Historical
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American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place
$34.95 Read moreCharles Duell was 31 years old when he inherited Middleton Place from his grandfather in 1969. His sudden inheritance compelled him to leave a finance career in New York and move his family to South C… [more below]
- Author: Beach, Virginia Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1929647654
- Language: English
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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
$32.00 Add to cartThe groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero.
In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart-when- Author: Puleo, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1250276276
- Language: English
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Almost Pioneers: One Couple’s Homesteading Adventure In The West
$16.95 Add to cartA really wonderful peek into the lives of a couple who tried the wide open west as homesteaders that reveals ineptitude as well as the usual pioneer bravado.
- Author: Fry, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0762784393
- Language: English
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David Crockett: The Lion of the West
$19.99 Add to cartPopular culture transformed his memory into “Davy Crockett,” and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. In this surprising New York Times bestseller, historian Michael Wallis has cast a… [more below]
- Author: Wallis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 23 2012
- ISBN10: 0393342271
- Language: English
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Young Lothar: An Underground Fugitive in Nazi Berlin
$23.28 Add to cartHis promising education was aborted; his close-knit family splintered. When the Gestapo came for Orbach’s mother on Christmas Eve 1942, they escaped with false papers; his mother found sanctuary with … [more below]
- Author: Orbach, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 1784537632
- Language: English
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As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries 1836-38
$36.95 Read moreThe authoritative sequel to Female Fortune, continuing the diaries of Anne Lister up to 1838, when she was at her most powerful.
- Author: Liddington, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1526157357
- Language: English
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White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America
$19.95 Add to cartFintan O’Toole, columnist and drama critic for the Irish Times, is the author of many other books, including A Traitor’s Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. His work frequently appears in Ame… [more below]
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: O’Toole, Fintan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1438427581
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
$22.00 Add to cartAn engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.
Hatshepsut–the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt’s throne–was expe- Author: Cooney, Kara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307956776
- Language: English
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Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire
$29.95 Add to cartTo coincide with the release of Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix, in November 2023.
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire offers an unprecedented insight into the mind of this extraordinary man
- Author: Papot, Emmanuelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0233005730
- Language: English
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Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla
$24.99 Add to cartNowhere was the Civil War as savage as it was in Missouri–and nowhere did it produce a killer more savage than William Anderson. For a brief but dramatic period, “Bloody Bill” played the leading role… [more below]
- Author: Castel, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: March 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0700614346
- Language: English
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The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World
$20.00 Add to cartA “well-researched and very readable new biography” (The Wall Street Journal) of “the Thomas Edison of guns,” a visionary inventor who designed the modern handgun and whose awe-inspiring array of fire… [more below]
- Author: Gorenstein, Nathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1982129220
- Language: English
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Seven Years in Tibet
$17.00 Add to cartThe astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover is now repackaged for a new generation of readers.
In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copie- Author: Harrer, Heinrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 20 2009
- ISBN10: 1585427438
- Language: English
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The Autobiography and Other Writings
$12.00 Add to cartBenjamin Franklin’s writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. This volume includes Franklin’s … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437603
- Language: English
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst of Wickedness
$11.99 Add to cartBorn into a loving family, Dietrich Bonhoeffer pursued a life as a pastor, teacher, theologian — and spy. He spoke out about the trouble in Germany when Adolph Hitler came to power, urging the Christ… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 207
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1576587134
- Language: English
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The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
$32.95 Read moreBetween 1801 and 1812, North West Company fur trader, explorer, and cartographer David Thompson established two viable trade routes across the Rocky Mountains in Canada and systematically surveyed the
- Author: Nisbet, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0874222850
- Language: English
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Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes
$19.99 Add to cartAn acclaimed award-winning non-fiction international political thriller exposing the real reason for Watergate, the hidden death of Howard Hughes, and the illicit activities of the CIA, with the CIA’s
- Author: Bellett, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: August 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1778287417
- Language: English
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
$22.99 Add to cartAn engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Team of Rivals
Hailed by the New York Times as “the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I ha- Author: Kearns Goodwin, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1250313961
- Language: English
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A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth
$18.99 Add to cart“An absorbing, perceptive biography…Deftly crafted history illuminates the nation’s earliest days.” —Kirkus Reviews
Sometime between 1610 and 1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. The idea- Author: Mack, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1641605987
- Language: English
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
$21.99 Read more“Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating.”–Jon Meacham
Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first b
- Author: Thompson, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268590
- Language: English
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Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook
$18.99 Add to cartIn the annals of seafaring and exploration, there is one name that immediately evokes visions of the open ocean, billowing sails, visiting strange, exotic lands previously uncharted, and civilizations… [more below]
- Author: Dugard, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 30 2002
- ISBN10: 0743400690
- Language: English
