Chronological Period/18th Century
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Meet George Washington
$7.99 Read moreGeorge Washington grew up in the English colony of Virginia. He was tall and strong, fair in judgment, and respected by his friends as a
good leader. As he grew older, George saw how England took advan… [more below]- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: Heilbroner, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0375803971
- Language: English
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Forgotten Founders: Black Patriots, Women Soldiers, and Other Thinkers and Heroes Who Shaped Early America
$19.99 Add to cart“[T]he cause is just, and readers will come away with a firmer understanding that, as the introduction has it, the story of this country’s founding is ‘everyone’s story.'”–Booklist
A Junior Library G
- Author: Lowe, Mifflin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1638190925
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850
$35.00 Read moreThe first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway
Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails l- Author: Gwyn, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0300267894
- Language: English
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We the Elites: Why the Us Constitution Serves the Few
$22.95 Read moreA new, radical reading of the US constitution.
An adroit collection of essays exposing the constitution for what it really is – a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites.Written by 55 of the r
- Author: Ovetz, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0745344720
- Language: English
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The Song at the Scaffold
$18.95 Read moreJuly 17, 1794: French Revolutionaries are out to crush the Catholic Church in their nation, and the latest targets of their brutality are the Carmelites of the convent of Compi?ne. Sentenced to death … [more below]
- Author: Von Le Fort, Gertrud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1618904027
- Language: English
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Along a Breton Shore
$26.99 Read moreA soldier must choose between his heart’s desire or his duty to country in this gripping novel of friendship and survival.
Maxence ﾉtienne believes fiercely in the Revolution and longs for his name- Author: Hawks, Arlem
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1639931074
- Language: English
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Jamie Macgillivray: The Renegade’s Journey
$32.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
‘It gets under the skin of this extraordinary time in a way that few historical novels do. Sayles writes superbly about the confusion of warfare and deals- Author: Sayles, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1612199887
- Language: English
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves
$19.99 Read moreAdam Hochschild’s Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history–the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.
Winner … [more below]
- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0618619070
- Language: English
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Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy
$15.99 Add to cartLife as a ship’s boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, J… [more below]
- Series: Bloody Jack Adventures #1
- Author: Meyer, L. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: June 10 2010
- ISBN10: 015205085X
- Language: English
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Farnsworth’s Classical English Style
$28.95 Add to cart“An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can.”–Wall Street Journal
Say it with style–on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hund- Series: Farnsworth’s Classical English #3
- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1567926657
- Language: English
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Don’t Read Poetry: A Book about How to Read Poems
$30.00 Read moreAn award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys–and challenges–of the genre
In Don’t Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduc… [more below]- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0465094503
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
$28.99 Read moreAmazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce’s extraordinary role as a human right
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0061173002
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$10.95 Read moreThe authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”–J. H. Plumb, New- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0300098588
- Language: English
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I Am Mozart, Too: The Lost Genius of Maria Anna Mozart
$18.99 Read moreTo everyone who has heard of my famous younger brother but has never heard of me.
I Am Mozart, Too is a picture book biography about Wolfgang’s older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, who was a child prodigy- Author: Ades, Audrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 0374314764
- Language: English
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Calico Captive
$9.99 Add to cartIn the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself ins
- Author: Speare, Elizabeth George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0618150765
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley
$8.99 Add to cartDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
1761–Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Africa and brought to America as a sl
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0802476392
- Language: English
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
$6.99 Add to cartCalled the “Great Pathfinder”, Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America’s pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid rea… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Kramer, S. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439026
- Language: English
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American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
$21.99 Add to cartPowerful and riveting, this Newbery Honor-winning narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever, the toll it took on the nation’s capital–and the eventual triumph over the disease.
Long before
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0395776082
- Language: English
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
$6.99 Add to cartAbigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to “remember the ladies” and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for eq… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Kelley, True
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 23 2014
- ISBN10: 0448478900
- Language: English
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Rush Revere and the First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans
$21.00 Read moreFrom America’s #1 radio talk show host and #1 New York Times bestselling author, the second book in a series for young readers with a history teacher who travels back in time to have adventures with e… [more below]
- Series: Rush Revere #2
- Author: Limbaugh, Rush
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1476755884
- Language: English
