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George F. Kennan: An American Life

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography 2012, National Book Critics Circle for Biography 2011

by John Lewis Gaddis

Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography

Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century...

Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo

by Don Keith

No man above or below the waves was as admired--or feared--as this determined naval commander...

Among submariners in World War II, Dudley "Mush" Morton stood out as a warrior without peer. At the helm of the...

Trail of Broken Promises

by Caleb Pirtle III

It may have been the greatest injustice of all.

A nation was uprooted.

A nation was ripped apart from its ancestral lands with its peoples' feet pointed west. So many died along the way.

The Five Civilized Tribes...

Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution

by Harlow Giles Unger

The outrageous true story of the French plot to supply arms and ammunition to Washington's Continental Army, and the bold French spy, inventor, playwright, and rogue behind it all

Republic of Words: The Atlantic Monthly and Its Writers, 1857-1925

by Susan Goodman

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Atlantic Monthly became the conscience of the American public and the biggest platform of the nation's flourishing literature

Memoirs of a Breton Peasant

by Jean-Marie Deguignet & Linda Asher

A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant...

Monsters of Old Los Angeles - The Prehistoric Animals of the La Brea Tar Pits

by Charles M. Martin

MONSTERS OF OLD LOS ANGELES- The Prehistoric Animals of the La Brat Tar Pits BY CHARLES ML MARTIN. Illustrated by Herb Raybum. Contents include: Acknowledgments 7 Foreword 9 1. The Sage of the Ages 13 2. Eat...

Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition

by Dan Mckanan

A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in America

Though in recent years the religious right has been a powerful political force, making “religion”...

Foreign Exchange

by Judith Liu

Freedom of Speech

by Elizabeth Powers

Ride Around Missouri & Shelby's Great Raid 1863

by Sean Mclachlan & Johnny Shumate

In July 1863, with the Confederacy still reeling from the defeats at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Union forces pushed deep into Arkansas, capturing the capital of Little Rock. In response, Colonel Joseph O. Shelby...

Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2

by Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough & Tony Podlecki

Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most...

Jerusalem: The Biography

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King...

Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life

by Richard Cohen

In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of...

The First Stampede of Flores LaDue: The True Love Story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the Beginning of the Calgary Stampede

by Wendy Bryden

The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among the rough-and-tumble vaudevillians preserving the frontier way of life in the first Wild West shows. Their love endured through...

Book Of Vision Quest

by Steven Foster

Blending numerous heritages, wisdoms, and teachings, this powerfully wrought book encourages people to take charge of their lives, heal themselves, and grow.

Movingly rendered, The Book of the Vision Quest is...

Force Mulberry - The Planning and Installation of Artificial Harbor Off U.S. Normandy Beaches in World War II

by Alfred Stanford

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Victorian England - Portrait of an Age

by G.M. Young

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Airman's World - A Book about Flying

by Peter Supf

This fascinating book here in its complete and unabridged form makes a worthy addition to the bookshelf of all those interested in this craft. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the...

Action Toys

by Louis Peterson

This unusual early work presents a collection of toys with a variety of typical mechanical movements and worth-while construction problems. Instructions are extensively illustrated with diagrams. Contents Include:...