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David McCullough - 1776

In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the ...

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Latest review by toiletoctopus Nov 28, 2010

"There are plenty of history books on George Washington and the Revolutionary War, that it can leave..." Read full review

$5 - $39

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John Gibson Warry - Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome

This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the ...

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$13 - $21

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Chris Matthews - Hardball: How Politics Is Played-Told by One Who Knows the Game

Free Worldwide Delivery : Hardball : Paperback : SIMON & SCHUSTER : 9780684845593 : 0684845598 : 02 Nov 1999 : Explains behind-the-scenes ...

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Latest review by Bounty628 Feb 8, 2005

"Most of us know Chris Matthews for his bombastic television show Hardball. His show is known for b..." Read full review

$14

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James Bradley and Ron Powers - Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima

Provides the true story of the actions that led to the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima by the American Marines in February 1945, complete with maps ...

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Latest review by popsrocks Oct 3, 2006

"I started reading Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley at the beginning of the summer. I took it on..." Read full review

$8

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Frederick Douglass and Philip Sheldon Foner - Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War Mpn: Selections from His Writings

Representative selections from the great body of speeches and writings of the great abolitionist and statesman focus on the slave trade, the Civil ...

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$2

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Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker - The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

This history examines the rich circulation of ideas of freedom among the multiracial, multinational mix of workers in the maritime world of the ...

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Latest review by auntieruth Jul 25, 2008

"Many years ago an eminent historian suggested that the American idea of freedom emerged out of the c..." Read full review

$18 - $25

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Rena Kornreich Gelissen and Heather Dune MacAdam - Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz

Rena Kornriech recounts her more than three years spent in the Nazi death camps along with her younger sister.

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Latest review by knotheadusc May 3, 2010

"It's ironic that I finished reading Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz (1995) last nigh..." Read full review

$14

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Sherry Sontag, Annette Lawrence Drew, Christopher Drew - Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

<P>For decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage in missions known only to a select ...

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Latest review by randallw Nov 17, 2007

"Blind Man's Bluff is a collection of select stories involving covert missions by submarines of the U..." Read full review

$9

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Yong Kim and Suk Young Kim - Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp-a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is ...

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$20

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Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

One of the twentieth century's most thorough and discerning historians, Karl Polanyi sheds 'new illumination on . . . the social implications of a ...

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Latest review by braydenk Jun 3, 2003

"What a great title! It must take a great deal of confidence/guts/brilliance to label one&#146s work..." Read full review

$11 - $25

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Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson - Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

In 2005, Marcus Luttrell and his four-man Navy SEAL team were in the mountains along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan hunting down a dangerous ...

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Latest review by k1rdm Jun 28, 2009

"A retired Air Force officer with whom I work recommended this book. I purchased it from Amazon..." Read full review

$7 - $25

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Fred Anderson - Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766

Demonstrating that the decisive "Seven Years' War" changed the balance of power between the British and French in North America, the author argues ...

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Latest review by mkp51 Feb 10, 2001

"Crucible of War is a magnificent book... a fascinating, sumptuously written, richly textured,..." Read full review

$23

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Frances Stonor Saunders - The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters

In addition to being short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award upon publication in 2000, Frances Stonor Saunders's <I>The Cultural Cold ...

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Latest review by ArtAllen Jun 20, 2000

"The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts & Letters By Frances S. Sa..." Read full review

$11 - $29

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Stanley Karnow - Vietnam: A History

A study of American involvement in Vietnam discusses the historical background, politics, military campaigns, and consequences of American ...

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Latest review by alexdg1 Nov 17, 2004

"The recent Presidential election of 2004, which pitted a decorated naval officer-turned-antiwar prot..." Read full review

$9 - $23

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Winston Churchill - Second World War

Free Worldwide Delivery : World War II : Paperback : HOUGHTON MIFFLIN : 9780395416853 : 039541685X : 09 May 1986 : Churchill's six-volume history of ...

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Latest review by George_Chabot Oct 28, 2006

"The Second World War, by Winston Churchill This item refers to the complete six-volume paperback edi..." Read full review

$73

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