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The Wordy Shipmates
by Sarah Vowell
Powells.com Staff Pick
At once a meditation on the motives of the pilgrims and a history of religion in America, The Wordy Shipmates will be a welcome addition to your history shelves. Sarah Vowell brings her usual wry humor and sharp insight to a piece of American history... ( read more)
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
by James Mcpherson
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James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked withaand often againsta his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. Though Abraham Lincoln arrived at... ( read more)
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
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Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan... ( read more)
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Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson
by David Reynolds
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America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. In Waking Giant, Bancroft Prize-winning historian and literary critic David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's exciting political story as well as the... ( read more)
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Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
by Tim Reiterman
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The seminal book on the story of Jonestown ("Associated Press") is restored to print for the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, with a new preface by PEN Award-winning author Reiterman.... ( read more)
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Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon
by Peter W. Kunhardt
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In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved—and our most enigmatic—president in the... ( read more)
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The Federalist Papers (Oxford World's Classics)
by Alexander Hamilton
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The Federalist Papers--85 essays published in the winter of 1787-8 in the New York press--are some of the most crucial and defining documents in American political history, laying out the principles that still guide our democracy today. The three authors-... ( read more)
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Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
by Eric J Vettel
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The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for... ( read more)
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The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
by Jonathan Hennessey
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Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many of us truly know our Constitution? The United States Constitution: A... ( read more)
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Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race
by Laura E. Gomez
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View the Table of Contents Read the Introduction We Know We're Not White: Author Interview on San Diego Weekly Reader aGomez sets out to write aan antidote to historical amnesia about the key nineteenth-century events that produced the first Mexican... ( read more)
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New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators
by Anita Price Davis
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As the people and economy of the United States struggled to recover during the Great Depression, 42 towns in North Carolina would benefit directly from the $83 million the federal government allocated for public art as part of the New Deal. The result... ( read more)
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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Hw Brands
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FDR is considered one of our finest presidents, and the events that defined his presidency are in our daily headlines. This is an enjoyable, readable, and intense look at the man, the office, and the policies that shaped America.
Recommended by Beth... ( read more)
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Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
by Gordon M. Goldstein
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A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war’s architects I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution... ( read more)
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Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
by Harold Holzer
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One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency -... ( read more)
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To Serve the President: Continuity and Innovation in the White House Staff
by Bradley H Patterson
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Come hell or high water, the American people will elect a new president in November 2008, and the following January will see a changeover in presidential administrations. One of the first challenges facing the new chief executive, and one of the most... ( read more)
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Pioneer Cemeteries: Sculpture Gardens of the Old West
by Annette Stott
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As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the “Wild West,” cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of... ( read more)
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Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
by Leonard Todd
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The compelling story of a slave, owned by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century. He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their... ( read more)
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Fusiliers: The Saga of a British Redcoat Regiment in the American Revolution
by Mark Urban
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A unique perspective on the American Revolution, seen through the eyes of a redcoat regiment. From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one British regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America... ( read more)
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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: Famous Slogans and Catchphrases in American History (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)
by Jan Van Meter
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“By necessity, by proclivity, by delight,” Ralph Waldo Emerson said in 1876, “we all quote.” But often the phrases that fall most readily from our collective lips—like “fire when ready,” “speak softly... ( read more)
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Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race (Vintage)
by Richard Rhodes
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“Throughout his assiduously researched work, Rhodes cites stunning statistics to support his contention that the nuclear competition has run amok . . . dense with crucial, revealing information obtained from personal interviews and newly... ( read more)
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