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To Move the World
JFK's Quest for Peace
Written by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $26.00
An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty
The last great campaign of John F. Kennedy’s... Read more >
JFK's Quest for Peace
Written by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $26.00
An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty
The last great campaign of John F. Kennedy’s... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
To Move the World
JFK's Quest for Peace
Written by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $12.99
An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty
The last great campaign of John F. Kennedy’s... Read more >
JFK's Quest for Peace
Written by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $12.99
An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty
The last great campaign of John F. Kennedy’s... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.95
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.95
Ulysses Grant emerges in this masterful biography as a genius in battle and a driven president to a divided country, who remained fearlessly on the side of right. He was a beloved commander in the field who made the sacrifices necessary to win the war, even in the face of criticism...
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Read by Dan Woren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $32.50
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Read by Dan Woren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $32.50
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
Also available as an
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Roosevelt's Centurions
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself “Dr... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Eisenhower in War and Peace
Written by Jean Edward Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $20.00
Written by Jean Edward Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $20.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Magisterial.”—The New York Times
In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America’s thirty-fourth president...
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The Passage of Power
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $18.95
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $18.95
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE
NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Economist *...
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The Gentleman Boss
Written by Thomas Reeves
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $19.99
“ ‘Chet’ Arthur President of the United States. Good God!” was perhaps the most pithy contemporary reaction to the accession of the twenty-first Chief Executive. It has certainly been the most enduring, even though Arthur himself has remained an enigma—in large part because this shrewd, secretive New Yorker saw to it... Read more >
Written by Thomas Reeves
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $19.99
“ ‘Chet’ Arthur President of the United States. Good God!” was perhaps the most pithy contemporary reaction to the accession of the twenty-first Chief Executive. It has certainly been the most enduring, even though Arthur himself has remained an enigma—in large part because this shrewd, secretive New Yorker saw to it... Read more >
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Madison and Jefferson
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $20.00
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense... Read more >
Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $20.00
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense... Read more >
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Two Americans
Truman, Eisenhower and a Dangerous World
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.95
Truman, Eisenhower and a Dangerous World
Written by William Lee Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.95
From William Lee Miller, the highly regarded biographer of Abraham Lincoln, a riveting dual examination of Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower that explores the similarities and equally striking differences of two remarkable men in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture and politics.
Two Americans weaves together the life stories of Truman and...
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Crusade in Europe
Written by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 559 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2013
Price: $17.99
Dedicated to the Allied Soldier, Sailor and Airman of WWII. Read more >
Written by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 559 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2013
Price: $17.99
Dedicated to the Allied Soldier, Sailor and Airman of WWII. Read more >
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John Quincy Adams
A Public Life, A Private Life
Written by Paul C. Nagel
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $20.99
A Public Life, A Private Life
Written by Paul C. Nagel
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $20.99
February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington D.C.: Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker’s chamber. The public mourning that followed, writes Paul C. Nagel, “exceeded anything previously seen in America. Forgotten was his failed presidency and...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by Edward Herrmann and Jon Meacham
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $50.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by Edward Herrmann and Jon Meacham
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $50.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by Edward Herrmann and Jon Meacham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $27.50
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Read by Edward Herrmann and Jon Meacham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $27.50
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 1376 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $35.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Trade Paperback, 1376 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $35.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $35.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $35.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
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Eisenhower
The White House Years
Written by Jim Newton
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.95
Newly discovered and declassified documents make for a surprising and revealing portrait of the president we thought we knew.
America’s thirty-fourth president was belittled by his critics as the babysitter-in-chief. This new look reveals how wrong they were. Dwight Eisenhower was bequeathed the atomic bomb and refused to use it. He ground... Read more >
The White House Years
Written by Jim Newton
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $16.95
Newly discovered and declassified documents make for a surprising and revealing portrait of the president we thought we knew.
America’s thirty-fourth president was belittled by his critics as the babysitter-in-chief. This new look reveals how wrong they were. Dwight Eisenhower was bequeathed the atomic bomb and refused to use it. He ground... Read more >
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $60.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $60.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $25.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $25.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: eBook, 720 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $13.99
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: eBook, 720 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $13.99
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $35.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $35.00
From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.
Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee
How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom.
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Also available as an
eBook.
Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee
How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom.
Thus... Read more >
How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom.
Thus... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
