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American Rifle
Born in the United States, Alexander Rose was raised in Australia and Britain. A military historian and former journalist, he is the author of Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring, and his writing has appeared in the New York ...more |
Alexander Rose |
2009-05-15 |
$30.00 |
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Boom Town
Investigating the personal stories behind the headquarters of the Wal-Mart empire, this examination focuses on the growth of Bentonville, Arkansas-a microcosm of America's social, political, and cultural shift. Numerous personalities are interviewed, including ...more |
Marjorie Rosen |
2009-12-08 |
$19.95 |
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Comparative Nationalism
Comparative Nationalism has original documentation that makes it unique. It is a book to be used in reorganizing the writing of history as it strengthens the case for early nationalism. This book is different than other books on the period or other edited ...more |
Jacquelyn G. Alston |
2009-11-30 |
$6.00 |
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Down Mason City's Memory Lane
Mason City, Illinois, a tiny rural community in the heart of the Midwest, is the setting for Dale Fancher's book of reflections and memories of a day gone by. A lifelong resident of Mason City, Fancher has a keen mind, and a heart for the quaint, easily |
Dale C. Fancher |
2010-03-07 |
$6.00 |
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Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business Ethics in Victorian Britain
The Victorian values of Liberalism and nonconformity permeated all aspects of society, not excluding industry and business. This insightful study follows 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists who came from relatively humble origins and rose through hard ...more |
Ian Bradley |
2010-01-29 |
$15.95 |
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Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience
Spanning nearly 400 years from the early abolitionists to the present, this guide book profiles more than 400 people, places, and events that have shaped the history of the black struggle for freedom. Coverage includes information on such mainstay figures ...more |
Jessie Carney Smith |
2009-03-28 |
$19.95 |
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How We Do It
Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber? For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve |
Judy Dutton |
2009-07-16 |
$24.95 |
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Love Cemetery
By the eve of the Civil War, there were four million slaves in North America, and Harrison County was the largest slave-owning county in Texas. So when China Galland returned to research her family history there, it should not have surprised her to learn |
China Galland |
2010-03-01 |
$11.99 |
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Pitmatic: Talk of the North East Coal Field
More than just a gathering of mining terms, this collection is an heartfelt attempt to bring together the words spoken by miners of the North East pits and how they relate to the wider language world of the region and its literature of story and song. ...more |
Bill Griffiiths |
2010-03-16 |
$17.95 |
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Pivotal Events That Shaped A Nation 1789-2000
The author presents a series of thirty-seven events that have had a profound impact on the course of American history by giving the country, its people, and its government new meaning and new direction. They not only changed lives but they literally transformed ...more |
Nicholas J. Santoro |
2010-03-02 |
$6.00 |
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Spellbound
James Essinger is an Oxford graduate who has published more than thirty books. He is particularly interested in the history of ideas that have had a practical impact on the modern world. His previous writings and his time spent teaching English abroad ...more |
James Essinger |
2010-02-26 |
$13.00 |
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The Age of Abundance
' Until the 1950s, the struggle to feed, clothe, and employ the nation drove most of American political life. From slavery to the New Deal, political parties organized around economic interests and engaged in fervent debate over the best allocation of |
Brink Lindsey |
2010-02-17 |
$11.99 |
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: |
Niall Ferguson |
2009-05-10 |
$29.95 |
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The Birth of Virginia's Aristocracy
The Birth Of Virginia's Aristocracy explains how the first civil society formed in Virginia, what purposes it served, who its members were, and what happened to it as it aged. The transformation of Virginia's leading families into an "aristocracy" was ...more |
2nd James C. Thompson |
2010-01-17 |
$9.95 |
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The Cuckolds Lighthouse
The historical significance of the Cuckolds ledge in Maine dates back to 1874. Located at the entrance of Boothbay Harbor, a busy East Coast port, this seven-acre, fifteen-foot-high rock ledge was easily hidden at night and by ocean waves, fog, or snowstorms. ...more |
James D. Roche |
2010-01-14 |
$6.00 |
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The Enemy Within
A cultural history of witch-hunting, from the Romans through McCarthy The term "witch-hunt" is used today to describe everything from political scandals to school board shake-ups. But its origins are far from trivial. Long before the Salem witch trials, ...more |
John Demos |
2009-05-15 |
$25.95 |
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The First Family
Mike Dash is a historian with an M.A. from Cambridge University and a Ph.
D. from the University of London. A former professional journalist whose work has appeared in numerous national newspapers and magazines, Dash is the New York Times bestselling |
Mike Dash |
2009-07-26 |
$27.00 |
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Tracing your Donegal Ancestors
Donegal families are an interesting mix of native Irish families and of Scots-Irish who came to the county from the 17th century. It experienced a high level of emigration both to North America and also to Scotland and North of England. This new and greatly ...more |
Helen Meehan &
Godfrey Duffy |
2009-12-10 |
$18.00 |
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When Coal Was Queen: The History of the Queen City - Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Journey into the history of what was once called the "Jewel of the Mid Valley" - Olyphant, Pennsylvania, "The Queen City." This journey takes the reader through the earliest days of the township and notable events of the past. Included are some famous ...more |
Jay Luke |
2009-07-26 |
$4.95 |
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