Historical
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 – 1964
$42.00 Add to cartThe bestselling classic that indelibly captures the life and times of one of the most brilliant and controversial military figures of the twentieth century.
“Electric…Tense with the feeling that this… [more below]- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 793
- Publish Date: June 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0316544981
- Language: English
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Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times
$21.99 Add to cartThe infamous Vlad Dracula, 15th-century Prince of Romania, was the basis for Bram Stoker’s fictional character. This biography covers the ‘Impaler’s’ life and subsequent legend and examines how closel… [more below]
- Author: McNally, Raymond T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: October 31 1990
- ISBN10: 0316286567
- Language: English
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Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
$24.99 Add to cartEvan Thomas’s startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust.
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his c- Author: Thomas, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0316091030
- Language: English
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
$18.00 Add to cartThrough the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Abelard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0140448993
- Language: English
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With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
$19.99 Add to cart“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” —Washington Post
“Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” –David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review
The definitive life
- Author: Oates, Stephen B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0060924713
- Language: English
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The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
$18.99 Add to cart“A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain’s first Elizabeth.” —Seattle Times
An illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant
- Author: Ronald, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 24 2008
- ISBN10: 0060820675
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver: A Life
$34.95 Add to cartNearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a natio
- Series: Southern Biography
- Author: Vella, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: February 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177199
- Language: English
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Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
$16.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller By the author of A Man Called Intrepid. The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of Honor
She was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and h- Author: Stevenson, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1611452317
- Language: English
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
$29.99 Read moreFrom beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.
Mo Rocca has always lo- Author: Rocca, Mo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1501197622
- Language: English
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First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role
$39.58 Add to cartHow the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in America
America’s first First Ladies–Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison-- Author: Abrams, Jeanne E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1479890502
- Language: English
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Children of Terror
$12.95 Add to cartThis book is an “Honorable-Mention Awardee 2015” from Readers Favorite under Non-Fiction/Autobiography category.
Two very young girls, one a Catholic from Poland, the other a Jew from Germany, are cau
- Author: Auerbacher, Inge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 04 2009
- ISBN10: 1440178097
- Language: English
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The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
$24.99 Add to cartEverybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America’s most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captai… [more below]
- Author: Zacks, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: June 18 2003
- ISBN10: 0786884517
- Language: English
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Anna and the King of Siam
$17.99 Add to cartThe bestselling book that inspired the musical play and film The King and I
“Enchanting. . . . The author wears her scholarship with grace, and the amazing story she has to tell is recounted with humor
- Author: Landon, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 03 1999
- ISBN10: 0060954884
- Language: English
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The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons
$18.95 Add to cart- Author: Karla, Gottlieb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0865435650
- Language: English
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Nestor Makhno–Anarchy’s Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917-1921
$24.95 Add to cartAvailable for the first time in English, here’s the gripping story of Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno. With his usual wit and engaging style, Skirda chronicles the life of a legend and the insurgent
- Author: Skirda, Alexandre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1902593685
- Language: English
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His Excellency: George Washington
$20.00 Read moreNational Bestseller
To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians- Author: Ellis, Joseph J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 08 2005
- ISBN10: 1400032539
- Language: English
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The Journal of John Woolman: And a Plea for the Poor
$16.00 Add to cartThe “journal” or spiritual autobiography of John Woolman was the characteristic literary expression of Quakerism in its first two centuries. Woolman’s Journal was first published in 1774 (shortly afte… [more below]
- Author: Woolman, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 19 1972
- ISBN10: 0806502940
- Language: English
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Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War
$63.32 Add to cartTo Jefferson Davis, he was the “Stonewall of the West”; to Robert E. Lee, he was “a meteor shining from a clouded sky”; and to Braxton Bragg, he was an officer “ever alive to a success.” He was Patric… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: April 08 1997
- ISBN10: 0700609342
- Language: English
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War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America’s First Frontier
$20.00 Add to cartOften hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions … [more below]
- Author: Ross, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0553384570
- Language: English
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Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend
$25.00 Add to cartAcclaim for Doc Holliday
“Splendid . . . not only the most readable yet definitive study of Holliday yet published, it is one of the best biographies of nineteenth-century Western ‘good-bad men’ to- Author: Roberts, Gary L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0470128224
- Language: English
