Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy [With 8 CD's]

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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace. . . One School at a Time

$10.87

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools especially for girls that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson's quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, "Three Cups of Tea" combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit. [Read more]

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9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA

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The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

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A book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. [Read more]

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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion

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The bloody slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831, and the savage reprisals that followed, shattered beyond repair the myth of the contented slave and the benign master and intensified the forces of change that would plunge America into the bloodbath of the Civil War. [Read more]

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Macy's: The Store. the Star. the Story

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This book traces a hundred and fifty years of one of the country's premier retailers. Throughout lively text, rate photographs, and colorful illustrations highlight the people and events, the trends, tragedies, and traditions, that transformed Macy's from a modest storefront into the World's Largest Store. [Read more]

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Bring Me My Machine Gun: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa, from Mandela to Zuma

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The "Financial Times"' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa-a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the brink of chaos [Read more]

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Give Me Liberty!: An American History

$59.24

Concise, clear, compact, Eric Foner s brilliant synthesis of American history is the perfect teaching tool for the U.S. survey course. [Read more]

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Sources of the Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: Volume II: Since 1500

$13.55

This companion sourcebook provides written and visual sources to accompany each chapter of "The Making of the West." Political, social, and cultural documents offer a variety of perspectives that complement the textbook and encourage student to make connections between narrative history and primary sources. Each chapter contains a chapter summary, document headnotes, and questions for discussion. [Read more]

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever [Read more]

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever

$18.50

The anchor of "The O'Reilly Factor" delivers a riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. With an unforgettable cast of characters, vivid historical detail, and fast-paced action, "Killing Lincoln" is history that sounds like a thriller. [Read more]

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America: The Story of Us: An Illustrated History

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With special introduction by President Barack Obama. [Read more]

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. [Read more]

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The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume

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The true brilliance of "The Secret of Chanel No. 5" is Tilar Mazzeo's ability to take a subject one would never have thought possible to think very deeply about and then cover it so captivatingly. Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets Michael Tonello, author of "Bringing Home the Birkin. [Read more]

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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Drawing on archival materials, public speeches, personal correspondence, and accounts by family and close associates, acclaimed bestselling historian and biographer Brands offers a compelling and intimate portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life and career. [Read more]

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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II

$9.67

November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes-only to be met by loincloth-wearing natives silently materializing out of the mountainous jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home in a desperate game of hide-and-seek? A cinematic survival story featuring a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, "The Airmen and the Headhunters" is also a gripping tale of wartime heroism unlike any other you have read. [Read more]

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The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam

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In a novel of the Vietnam War, told from the North Vietnamese point of view, Kien narrates his memories of his youth, the war, and his attempts to cope with the horrors of war and his own survival [Read more]

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Munich, 1938: Appeasement and World War II

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Faber, the author of "Speaking for England," pens a dramatic, detailed, and essential narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement crisis. [Read more]

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Pittsburgh, Then and Now

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As part of the popular Then and Now Series, Pittsburgh is celebrated with archival photographs shown alongside specially commissioned contemporary images of the same scene. [Read more]

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A History of the World in 100 Objects

$24.93

From the very first hand axe to the ubiquitous credit card, each item has a story to tell; together they relate the larger history of mankind. Handsomely designed, with more than 150 color photographs throughout the text, "A History of the World in 100 Objects" is a gorgeous reading book and makes a great gift for anyone interested in history. 736 pp. 75,000 print. [Read more]

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Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

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Kohn presents the untold story of the catastrophic Great Heat Wave of 1896 that brought New York to its knees-and kickstarted Theodore Roosevelt's political career. [Read more]

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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present

$12.01

In the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of-and in the words of-America's women, factory workers, African Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers, Zinn shows that many of our country's greatest battles were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. [Read more]

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The Atlantis Blueprint: Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long-Lost Civilization

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CAN ARCHAEOLOGY'S GREATEST MYSTERIES BE TRACED BACK TO THE LOST CIVILIZATION OF ATLANTIS? The Great Pyramid. Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. For centuries, these and other sacred sites have attracted pilgrims, scholars, and adventurers drawn by the possibility that their true spiritual and technological secrets remain hidden. Who could have built these elaborate monuments? How did they do it? And what were their incomprehensible efforts and sacrifices designed to accomplish? Now comes a revolutionary theory that connects these mysteries to reveal a hidden global pattern-the ancient work of an advanced civilization whose warnings of planetary cataclysm now reverberate across one hundred millennia. Here is startling evidence of an intelligent society dating back as much as 100,000 years-one that sailed the oceans of the world, building monuments to preserve and communicate its remarkable wisdom. The Atlantis Blueprint is the authors' term for a complex network of connections between these sacred sites that trace back to Atlantis: a sophisticated maritime society that charted the globe from its home base in Antarctica. until it was obliterated by devastating global changes it anticipated but could not escape. Opening up a Pandora's box of ancient mysteries, lost worlds, and millennial riddles, The Atlantis Blueprint is a story as controversial, fascinating, dangerous-and inspiring-as any ever told. [Read more]

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Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam

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Last Men Out" tells the riveting story of the last 11 United States soldiers to escape South Vietnam on April, 30, 1975, the day America ended its combat presence. [Read more]

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Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia

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Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia [Read more]

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Charleston:: A Historic Walking Tour

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Charleston: A Historic Walking Tour will help natives and visitors alike appreciate the history and residents of this beautiful city. With its architecture, palm trees, and cobblestone streets, Charleston is one of the Southas great cultural destinations. Its ballrooms and benevolent society halls attest to grand periods of opulence and high living. The theater, libraries, museum, and college show an appreciation for culture and sophistication. But donat let the cityas beauty hide its turbulent history. The horrors of bombardment and occupation by conquering armies have left their marks. The city has experienced bleak times and disasters, including fires, a devastating earthquake, and hurricanes, not to mention the challenges of Reconstruction. Yet Charleston has survived its darker days, and now may be the cityas finest hour. [Read more]

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The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World

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Bahadur delivers a riveting narrative expos-the first ever-that examines Somalian pirates, how they live, the forces that have created piracy in Somalia, how they spend the ransom money, and how they deal with their hostages. [Read more]

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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation

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We Were Soldiers Once. and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

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This devastating account of the battles against the North Vietnamese at the Ia Drang Valley, November, 1965, rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge-and dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. [Read more]

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

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A sweeping narrative about the rise and fall of the Comanche, the most powerful and influential tribe in American history. [Read more]

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Exploration Fawcett: Journey to the Lost City of Z

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Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches

$8.37

Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches" captures the essence of Lincoln in his own words and in the words of those who knew him, from Mary Todd Lincoln to Stephen Douglas. More than 140 years since his death, the enduring legacy of a great president, an American success story, and the celebrated leader of the Civil War continues. [Read more]

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Give Me Liberty, Volume 1: An American History

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This two-volume study guide has approximately 1,700 questions: 1,400 multiple-choice and true/false questions (approximately 50 per chapter), and almost 300 essay questions (about 10 per chapter). The guide includes definitions of key terms and chapter review questions. [Read more]

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World War II: Saving the Reality: A Collector's Vault

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Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History

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An acclaimed historian and "New York Times"-bestselling author explores the many ways in which history affects everyone. Full of insights gleaned from studies of numerous historical events, "Dangerous Game" serves as a plea to treat history with care. [Read more]

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Age of Impeachment

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Age of Impeachment [Read more]

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Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban

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Expeditionary Eagles: Outmaneuvering the Taliban is an exciting read about events as current as June 2010 in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A longtime stdent of the Eastern mindset and small-unit tactics, its author has the perfect background for some helpful advice on how quickly to win the war. That advice takes the form of an intelligence and tactical-technique supplement. U.S. planners have yet to realize the power of the Taliban's grassroots approach. To do anything about it, they will have to disperse their forces to joint outposts in all towns/neighborhoods along Afghanistan's major highways. For, it is along those highways that the Taliban's wherewithal is being smuggled in, and fund-raising drugs smuggled out. That means allowing lone U.S. squads to operate outside of any artillery or airstrike umbrella. To now win with only one year to go, "fully protecting the troops" must give way to "fully utilizing the troops." Without final victory, all losses will have been in vain. [Read more]

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The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

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Historical storyteller Beyer is back with another collection of fascinating, little-known stories from history-100 tales about presidents and the White House to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy. 100 photos. [Read more]

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Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-1995

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Where the Domino Fell" recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Provides an accessible, concise narrative history of the Vietnam conflict A new final chapter examines Vietnam through the lens of Oliver Stone's films and opens up a discussion of the War in popular culture A chronology, a glossary, and a bibliography all serve as helpful reference points for students [Read more]

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Making Thirteen Colonies

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Making Thirteen Colonies [Read more]

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America's History [With 2 Paperbacks]

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Inside the Nazi War Machine: How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg Upon the World

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Expert military strategist Alexander examines the groundbreaking martial concepts developed by brilliant generals Erwin Rommel, Erich von Manstein, and Heinz Guderian, whose plan was to unleash the power of the tank, creating juggernauts that would slam into and through enemy lines-the Blitzkrieg. [Read more]

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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle has been equated with other famous last stands like Thermopylae and the Alamo. With a tightly structured narrative, Nathaniel Philbrick brilliantly sketches the two larger than life antagonists in a mesmerizing account of the archetypal story of the American West. [Read more]

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The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific

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Urquhart tells a remarkable story of survival during World War II-a Scottish soldier who survived work camps, five days adrift at sea, and the atomic bomb. [Read more]

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The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

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In this landmark work, a leading philosopher demonstrates the revolutionary power of honor in ending human suffering. [Read more]

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To Begin the World Over Again: Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad

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Tudor and Stuart Britain: 1485-1714

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The most up-to-date and clearly written single-volume on the history of Tudor and Stuart Britain. Detailed coverage of the entire period Expanded sections on Ireland and Scotland Expanded sections on social and economic topics, especially the treatment of the poor and the role of women in early modern England Extensive further reading lists provide students with a roadmap for further study [Read more]

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The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America

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In the tradition of "The Devil in the White City" comes a spellbinding tale of madness and murder in a 19th-century American dynasty. [Read more]

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Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century

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The author of "Dealers of Lightning" pens the definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the 20th century's most consequential public works. [Read more]

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Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild

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Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, "Wicked River" takes readers back to a time before the Mississippi was dredged into a shipping channel, and before Mark Twain romanticized it into myth. [Read more]

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The Firm: The Inside Story of the Stasi

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Selections from the Journals, Arranged by Topic

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The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America

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The King's Best Highway" is a retelling of the origins and history of one of America's oldest and most important roads, the Boston Post Road. [Read more]

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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

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This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remains a threat today. In the first full account of how the arms race finally ended, "The Dead Hand" provides an unprecedented look at the inner motives and secret decisions of each side. [Read more]

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After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation

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From an expert in German history-a masterful exploration of the horrific aftermath of World War II for the citizens of a ruined nation [Read more]

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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe

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The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history - the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars" - and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization - copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost - they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish whorelaunched civilization. [Read more]

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Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts: Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD

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Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts: Stories of American Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD [Read more]

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Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945

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With unparalleled insight, Hastings presents a vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill, bringing to life the man and his complexities, from his courage in the face of certain defeat to his shortcomings and private anxieties. [Read more]

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The American Promise: A Compact History, Combined Version (Volumes I & II)

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You can have it all! A mid-sized alternative, "The American Promise: A Compact History "is the perfect compromise for instructors who want all the features of a full-length text in an affordable format. Condensed by the authors to deliver the latest scholarship in an engaging, flexible format, the fourth edition includes a lavish visual and special features program, study tools that rival any survey text, and a memorable narrative enlivened by the voices of hundreds of Americans. [Read more]

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Sailing Alone Around the World

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Joshua Slocum's solo voyage around the world stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. Starting from Boston in 1895, by the time he dropped anchor in Rhode Island over three years later, he had cruised some 46,000 miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. [Read more]

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World History

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With more than 10,000 years of history in the palm of your hand, "Eyewitness Companion: World History" is the ideal one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in historical events, personalities, societies, and cultures, from the first flowering of human civilization in prehistoric times to the present day. [Read more]

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The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century

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This clearly written and engaging book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world. Unlike most studies, which assume that the 'rise of the West' is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World, constructs a story in which those parts of the world play major roles. Robert Marks defines the modern world as one marked by industry, the nation state, interstate warfare, a large and growing gap between the wealthiest and poorest parts of the world, and an escape from 'the biological old regime.' [Read more]

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The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players That Won the War

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An account of WWII in the Pacific that goes beyond linear narrative to uncover the whys-the strategies, politics, and personalities that made things happen as they did. [Read more]

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Seven Ages of Paris

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Traces the development of Paris from the twelfth century to the mid-twentieth century, identifying seven key periods in the city's history, from the medieval and Renaissance ages, through revolutionary and Napoleonic Paris, to the German occupation during World War II and its liberation. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. [Read more]

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The American Pageant: A History of the American People

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THE AMERICAN PAGEANT enjoys a reputation as one of the most popular, effective, and entertaining texts in American history. The colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and trademark wit bring American history to life. The 14th edition places an even greater emphasis on the global context of American history through a new feature, "Thinking Globally." Revised primary source features excite student interest and help them learn to examine documents the way historians do. Additional pedagogical features make THE AMERICAN PAGEANT accessible to students: part openers and chapter-ending chronologies provide a context for the major periods in American history, while other features present primary sources, scholarly debates, and key historical figures for analysis. [Read more]

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An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Uniforms of the 19th Century: An Expert Guide to the Crimean War, American Civil War, Boer War, Wars of Germa

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The Crimean War is sometimes considered to be the first modern conflict and introduced technical changes which affected the future course of warfare. [Read more]

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A History of England, Volume I: Prehistory to 1714

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For two-semester, junior/senior-level courses in the History of England. "Volume I"may be used for a one-semester course in the History of England to 1714. This two-volume broad, narrative account of English history-from the first settlers in the Paleolithic Age to the present day-draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research to illuminate the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past, and focuses on "how" and "why" events occurred. [Read more]

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Daily Life in Maya Civilization

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Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. [Read more]

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FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance

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On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of FDR's death, Klara chronicles the action-packed three-day train ride during which, among other things, Truman hammered out the policies that would galvanize a country in mourning and win the Second World War. [Read more]

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The Zookeeper's Wife

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Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood & Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War

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In an engaging and accessible survey, renowned Civil War historian Gallagher explores Civil War stories told in recent film and art, showing how they have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents of their times. [Read more]

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Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery

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This book examines the impact of violence, economics, and civil society in the ebb and flow of slavery and antislavery during the last five centuries. [Read more]

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The Cambridge History of China, Volume 5: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907-1279

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The Good Wife's Guide (Le M'Nagier de Paris): A Medieval Household Book

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Double Death: The True Story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's Most Daring Spy

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Narrative history at its best, in recounting Pryce Lewis's gripping story, "Double Death" offers new angles on the Civil War, illuminating the early years of the Pinkerton Agency and the shadow world of spying throughout the war. [Read more]

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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

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In the bestselling tradition of "In the Heart of the Sea" comes the untold history of America's only leper colony-which exists even today-and the extraordinary people forced to create a community under horrific circumstances. [Read more]

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The Social Fabric, Volume I: American Life from 1607 to 1877

$60.01

This anthology of secondary sources portrays the lives of ordinary Americans and examines the diversity of the American people, from the earliest settlement of America to Reconstruction. "The Social Fabric" acquaints students with the ways in which important events in the nation's history were reflected in the everyday lives of ordinary people. A wide variety of essays deals with the experiences of men as well as women, Native Americans as well as African-Americans and immigrants, the poor as well as the wealthy. These readings highlight the diversity of Americans' experiences-based on differences in race, ethnicity, and gender-and the way in which those differences have at times led to conflict. [Read more]

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Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization

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At the twilight of the 19th century, China sent a detachment of 120 boys to America in order to learn the ways of the West. Their lives in America influenced not only their thinking but also their nation's endeavor to become a contemporary world power. [Read more]

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Voices of a People's History of the United States

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An original source book for Matt Damon's History Channel documentary, The People Speak. [Read more]

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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

$16.90

From the acclaimed bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers" comes a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, and the largest manhunt in American history. Magnificent in scope, drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material, this nonfiction thriller illuminates one of the darkest hours in American life. [Read more]

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On China

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An eminent historian and strategist reflects on how China's past illuminates its 21st-century trajectory, drawing on 40 years of intimate acquaintance with the country and its leaders. [Read more]

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Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

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Albinia follows the Indus River in Asia, one of the largest rivers in the world, through 2,000 miles of geography and back to a time 5,000 years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. Illustrations. [Read more]

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The Real History of the Cold War: A New Look at the Past

$16.08

The newest entry in Alan Axelrod's engaging, successful Real History series-and the only current illustrated book on a misunderstood and mysterious topic. From the fall of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a cold war raged between the US and the Soviet Union. Though not a shot was fired, the hostility between the two superpowers threatened the globe with nuclear annihilation. Axelrod reveals the intriguing, suspenseful true story behind this globe-spanning battle of wills, and as always, he's created a study that's authoritative, comprehensive, and a pleasure to read. Judiciously, incisively, he probes the pivotal events of the era: the Marshall Plan; the iron curtain; the Berlin airlift; the Cuban missile crisis; the rise and fall of Joesph McCarthy; the Korean War; the Vietnam War; the arms race. Rarely seen illustrations, detail-packed sidebars, maps, stats, quotes, alternate takes, and "reality checks" to popular myths make this a work general readers will turn to and enjoy. [Read more]

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Empires in World History Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference Power and the Politics of Difference

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The Gathering Storm

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The step-by-step decline into war, with Churchill becoming prime minister as "the tocsin was about to sound. [Read more]

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We, the People With Infotrac: A Brief American History

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America Past and Present, Combined Volume

$141.75

For introductory-level survey courses in American History. "Focused on the Story of American History. "America Past and Present" integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Written in a lively narrative style by award-winning historians, "America Past and Present" tells the story of all Americans-elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities. The authors, all active, publishing, and award-winning historians, bring history to life for introductory students in "America Past and Present" . [Read more]

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The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890

$42.50

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A Hundred Feet Over Hell: Flying with the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969

$16.11

A Hundred Feet Over Hell "is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of "Taps" played over his grave. Based on extensive interviews, and often in the men's own words, " A Hundred Feet Over Hell "puts the reader in the plane as this intrepid band of U.S. Army aviators calls in fire support for the soldiers and marines of I Corps. [Read more]

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Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

$19.30

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The Greatest Generation

$10.10

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Greetings from Afghanistan, Send More Ammo: Dispatches from Taliban Country

$15.24

Captain Tupper spent a year in Afghanistan in an Embedded Training Team. Here, he takes readers inside the intricacies of the war, opening up a unique and multifaceted view of both Afghan culture and the daily life of an American soldier. [Read more]

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Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs

$35.51

Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. [Read more]

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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

$11.20

Thoroughly researched and with the pacing of a thriller, "One Minute to Midnight" is an authoritative chronicle of the tense days surrounding the Cuban missile crisis. [Read more]

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Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts

$20.22

Transferred to digital printing 2009"-T.p. verso. [Read more]

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Ways of the World, Volume 2: Since 1500: A Brief Global History [With Worlds of History, Volume 2]

$80.42

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An Introduction to the Ancient World

$42.95

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The Enduring Vision, Volume II: Since 1865

$137.33

THE ENDURING VISION'S engaging narrative integrates political, social, and cultural history within a chronological framework. Known for its focus on the environment and the land, the text is also praised for its innovative coverage of cultural history, public health and medicine, and the West-including Native American history. The 7th Edition brings the work fully up-to-date, and was revised line-by-line to create a sharper narrative. A new feature, called "Going to the Source," is a one page excerpt of a primary source. These appear throughout each chapter with analysis questions to serve as review. Chapters 26-29 have been reorganized to consolidate coverage of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War, so that each is addressed cohesively. [Read more]

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