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Vendor: Corey Mead
Hidden History of the White House
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Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
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The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
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Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
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Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
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Vendor: Amanda Bellows
The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
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Vendor: Corey Mead
Hidden History of the White House
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Vendor: Michel Paradis
Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history.On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing...- $57.99
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Fifteen Cents on the Dollar
A sweeping, deeply researched narrative history of Black wealth and the economic discrimination embedded in America's financial system through public and private actions that created today's Black-white wealth gap. The early 2020s will long be known as a period of racial reflection. In the...- $45.95
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Vendor: Nick Corasaniti
I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony
A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey--featuring interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, Southside Johnny, members of the E Street Band and Asbury Jukes, the Ramones,...- $41.99
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Vendor: Mo Rocca
Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs
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Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States
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Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States
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Vendor: Gary Player
Golf's Majors: From Hagen and Hogan to a Bear and a Tiger, Inside the Game's Most Unforgettable Performances
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Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control
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Vendor: Eugene M. Helveston
Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox
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Vendor: Alexandra Stark
The Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East
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Vendor: Alexandra Stark
The Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East
A close look at failed US policies in the Middle East, offering a fresh perspective on how best to reorient goals in the region In this book Alexandra Stark argues that the US approach to Yemen offers insights into the failures of American foreign...- $45.95
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Vendor: Eugene M. Helveston
Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox
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Vendor: Sean H. Vanatta
Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control
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Vendor: Stefanos Geroulanos
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...- $45.95
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Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans
"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." -- Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American MindAmerica is full of inspiring heroes.Greatness is not a chance--it is a choice. George Washington didn't simply wake...- $45.95
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Vendor: Osamah F. Khalil
A World of Enemies: America's Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden
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Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
A fascinating history of the profitable paradox of the American outdoor experience: visiting nature first requires shopping No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American...- $45.95
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Vendor: John Kelly
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
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Vendor: Sarah Kilgarriff
First World War: 1918
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Vendor: Michael Maloney
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
A New York Times BestsellerAn Economist Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award) Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots--which are then sold,...- $45.99
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Vendor: Rebecca Wellington
Who Is a Worthy Mother?: An Intimate History of Adoption
Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely--and deeply researched--account amplifies previously...- $39.99
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Who Is a Worthy Mother?: An Intimate History of Adoption
Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely--and deeply researched--account amplifies previously...- $45.95
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Vendor: Louis Ferrante
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
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Vendor: Osamah F. Khalil
A World of Enemies: America's Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden
Over the past half-century, Americans have watched their country extend its military power to what seemed the very ends of the earth. America's might is felt on nearly every continent--and even on its own streets. Decades ago, the Wars on Drugs and Terror broke...- $55.99
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Vendor: Louis Ferrante
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
The culmination of Louis Ferrante's exhaustive research delving deep into Sicily's socio-economic-political roots, Borgata: Rise of Empire will finally reveal exactly how and why this infamous secret society formed inside Sicilian culture. Ferrante then engages in the art of storytelling by carefully selecting stories...- $45.95
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Vendor: Stefanos Geroulanos
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...- $55.99
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Vendor: Michael Korda
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire. With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by...- $45.95
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Vendor: Michael Korda
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire. With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by...- $55.99
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Vendor: Stephen Walsh
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age
When one thinks of "great" classical music, we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. The emotional resonance of nineteenth century has moved generations musicians and resonated with countless listeners. It has inspired artists and writers. But no writer until how...- $45.95
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The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age
When one thinks of "great" classical music, we harken back to the nineteenth century and the Romantic tradition. The emotional resonance of nineteenth century has moved generations musicians and resonated with countless listeners. It has inspired artists and writers. But no writer until how...- $55.99
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Vendor: Anthony Bale
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages
Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites listeners on an odyssey across...- $49.99
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A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages
Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites listeners on an odyssey across...- $45.95
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Vendor: Jonathan M. House
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective...- $57.99
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Vendor: Edward T. Haslam
Dr. Mary's Monkey Lib/E: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked t
Author: Edward T. HaslamISBN-10: 820007398XISBN-13: 9798200073986Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2012Format: CD- $71.99
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Vendor: Bill DeYoung
Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay's Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
On the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship's path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Suddenly, a violent weather cell reduced visibility to zero at the precise...- $36.99
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Vendor: Robert K. D. Colby
An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery. Between Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands African American men, women, and children. These transactions in humanity made the internal slave trade a cornerstone of Confederate society, a bulwark of...- $49.99
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Vendor: Nathan N. Prefer
The Luzon Campaign 1945: MacArthur Returns
The Luzon campaign of 1945 was the longest island campaign of the Pacific War, lasting from January 1945 to September 1945, and only ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan. It is often overlooked or mentioned in passing by most histories of that war,...- $45.95
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Vendor: Patrick K. O'Donnell
The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America'
From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forcesThe Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that...- $49.99
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Vendor: Nathan N. Prefer
The Luzon Campaign 1945: MacArthur Returns
The Luzon campaign of 1945 was the longest island campaign of the Pacific War, lasting from January 1945 to September 1945, and only ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan. It is often overlooked or mentioned in passing by most histories of that war,...- $55.99
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Vendor: Robert K. D. Colby
An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery. Between Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands African American men, women, and children. These transactions in humanity made the internal slave trade a cornerstone of Confederate society, a bulwark of...- $45.95
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Vendor: Arthur Waley
Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art
In this entertaining pamphlet, the author, who was an expert on the artistic traditions of China and Japan, examines the effect of Zen Buddhism on popular culture. He provides a perceptive thumbnail view of the development of Buddhism in the Far East, and engaging...- $21.95
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Vendor: Marvin Olasky
Moral Vision: Leadership from George Washington to Joe Biden
What makes a leader truly great? Is it simply a matter of management style and personality? Or is it character that matters most? Moral Visions takes an insightful look into America's leaders of the past to answer these questions and demonstrates that values and...- $44.99
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Vendor: Jason Bell
Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of the Final Solution.In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman.As an MI6...- $39.99
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