In his best-selling study, syndicated columnist and talk show personality Christopher Matthews combines newly-uncovered information and acute political analysis to portray two stunning, ultimately...
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Author: Matthews, ChrisSummary:
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Author: Madsen, AxelSummary:
William C. Durant did big things the big way: he overreached, but, until his final failure, he picked up the pieces time after time to confound his competitors. From a turbulent childhood in the...
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Author: Hendrickson, RobertSummary:
Covers the final months of the Civil War, including Robert E. Lee's final battle and surrender at Appomattox in 1865. Explores how the surrender met with disparate reactions among the troops,...
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Author: Freedman, RussellSummary:
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and...
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Author: Defoe, DanielSummary:
London's Great Plague of 1665 devastated the city, as Europe's final bubonic outbreak killed thousands of helpless citizens. Daniel Defoe, author of the classic Robinson Crusoe, was five years old...
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Author: Hawthorne, NathanielSummary:
Presents four short stories by the 19th century New England writer.
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Word-for-word unabridged recording of 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, narrated in contemporary language for easy understanding.
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Author: Linklater, AndroSummary:
Ranging from the late-eighteenth century to the present, a narrative history reveals how the boundaries and borders that formed both states and the nation as a whole created a sense of identity...
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Author: Strouse, JeanSummary:
After more than a decade's research in previously unexamined archives, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse offers a landmark profile of America's greatest financier--J.P. Morgan. This...
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Author: Walton, IzaakSummary:
Presents the definitive treatise of the contemplative man's recreation: Angling. It is a discourse of rivers, fish and fishing, into which is woven reflections of 17th century life.
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Author: McPhee, JohnSummary:
Alaska, the last wilderness, is threatened. McPhee takes us into the back country and past civilized frontiers to the wild beyond.
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Author: Isaacson, WalterSummary:
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and...
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Author: McCullough, DavidSummary:
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David...
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Author: Ellis, Joseph J.Summary:
From the French and Indian War to Mount Vernon, from the American Revolution to the presidency, Ellis delivers what will stand the test of time as the definitive biography of the greatest American...
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Author: Fischer, David HackettSummary:
Six months after the Declaration of Independence, America was nearly defeated. Then on Christmas night, George Washington led his men across the Delaware River to destroy the Hessians at Trenton....
Genre: History and geography