Historical
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Texas Jack: America’s First Cowboy Star
$26.95 Add to cartTexas Jack: America’s First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. “Texas Jack” Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within … [more below]
- Author: Kerns, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493055410
- Language: English
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Papillon (Spanish Edition)
$16.95 Add to cart
Un clásico autobiográfico que relata la increÃble evasión de un hombre que vivió una auténtica odisea por perseguir aquello que nunca debió perder: la libertad. En 1931, Henri Charrière, apod- Author: Charriere, Henri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 8466342141
- Language: Spanish
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family’s Journey to Freedom
$19.99 Add to cartWhen John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook–two of them were his grandmother’s grandparents. He began the lifelong resear… [more below]
- Author: Baker, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1416567410
- Language: English
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Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of
$24.95 Read moreA fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society–in science, politics, art, and more–transformative. By the author a… [more below]
- Author: Clark, Valorie Castellanos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1797223631
- Language: English
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An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century
$36.95 Add to cartNo one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country’s most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic
- Series: Environmental History and the American South
- Author: Davis, Jack E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 810
- Publish Date: April 15 2011
- ISBN10: 082033779X
- Language: English
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
$25.99 Add to cartAn “engrossing and exciting” account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review).
At large during the most colorful … [more below]
- Author: Davis, William C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 756
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0156032597
- Language: English
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Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages
$21.99 Add to cartA Washington Post Most Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
“Delicious and infuriating . . . unputdownable.”–Sadie Stein, The New York Times
“A tour de force. . . . The stories are gripping, horrific a
- Author: Ciuraru, Carmela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0062356925
- Language: English
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
$20.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy.
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the- Author: Thomas, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0743258045
- Language: English
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Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
$19.99 Add to cartIn this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in “a rollicking good story” (Justin Marozzi).
Saladin remains one of the most iconic figure- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825422
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created–William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct–a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062251457
- Language: English
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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier
$29.99 Read moreThe Instant New York Times Besteller
National Bestseller “[The] authors’ finest work to date.” —Wall Street Journal
The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle- Author: Drury, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 20, 2021
- ISBN10: 1250247136
- Language: English
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The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
$26.99 Add to cartAn insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation’s father
The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother, based on archival sources- Author: Saxton, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1250619513
- Language: English
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Bede and the Theory of Everything
$25.00 Add to cartAn accessible biography of the venerable Bede, regarded as the father of English history.
This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the fo
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Brown, Michelle P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147883
- Language: English
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Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
$25.99 Add to cartAn eye-opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel’s Nutmeg.
In 1611, the merchants of London’s East India Company received a mysterious lett- Author: Milton, Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1250778255
- Language: English
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My Life With Helen: The Dean of the White House Press Corps Through Her Agent’s Eyes
$28.00 Add to cartThere’s no denying that Helen Thomas was a larger-than-life personality, but more importantly, she was a trailblazer for women in journalism. Professionally, she reported on more presidential administ
- Author: Nine, Diane S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1950544095
- Language: English
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Iconic Pittsburgh: The City’s 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things
$23.99 Add to cartThe Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country’s history. Pittsburgh’s past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that d… [more below]
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143596
- Language: English
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan
$9.99 Add to cartTake a firsthand journey into a time, society and world full of intrigue.
In the tenth century, Japan stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Sei Shonagon–a young courte- Author: Waley, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 4805314621
- Language: English
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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
$19.99 Add to cartThe inspiring story of three young Sudanese boys who were driven from their homes by civil war and began an epic odyssey of survival, facing life-threatening perils, ultimately finding their way to a … [more below]
- Author: Ajak, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1610395980
- Language: English
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Gertruda’s Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
$15.99 Add to cartTrapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler’s List.
Michael Stolo- Author: Oren, Ram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 03 2010
- ISBN10: 0385527195
- Language: English
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Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero
$22.00 Add to cartThe essential, “richly researched”* biography of Harriet Tubman, revealing a complex woman who “led a remarkable life, one that her race, her sex, and her origins make all the more extraordinary” (*Th… [more below]
- Series: Many Cultures, One World
- Author: Larson, Kate Clifford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0345456289
- Language: English
