Revolutionary Summer
The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $26.95
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
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Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $28.00
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who...
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Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $35.00
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history—the most intimate and richly readable account we have had—of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and...
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Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $12.99
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who...
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Double Cross
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military accomplishment, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies...
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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-DispatchIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
American Lion and
Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary...
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Written by Anne Frank
Translated by B.M. Mooyaart
Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1993
Price: $5.99
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her...
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The Black Count
Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Written by Tom Reiss
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.00
SLAVE. SOLDIER. LIBERATOR. HERO.
General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
But, hidden behind General Dumas's swashbuckling adventures was an even more...
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