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Author:Charles River
19th Century America's Most Influential Naval Officers: The Lives, Careers, and Battles of Stephen Decatur, Oliver Hazard Perry, David Farragut, David
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts"We have met the enemy and they are ours." - Oliver Hazard PerryAmericans had few things to celebrate during the Barbary Wars or the War of 1812, but one of them was the growing prestige of the U.S. Navy,...- $19.12
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A Day That Will Live in Infamy: The History and Legacy of Japan's Initial Attacks against the United States at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the Phil
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading All Americans are familiar with the "day that will live in infamy." At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, the advanced base of the United States Navy's...- $11.24
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Author:Charles River
A History of Some of London's Most Famous Landmarks
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It almost goes without saying that Westminster Abbey is one of the foremost sites in Europe when it comes to being steeped in history. Dating back to the reign of William the Conqueror...- $15.24
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Abydos: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian Holy City and Burial Site
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later....- $11.14
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Academy Award Winning Sisters: The Lives of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
*Includes pictures. *Includes both actresses' quotes about each other and their careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You...- $11.14
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Author:Charles River
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: The Life and Legacy of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Commander in Chief during World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil." - Admiral NimitzAll Americans are familiar with the "day that will live in infamy." At...- $9.99
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Author:Charles River
Admiral David Farragut: The Life and Legacy of the American Civil War's Most Famous Naval Officer
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingAmericans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the leadership of the generals, and the courage of the soldiers. Since the war's start over 150 years ago, the battles have...- $11.14
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Admiral George Dewey: The Life and Legacy of the Most Decorated Naval Officer in American History
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Didn't Admiral Dewey do wonderfully well? I got him the position out there in Asia last year, and I had to beg hard to do it; and the reason I gave was that we might have to send...- $11.14
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Admiral George Dewey: The Life and Legacy of the Most Decorated Naval Officer in American History
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Didn't Admiral Dewey do wonderfully well? I got him the position out there in Asia last year, and I had to beg hard to do it; and the reason I gave was that we might have to send...- $11.14
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Author:Charles River
Admiral Horatio Nelson's Greatest Victories: The History and Legacy of the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but none of her military heroes has had a greater military legacy than...- $14.52
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Author:Charles River
Africa's Origin Stories: The History and Legacy of the Ancient African Stories that Sought to Explain Life
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingBy the dawn of the 17th century, Portuguese influence in Africa fell into decline, and the occasions of European contact with Ethiopia became very few and far between. It would be another three centuries before another European would...- $11.14
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Author:Charles River
Agrippa Hull: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Black Soldier
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading By the time the Revolutionary War started, military confrontations between the world powers had become so common that combat was raised to the status of a fine art, consuming a...- $10.24
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Akhenaten and Amarna: The History of Ancient Egypt's Most Mysterious Pharaoh and His Capital City
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later....- $11.14
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Author:Charles River
Alan Turing: The Life and Legacy of the English Computer Scientist Who Became World War II's Most Famous Codebreaker
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Sometimes, it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine..." - Alan Turing The year is 1930. The United States is still freshly reeling...- $10.24
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Author:Charles River
Albert Speer and Germania: The History of Nazi Germany's Lead Architect and His Plans for a Future German Capital
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party took absolute control of Germany, and his new regime was known as the Third Reich (Third Empire). The first Germanic empire had been the Holy Roman Empire (800-1806),...- $9.99
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Author:Charles River
Alfred Hitchcock's Legendary Leading Ladies: The Lives of Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, and Kim Novak
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes and summaries of the famous Hitchcock movies *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents Considering that her film career lasted just six years, it would seem as though the reputation of Grace Kelly far outweighs her actual...- $15.41
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Author:Charles River
Alfred Nobel: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Scientist and the Nobel Prizes
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results." - Alfred NobelIt does not take a genius to...- $10.24
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Author:Charles River
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Life and Legacy of Great Britain's Most Famous Poet Laureate
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of Tennyson's work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within." "Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott." "'Tis better to have loved and lost...- $11.14
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Life and Legacy of Great Britain's Most Famous Poet Laureate
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of Tennyson's work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within." "Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott." "'Tis better to have loved and lost...- $10.24
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Author:Charles River
Ambrose Bierce: The Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Famous American Author
*Includes pictures *Includes Bierce's quotes about his own life and career *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading "History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools." -...- $8.14
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Author:Charles River
America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History of the Three Worst Hurricanes in American History
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hurricanes have been devastating communities for thousands of years, bringing about various combinations of rain and wind that can do everything from taking down some dead limbs to wiping out houses....- $15.24
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America's First Korean War: The History and Legacy of the United States Expedition to Korea in 1871
Though it's widely overlooked today, the U.S. has had a military presence in Asia for more than 200 years. The East Indies Squadron was formally established by President Andrew Jackson in 1835 to protect American property and trade in Asia, but U.S. warships were...- $8.99
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America's First Korean War: The History and Legacy of the United States Expedition to Korea in 1871
Though it's widely overlooked today, the U.S. has had a military presence in Asia for more than 200 years. The East Indies Squadron was formally established by President Andrew Jackson in 1835 to protect American property and trade in Asia, but U.S. warships were...- $8.99
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Author:Charles River
America's Forgotten Slaves: The History of Native American Slavery in the New World and the United States
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "The carrying of Negroes among the Indians has all along been thought detrimental, as an intimacy ought to be avoided." - A passage from a 1751 South Carolina lawIt has often been said that the greatest invention...- $9.99
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Author:Charles River
America's Greatest 19th Century Presidents: The Lives of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant
*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives. The 19th century was the pivotal era in American history, determining how a new nation would overcome its most divisive issues and become a superpower in the 20th...- $15.24
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America's Greatest Cold War Presidents: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan
*Comprehensively covers the lives, careers and legacies of the 5 Presidents. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Includes Bibliographies for further reading. Among America's presidents, Harry Truman's presidency produced some of the nation's most crucial decisions and left one of the nation's...- $15.24
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America's Greatest Democratic Presidents of the 20th Century: Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
*Weaves the lives and presidencies of all 6 Democratic Presidents into one entertaining and educational narrative. *Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Analyzes the legacies and accomplishments of each president. The Democrats who were...- $20.96
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Author:Charles River
America's Most Influential Jazz Artists
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it." - Duke EllingtonLouis Armstrong once claimed that "Every time I close my eyes blowing that...- $16.50
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America's Most Influential Mountain Men: The History and Legacy of the 19th Century Explorers Who Helped Chart Paths to the West
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading By the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th-century, there were perhaps only 3,000 living in the West. Their origins were disparate, although they included many Anglo-Americans. A...- $17.24
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Author:Charles River
America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorists: The Life and Crimes of the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh
*Includes pictures *Includes the terrorists' quotes *Includes a bibliography for further reading Most Americans old enough to follow the news during the 1990s are instantly familiar with the Unabomber, a name given to the man behind a series of bombs that were periodically mailed...- $9.24
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America's Westward Expansion Trails: The History and Legacy of the 19th Century's Most Famous Routes to the West
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Lewis and Clark Expedition, notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration, was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America by the United States....- $20.52
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Author:Charles River
American Legends: Abbott & Costello
*Includes pictures. *Includes Abbott and Costello's own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a transcript of "Who's on First?" *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? But for twenty years as a...- $8.14
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American Legends: Laurel & Hardy
*Includes pictures. *Includes Laurel and Hardy's own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Mr. Hardy was beginning to forget things but Mr. Laurel had no fear of losing his memory - As a matter of fact, Mr. Laurel...- $7.24
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American Legends: The Life of Aaron Burr
Includes pictures of Burr and important people and places. Comprehensively covers the Burr-Hamilton duel, including accounts of the duel and the mysteries and debates still surrounding the duel. Explains Burr's involvement in the Election of 1800 and the alleged treasonous conspiracy. "The rule of...- $8.14
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American Legends: The Life of Abner Doubleday
*Examines the legend that Abner Doubleday invented baseball, including the origins of the legend and its veracity. *Includes Doubleday's accounts of Fort Sumter, Antietam, and Gettysburg. *Discusses the controversies surrounding Doubleday's life and legacy. *Includes pictures of Doubleday and important people and places. *Includes...- $8.31
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American Legends: The Life of Barbara Stanwyck
*Includes pictures. *Includes Stanwyck's quotes about her own life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing." - Barbara Stanwyck...- $7.24
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American Legends: The Life of Barbra Streisand
*Includes pictures *Includes Streisand's quotes about her life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading "I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven." - Barbra Streisand "I arrived in Hollywood...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Bette Davis
*Includes pictures of Davis and important people, places, and scenes. *Includes Davis' own quotes about her upbringing, films and relationships. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Even the most inconsiderable film ... seemed temporarily better than they were because of that precise, nervy voice,...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Betty Grable
*Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them." - Betty Grable A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how...- $10.24
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American Legends: The Life of Billie Holiday
*Includes pictures *Includes Holliday's quotes *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Don't threaten me with love, baby, let's just go walking in the rain" - Billie Holiday A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Billy Graham
*Includes pictures *Includes Graham's quotes about his life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated...- $7.24
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American Legends: The Life of Bing Crosby
*Includes pictures.*Includes Crosby's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse." - Bing CrosbyA lot of ink...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Bing Crosby
*Includes pictures. *Includes Crosby's quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse." - Bing Crosby A...- $7.24
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American Legends: The Life of Black Hawk
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Black Hawk and important people, places, and events. *Includes Black Hawk's own quotes about his life and battles. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I was once a great warrior; I am now poor...I am now old. I...- $8.14
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American Legends: The Life of Bruce Lee
*Includes pictures. *Includes Lee's own quotes about his life, martial arts, and philosophy. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body " - Bruce...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Burt Lancaster
*Includes pictures. *Includes Lancaster's quotes about his own life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion." - Burt Lancaster A lot of ink has been spilled covering the...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Buster Keaton
*Includes pictures. *Includes Keaton's own quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "It's said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn't care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask. His films avoid the...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Carole Lombard
*Includes pictures. *Includes Lombard's quotes about her life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Carole Lombard's tragic death means that something of gaiety and beauty have been taken from the world at a time they are needed most." - Errol Flynn A...- $6.99
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American Legends: The Life of Cary Grant
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Includes Cary Grant's quotes about his own life and working with other Hollywood stars. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." - Cary Grant...- $10.24
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American Legends: The Life of Charles Lindbergh
*Includes pictures of Lindbergh and important people, places, and events in your life. *Includes descriptions of Lindbergh's historic flight from his own words. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "If one took no chances, one would not fly at all." - Charles Lindbergh A...- $6.99
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