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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    The American Presidents Series: The 34th President, 1953-1961

    by Tom Wicker ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    An American icon and hero faces a nation—and a world—in transition.A bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower rode an enormous wave of popularity into the Oval Office seven years later. Though we may view the Eisenhower years through a hazy lens of 1950s nostalgia, historians consider his presidency one of the least successful. At home there was civil rights ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • George Herbert Walker Bush

    A Penguin Life

    by Tom Wicker ...
    No one is more qualified to give a fully rounded, objective portrait of our forty-first president than Tom Wicker. A political correspondent for The New York Times for more than thirty years, Wicker was a first-hand witness to and reporter of George H. W. Bush’s political rise and presidential reign. In George Herbert Walker Bush, Wicker provides a richly drawn and succinct overview of Bush from ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    George Herbert Walker Bush

    by Tom Wicker ...
    Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 10 min

    No one is more qualified to give a fully rounded, objective portrait of our forty-first president than Tom Wicker. A political correspondent for The New York Times for more than thirty years, Wicker was a first-hand witness to and reporter of George H. W. Bush’s political rise and presidential reign. In George Herbert Walker Bush, Wicker provides a richly drawn and succinct overview of Bush from ... Read more

    $17.50 USD

  • The Liberal Tradition in America

    The Classic on the Causes and Effects of Liberal Thought in the U.S.

    by Louis Hartz ...
    This "brilliantly written" look at the original meaning of the liberal philosophy has become a classic of political science ( American Historical Review).Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation AwardAs the word "liberal" has been misused and its meaning diluted in recent decades, this study of American political thought since the Revolution is a valuable look at the "liberal tradition" that has ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

    Edited by H. Bruce Franklin ...
    "Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone concerned about the violence in our society and the high rate of recidivism."-Publishers Weekly. Includes work by: Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes,Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Founders' Revolution

    The Forgotten History & Principles of the Declaration of Independence

    by Michael S. Law ...
    A historian's "revealing and much-needed retelling of the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the events that led up to it" (William D. Watkins, author of The New Absolutes).Tying American history to our current political climate, The Founders' Revolution is designed to help readers understand the principles embedded in the Declaration of Independence. The book unpacks the intent of the ... Read more

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  • Washington

    The Indispensable Man

    by James Thomas Flexner ...
    This "perceptive" and "satisfying" biography of George Washington by an award-winning historian "deserves a place on every American's bookshelf" ( The New York Times Book Review).James Thomas Flexner's masterful four-volume biography of America's first president, which received a special Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for its concluding installment, is the definitive chronicle ... Read more

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  • Slavery and Public History

    The Tough Stuff of American Memory

    by Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash ...
    "A fascinating collection of essays" by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery ( Booklist Online).In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America's history of slavery is depicted in books, films, television programs, historical sites, and museums. In the first attempt to examine the historiography of ... Read more

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  • King Arthur's Wars

    The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

    by Jim Storr ...
    The story of an era shrouded in mystery, and the gradual changing of a nation's cultural identity.We speak English today, because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of post-Roman Britain. How did that happen? There is little evidence: not much archaeology, and even less written history. There is, however, a huge amount of speculation. King Arthur's Wars brings an entirely new approach to the subject ... Read more

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  • Proof

    The Science of Booze

    by Adam Rogers ...
    A New York Times bestseller, science journalist Adam Rogers's Proof is a spirited narrative on the fascinating art and science of alcohol, sure to inspire cocktail party chats on making booze, tasting it, and its effects on our bodies and brains, from "one of the best science writers around" ( National Geographic).Winner of Gourmand Award for Best Spirits BookAn IACP Cookbook Awards WinnerFinalist ... Read more

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  • Zeno and the Tortoise

    How to Think Like a Philosopher

    by Nicholas Fearn ...
    From the author of The Latest Answers to the Oldest Questions, a philosophical guide that's "great for sounding cleverer than you really are" ( Men's Health).For those who don't know the difference between Lucretius's spear and Hume's fork , Zeno and the Tortoise explains not just who each philosopher was and what he thought, but exactly how he came to think in the way he did.In a witty and ... Read more

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  • The Wrong Enemy

    America in Afghanistan, 2001–2014

    by Carlotta Gall ...
    A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides "an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan" ( Financial Times).Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was ... Read more

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