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  • Henry J. Kaiser

    Builder in the Modern American West

    " His standing as a lesser-known in a business pantheon that would include such names as Ford and Carnegie makes this work of some scholarly importance." — Library JournalIn the 1940s Henry J. Kaiser was a household name, as familiar then as Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are now. Like a Horatio Alger hero, Kaiser rose from lower-middle-class origins to become an enormously wealthy entrepreneur, ... Leer más

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  • Castles in the Sand

    The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher

    Series series The Florida History and Culture Series
    The definitive biography of the famous developer of Miami Beach“The definitive biography of one of the most energetic, versatile entrepreneurs of the early 20th century. In masterminding the development of the Indianapolis Speedway and Miami Beach, Fisher played a major role in teaching adult Americans how to play.”—James Crooks, University of North FloridaIn the booming early years of the 20th ... Leer más

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    This vivid New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is "an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade" ( Time ).Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It's undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is... ... Leer más

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  • One Summer

    America, 1927

    de Bill Bryson ...
    **A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy BookA GoodReads Reader's ChoiceIn One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.**The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane ... Leer más

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  • Donovan

    America's Master Spy

    The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA.One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding ... Leer más

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  • Bubble in the Sun

    The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression

    Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression.The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement ... Leer más

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  • Eisenhower in War and Peace

    **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Magisterial.”—The New York Times**In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America’s thirty-fourth president. Here is Eisenhower the young dreamer, charting a course from Abilene, ... Leer más

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  • The New York Game

    Baseball and the Rise of a New City

    de Kevin Baker ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK *• Sports Illustrated #*1 Book of 2024 • A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II."You’re going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker ... Leer más

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  • Freedom's Forge

    How American Business Produced Victory in World War II

    de Arthur Herman ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR“A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street JournalFreedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen—General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire ... Leer más

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  • Mint Condition

    How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession

    de Dave Jamieson ...
    "An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic." — The Washington PostWhen award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson's parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the "investments" of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and ... Leer más

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  • The Glory and the Dream

    A New York Times–bestselling historian's in-depth portrait of life in America, from the Depression era to the early 1970s: "Magnificent" ( The New York Times).Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every ... Leer más

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  • Crazy '08

    How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History

    From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the question is when will the Cubs ever win a game they have to have. In October 1908, though, no one would have laughed: The Cubs were, without doubt, baseball's greatest team—the first dynasty of the 20th century.Crazy '08 recounts the 1908 season—the year when Peerless Leader Frank Chance's men went ... Leer más

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