Historical
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Washington: A Life
$41.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.
Winner of the 2011 Pul- Author: Chernow, Ron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: October 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1594202664
- Language: English
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Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego
$29.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 San Diego Book Award
Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost singlehandedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving city. When he- Author: Bonura, Sandra E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: December 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1496233417
- Language: English
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The Wright Brothers
$34.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestseller
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1476728747
- Language: English
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
$45.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of The Wall Street Journal‘s Ten Best Books of 2018
One of The Economist‘s Best Books of 2018
One of The New York Times‘s Notable Books of 2018 “Unarguably the best single-- Author: Roberts, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1152
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1101980990
- Language: English
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Mother’s Day: The Courage & Sacrifice of the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines
$33.73 Add to cartMother’s Day: The Courage & Sacrifice of the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines. In his debut book, Cleveland gives a first-hand account of his time with the 3/25, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His b
- Author: Cleveland, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 108819821X
- Language: English
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Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became World War II’s Most Highly Decorated Spy
$18.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist
Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist
Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and o- Author: Loftis, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1501198661
- Language: English
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY – ONE OF ESQUIRE‘S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME
General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the … [more below]- Author: Reiss, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0307382478
- Language: English
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La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot–Cardinal Richelieu’s Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France
$28.95 Read moreA rich portrait of a compelling, complex woman who emerged from a sheltered rural childhood into the fraught, often deadly world of the French royal court and Parisian high society–and who would come… [more below]
- Author: McShea, Bronwen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363475
- Language: English
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Little Women Letters to Laurie: The Alcott Family Correspondence with Alfred Whitman, 1858 – 1891
$24.98 Add to cartA fascinating and deeply compelling collection of 67 letters written to Alfred Whitman, a model for the character of Laurie in Louisa May Alcott’s best-loved novel, Little Women. The letters are writt
- Author: Adams, Lis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: May 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798885909549
- Language: English
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My Life as a Whore: The Biography of Madam Laura Evens
$18.95 Add to cartAn extensively researched book about a well-known Colorado madam, but most of what’s known about her is wrong, including the spelling of her last name. Follow the antics of Laura as she works in parlo
- Author: Beach, Tracy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1555664628
- Language: English
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Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World
$17.99 Add to cartRob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what t
- Author: Stark, Steven D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0060008938
- Language: English
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Never Give in: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill
$19.99 Add to cartWhat was it that made Winston Churchill one of the most extraordinary leaders of the 20th century? What enabled him to inspire nations while those around him were losing hope? This book is a remarkabl… [more below]
- Series: Leaders in Action
- Author: Mansfield, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: September 20 2002
- ISBN10: 1581823223
- Language: English
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
$16.99 Add to cart“Extraordinary. . . . It is a tribute to Starkey’s narrative drive, his puckish wit, and sharp discrimination that it doesn’t seem a page too long. . . . With each queen, Starkey offers a vivid charac
- Author: Starkey, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: May 21, 2021
- ISBN10: 0060005505
- Language: English
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
$19.99 Add to cartLegendary journalist Cokie Roberts’ New York Times bestseller, Founding Mothers, is an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf
- Author: Roberts, Cokie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 15 2005
- ISBN10: 006009026X
- Language: English
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A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History
$16.99 Add to cartA slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in
- Author: Ash, Stephen V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 289
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0060582480
- Language: English
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A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis
$18.00 Add to cartA PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE “A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever–and a reminder, in our own troubled era, never to forget.” –People An “excep… [more below]
- Author: Frenkel, Françoise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1501199854
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
$19.99 Add to cartThe definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history “reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend” (Newsday).
Celebrated for her exploits as a conducto… [more below]- Author: Clinton, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 5, 2005
- ISBN10: 0316155942
- Language: English
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Mein Kampf (James Murphy Nazi Authorized Translation)
$29.95 Add to cartThis is the original English version of Mein Kampf translated by James Murphy under contract with the Nazi party. It was made before his altered British version was released and published in small num… [more below]
- Author: Hitler, Adolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 458
- Publish Date: July 6, 2010
- ISBN10: 0984536159
- Language: English
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Survival in Auschwitz
$14.99 Add to cartSurvival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War.
Levi, then
- Author: Primo Levi, Levi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: August 25, 2007
- ISBN10: 9562915301
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan’s Underworld
$11.95 Add to cartThis is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn’t a “good” life, in either sense of the word… [more below]
- Author: Saga, Junichi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 22 2013
- ISBN10: 1568365047
- Language: English
