United States - 20th Century
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American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice
$19.95 Add to cartA “powerful text” (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern America
American Prophets sheds critical new light on the lives and thought of seven major prophetic fi- Author: Raboteau, Albert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0691181128
- Language: English
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The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius
$24.00 Add to cartOn the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act taking effect comes the epic, definitive story of the man who cracked the Prohibition system and helped inspire The Great Gatsby.
“[Batchelor] makes this- Author: Batchelor, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1635767385
- Language: English
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Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda
$49.95 Add to cartWinner of the Goldsmith Book Prize by the Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Manipulating the Masses tells the story of the enduring threat to American democracy that arose- Author: Hamilton, John Maxwell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0807170771
- Language: English
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Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire
$33.00 Add to cartAlmost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898. As America became an overseas empire, a handful of … [more below]
- Series: Studies in Legal History
- Author: Erman, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 291
- Publish Date: October 24 2019
- ISBN10: 110840149X
- Language: English
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The America We Deserve
$36.00 Add to cartThe essential, bestselling book that first defined President Donald Trump’s political ideas.
The America We Deserve is the essential book for anyone who wants to understand the core of Donald Trump’s- Author: Trump, Donald J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 15 2000
- ISBN10: 1580631312
- Language: English
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
$23.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History
Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award
Shortlisted for the 2018… [more below]- Author: Steil, Benn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: February 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1501102389
- Language: English
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The Train to Crystal City: Fdr’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
$22.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II: “A must-read….The Train to Crystal City is compell… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Jan Jarboe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1451693672
- Language: English
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Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
$21.00 Add to cartThe classic account of the final offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich.The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler’s … [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Cornelius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0684803291
- Language: English
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The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963
$24.99 Add to cartWilliam Manchester’s epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester s- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0316370711
- Language: English
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American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
$18.00 Add to cartThe story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone from bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands
With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. B- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119559
- Language: English
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The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America’s Empire
$36.95 Add to cartThe Kennedys in the World tells a new, rich, fascinating, and consequential story about Jack, Bobby, and Ted Kennedy. From an early age the brothers developed a deep understanding of the different peo… [more below]
- Author: Haas, Lawrence J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1640123849
- Language: English
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The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow F.D.R.
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating and alarmingly true.”–Time Magazine. The true story of a plot to overthrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the nearly forgotten Marine who saved American Democracy.
Many simply don’t know- Author: Archer, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 1632203588
- Language: English
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Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans
$41.67 Add to cartAs the US entered World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a strong cultural tie to the Allies, and French … [more below]
- Author: Altobello, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1496846508
- Language: English
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A High Courage: A Novel Based on a Young Woman’s Journey to Protect Her Children
$19.99 Add to cartWidowed. Homeless. Alone.
How will a brave young woman support her six children in a man’s world?
When her husband dies suddenly in 1928, North Carolina farmwife, Mary Heath, has to figure out how to ra
- Author: Piner, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988116110
- Language: English
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Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
$39.67 Add to cartWinner of the 2011 Merle Curti award, an epic account that recasts the 1970s as the key turning point in modern U.S. history, from the renowned historian
A wide-ranging cultural and political history
- Author: Cowie, Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 1595587071
- Language: English
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A Chance to Harmonize: How Fdr’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression–One Song at a Time
$29.95 Add to cartThe remarkable story of a hidden New Deal program that tried to change America and end the Great Depression using folk music, laying the groundwork for the folk revival and having a lasting impact on … [more below]
- Author: Kaskowitz, Sheryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365710
- Language: English
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Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana
$47.93 Add to cartHistory is being made in U.S.-Cuban relations. Now in paperback and updated to tell the real story behind the stunning December 17, 2014, announcement by President Obama and President Castro of their … [more below]
- Author: Leogrande, William M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1469626608
- Language: English
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Made in Hanford: The Bomb That Changed the World
$22.95 Read moreOn the eve of World War II, news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Researchers in the United States scrambled to verify results and furt
- Author: Williams, Hill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0874223075
- Language: English
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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
$22.99 Add to cartGail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women’s lives over the past 50 years, with her usual “sly wit and unfussy style” (People).
When Eve- Author: Collins, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0316014044
- Language: English
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Don’t Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
$17.00 Add to cart“A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane” (Kirkus Reviews), Don’t Make Me Pull Over! offers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips–before portable DVD players, smartphone… [more below]
- Author: Ratay, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1501188755
- Language: English
