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Quick view A Stillness at Appomattox: The army of the Potomac Trilogy by Bruce Catton Undoubtedly Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Caton recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope... View Details
Quick view The Civil War: The Final Year Told by Those Who Lived It by Aaron Sheehan-Dean This final installment of the highly acclaimed four-volume series traces events from March 1864 to June 1865. It provides an incomparable portrait of a nation at war with itself, while illuminating the military and political events that brought the... View Details
Quick view The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton Three of the founding fathers defend their revolutionary charter--the Constitution of the United States--in these essays. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788, this edition includes copies of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of... View Details
Quick view The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright A gripping narrative that spans five decades, " "The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center... View Details
Quick view Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, Wait. But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim when you see the vast majority of... View Details
Quick view The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle by Clayborne Carson A record of one of the greatest and most turbulent movements of this century, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader is essential for anyone interested in learning how far the American civil rights movements has come and how far it has to go. View Details
Quick view Hiroshima by John Hersey Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter... View Details
Quick view The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 by Robert S McElvaine Repackaged to tie-in to a forthcoming PBS series on the Great Depression scheduled to air in October, this perennially popular work is fully revised to include new scholarship published over the last eight years. One of the country's premier scholars on... View Details
Quick view Trail of Tears The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle The fascinating portrayal of the Cherokee nation, filled with Native American legend, lore, and religion -- a gripping American drama of power, politics, betrayal, and ambition. View Details
Quick view 33 Things Every Girl Should Know about Women's History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E.R.A by Tonya Bolden Featuring contributions from a wide variety of women, including well-known nonfiction writers, a children's librarian, historians, and many more, this latest addition to the 33 Things series provides an engaging, inspiring, informative look at the role... View Details
Quick view The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower. View Details
Quick view Stories of Scottsboro by Jame E Goodman An astonishing and innovative retelling of one of the landmark cases in the civil rights battles of this century--in which nine young black men were tried and convicted three separate times for raping two white women, and were finally freed by the... View Details
