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Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Written by Erik Larson
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 17, 2002
Price: $22.95
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the... Read more >
Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
Written by Tom Reiss
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $11.99
Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo – a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
The real-life protagonist of The Black Count, General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown...
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Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
Written by Tom Reiss
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.00
WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
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...
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The Unmooring of American Military Power
Written by Rachel Maddow
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $15.00
The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war.
Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war. To understand how we've arrived at... Read more >
The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $13.99
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
BONUS: This edition contains a The Tudors discussion guide.
Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer provides a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty—and some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. In 1485, Henry Tudor, whose claim to the English throne was so weak as to... Read more >
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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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A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Written by Dakota Meyer and Bing West
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $16.00
“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony
In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the... Read more >
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Death and the American Civil War
Written by Drew Gilpin Faust
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing...
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Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941
Written by Lynne Olson
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $30.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II—a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world.
At the center... Read more >
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A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
Written by Tom Kizzia
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $25.00
Into the Wild meets Helter Skelter in this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in the deepest reaches of the Alaskan wilderness – and of the chilling secrets of its maniacal, spellbinding patriarch.
When Papa Pilgrim appeared in the Alaska frontier outpost of McCarthy with his wife and fifteen children in tow, his... Read more >
