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Vendor: Edward Gaylord Bourne
The American Nation: A History, Vol. 3: Spain in America, 1450-1580
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsVolume 3 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the...- $36.95
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Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
A riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestorsFrom the writers behind the acclaimed documentary series Enslaved, starring Samuel L. Jackson, comes a rich and revealing narrative of the...- $41.95
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The American Nation: A History, Vol. 2: Basis of American History, 1500-1900
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsEuropean Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 2 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell...- $36.95
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Vendor: David Hanna
Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors dressing up old hatreds as new ideas. But there was another story that embodied mankind in that decade. In the same year...- $41.99
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Gunslingers: Allied Fighter Boys of WWII
By the time the war clouds of Europe and Asia spilled onto the shores of the United States, the allied military found itself outmanned, outgunned and out flown. The United States, still reeling from the Great Depression, was in a technological disadvantage in all...- $46.99
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The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee
The closest friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Soviet wife Marina upon the couple's arrival in Texas breaks a sixty-year silence with a riveting story of his time with JFK's assassin and his candid assessment of the murder that marked a turning point...- $36.95
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Toil and Trouble: A Women's History of the Occult
This celebration of forgotten magical women, from Salem to WitchTok, is a fascinating and empowering read for anyone interested in occultism or feminist history.Meet the mystical women and nonbinary people from US history who found strength through the supernatural--and those who are still forging...- $36.95
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Vendor: Oscar Farinetti
Serendipity: From Truffles and Champagne to Corn Flakes and Coffee: Stories of Accidental Success
Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to some of the world's most well-known gastronomic delights.Did you know that your morning coffee could be thanks to a herd of energetic goats? Or that a forgotten ingredient is behind the...- $36.95
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Vendor: Joe Pappalardo
Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F
The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontierBetween 1886 and 1888, Sgt. James Brooks of Texas Ranger Company F was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring bullet...- $41.95
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Vendor: William Bynum
The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Taking a thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W. F. Bynum, explores the key turning points in...- $31.99
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Vendor: James A. Warren
Year of the Hawk: America's Descent Into Vietnam, 1965
From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, highly recommended (Library Journal, starred review) account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War--the cataclysm that continues to haunt American politics and culture (Publishers Weekly).The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of...- $39.99
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Vendor: Iain MacGregor
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II
A thrilling, vivid, and highly detailed account of the epic siege during one of World War II's most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Checkpoint Charlie, Iain MacGregor.September, 1942: The Battle for Stalingrad was one of the most decisive...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jenna Arnold
Raising Our Hands: How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Fr
White women are one of the most influential demographics in America - we are the largest voting bloc, with purchasing power that exceeds anybody else's, and when we unify to demand change, we are a force with which to be reckoned. Yet, so many...- $29.99
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Vendor: Helen Rappaport
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
Author: Helen RappaportISBN-10: 1665263555ISBN-13: 9781665263559Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Edward T. O'Donnell
Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
Author: Edward T. O'DonnellISBN-10: 1665241802ISBN-13: 9781665241809Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.50lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Will Durant
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time--listed in accessible and succinct form--by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here...- $24.95
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Vendor: William B. Breuer
The Great Raid
Before General Douglas MacArthur could fulfill his stirring promise of "I shall return" and retake the Philippines from Japanese control, a remarkable rescue mission would have to take place. Captured American soldiers had been held at the notorious Cabanatuan prison camp for more than...- $29.95
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Vendor: Douglas Brinkley
Silent Spring Revolution CD: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and...- $75.00
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Vendor: Mensun Bound
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." ― Sunday TimesThe extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found...- $41.99
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Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column Lady Killers, this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John...- $41.99
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Vendor: Paul R. Gregory
The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee
The closest friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Soviet wife Marina upon the couple's arrival in Texas breaks a sixty-year silence with a riveting story of his time with JFK's assassin and his candid assessment of the murder that marked a turning point...- $31.95
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Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
The edge-of-your seat true story of the codebreakers, spies, and navy men who cracked the Nazis' infamous Enigma encryption machine and turned the tide of World War II―perfect for fans of The Imitation Game.As the Germans waged a brutal war across Europe, details of...- $31.95
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Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the definitive (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly.Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear...- $46.99
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The Coming of the Third Reich
There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world's most distinguished historians, has written the definitive...- $67.99
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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stemmed less from his wild charges about communists than his more substantiated charges that sex perverts had infiltrated government agencies. Although now...- $46.99
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Vendor: David Williams
A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom
The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it. Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people--foot...- $67.99
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The Hopi Survival Kit: The Prophecies, Instructions and Warnings Revealed by the Last Elders
For nearly a century the Elders of Hotevilla--a tiny village on a remote Hopi reservation in Arizona--have been guarding the secrets and prophecies of a thousand-year-old covenant that was created to ensure the well-being of the earth and its creatures. But the elders are...- $41.99
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Vendor: Susan Wise Bauer
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
Author: Susan Wise BauerISBN-13: 9798200114443Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2010Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d- $57.99
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Vendor: Gene Kranz
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Author: Gene KranzISBN-10: 820008969XISBN-13: 9798200089697Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2011Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d- $57.99
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Vendor: Milton Mayer
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45
Author: Milton MayerISBN-10: 1665266988ISBN-13: 9781665266987Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.85lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Kate Brown
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
Author: Kate BrownISBN-10: 1665238593ISBN-13: 9781665238595Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.74lbs- $57.99
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Vendor: Sabine Hossenfelder
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad scienceWhether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones....- $29.99
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Vendor: Hiroo Onoda
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War
In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine army and police, hostile islanders, and eventually successive Japanese...- $9.99
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Vendor: George Cavendish
Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death
This extraordinary "eye-witness" account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal's ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling...- $29.95
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Vendor: Lucy Ward
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus
A killer virus, an all-powerful Empress, an encounter cloaked in secrecy ... the astonishing true story.No disease sparked as much dread in the 18th century as smallpox. The virus killed millions across the globe, carrying off one in every five victims and disfiguring survivors...- $39.99
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Vendor: Ronald C. White Jr
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his second inauguration, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for; nor did he blame the...- $24.95
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The Russo-Turkish War 1877; A Strategical Sketch
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Russo-Turkish War of 1877 by Major F. MauriceSpecial Campaign Series No. 2 published by Swan Sonnenschein 1905.Publisher's Preface to the Series: The "Special Campaign" series deals with the history of the war in its technical...- $31.95
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The Russo-Turkish War 1877; A Strategical Sketch
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Russo-Turkish War of 1877 by Major F. MauriceSpecial Campaign Series No. 2 published by Swan Sonnenschein 1905.Publisher's Preface to the Series: The "Special Campaign" series deals with the history of the war in its technical...- $36.95
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Vendor: John Spencer Bassett
The American Nation: A History, Vol. 11: The Federalist System, 1789-1801
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Federalist System, 1789-1801 by John Spencer Bassett, PhD, Professor of History, Trinity College, NCNarrated by Joseph TablerVolume 11 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918) Edited by Albert Bushnell...- $31.95
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Vendor: Jane Draycott
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra.Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly...- $31.95
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Vendor: Jane Draycott
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra.Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly...- $36.95
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Vendor: Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin
The American Nation: A History, Vol. 10: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789 by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, LLB, Professor of American History at the University of Michigan. 1936 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book A Constitutional History of the...- $31.95
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Vendor: John Rayburn
This Land Is Our Land: Myths, Facts, and Mysteries
Throughout the stories here is information on how places, cities, and states got their names. However, questions arise because Native American tribes of the day didn't yet have a written alphabet, and none of those came along until Sequoyah invented one in 1821, one...- $31.95
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Vendor: Adam Elder
New Kids in the World Cup: The Totally Late '80s and Early '90s Tale of the Team That Changed American Soccer Forever
In 1990, though no one knew it then, a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever.Young, bronzed, and mulletted, they were America's finest athletes in a sport that America loved to hate. Even sportswriters rooted against them....- $31.95
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Vendor: John Rayburn
Looking Back at Changing Times
This is a kind of history, or at least remembrances. It's primarily personal but overall takes a look at the way things were many, many decades ago. Details may get a little out of whack from a chronological order now and then, but the...- $31.95
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Vendor: Mary Ziegler
Roe: The History of a National Obsession
The leading US expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year historyWhat explains the insistent pull of Roe v. Wade? Abortion law expert Mary Ziegler argues that the US Supreme Court decision, which decriminalized abortion in...- $31.95
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Vendor: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood In an era of falling births, it's often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others...- $31.95
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Vendor: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
A historian of gender explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood In an era of falling births, it's often said that millennials invented the idea of not having kids. But history is full of women without children: some who chose childless lives, others...- $36.95
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Vendor: Mari N. Crabtree
My Soul Is a Witness: The Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching
An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its traumaMari N. Crabtree traces the long afterlife of lynching in the South through the traumatic memories it left in its wake....- $31.95
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Vendor: James Alan McPherson
On Becoming an American Writer: Essays and Nonfiction
Discover the unique mind and humane vision of an under-recognized American author. Encompassing themes of race, education, fame, law, and America's past and future, these essays are James Alan McPherson at his most prescient and invaluable.Born in segregated 1940s Georgia, McPherson graduated from Harvard...- $31.95
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