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

Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2001
Price: $22.00

Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize

In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War—long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution—takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict... Read more >

The Americans: The National Experience

Written by Daniel J. Boorstin

Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: February 12, 1967
Price: $17.95

Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize  

This second volume of The Americans explores the problems of community and the search for a national identity.

"This is the history of a nation from 'beginning again and again, under men's very eyes.' I can only repeat that this is a fine book--controversial certainly, but a... Read more >

The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Written by Robert A. Caro

Format: Trade Paperback, 1344 pages
On Sale: July 12, 1975
Price: $25.00

This is Caro's examination of how one man, Robert Moses, shaped the politics, the physical structure, and even the problems of urban decline in the city and state of New York.

Winner of both the Pulitzer and Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping)... Read more >

The Unredeemed Captive
A Family Story from Early America
Written by John Putnam Demos

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 28, 1995
Price: $16.00

Nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize and the Ray Allen Billington Prize

In 1704 a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, abducting an eminent Puritan minister and his children. Although John Williams and most... Read more >

Been in the Storm So Long
The Aftermath of Slavery
Written by Leon F. Litwack

Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1980
Price: $16.76

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites... Read more >

FDR

Written by Jean Edward Smith

Format: Trade Paperback, 880 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $20.00

Winner, 2008 Francis Parkman Prize

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean Edward Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to provide an engrossing narrative of one of... Read more >