A witty and energetic study of the ideas and passions of the Framers.' - New York Times Book Review'An important, comprehensive statement about the most fundamental period in American history. It deals authoritatively with topics no student of American can afford to ignore.' - Harvey Mansfield, aut... Read more
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$13.00 - $16.00
G. Calvin MacKenzie and Robert S. Weisbrot - The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
A history of the liberal movement in the 1960s challenges popular misconceptions to argue that the government was largely responsible for many of the positive changes associated with the period, in an account that evaluates the cultural and political factors that enabled key reforms. 30,000 first pr... Read more
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$19.00 - $20.00
Gene Roberts Jr. and Hank Klibanoff - The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
Two journalists who covered the Civil Rights movement over two decades tell the stories behind the stories in this panoramic account of how reporters, photographers, editors, and others brought the events of that time to America's homes through its newspapers, magazines, and television. The media we... Read more
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$4.43 - $11.56
Erik H. Erikson - Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
A Western psychoanalyst and historian presents a detailed examination of the philosophies accepted by Gandhi and his attempts to convert the British through nonviolence. ... Read more
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$11.00 - $42.00
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