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The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307806857
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The Wars of the Roses

Written by Alison Weir


Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $11.99

Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal House of Lancaster... Read more >
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In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts
Written by Erik Larson, Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307914583
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In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Written by Erik Larson
Read by Stephen Hoye


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $22.50

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review
  
Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during... Read more >
Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
Written by Anne Applebaum
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400095933
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Iron Curtain
The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Written by Anne Applebaum


Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2013
Price: $17.95

National Book Award Finalist
TIME Magazine's #1 Nonfiction Book of 2012
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2012
Best Nonfiction of 2012: The Wall Street Journal, The Plain Dealer

In the much-anticipated follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag, acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of... Read more >
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345467393
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Seabiscuit
An American Legend
Written by Laura Hillenbrand


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $11.99

BONUS: This edition contains a Seabiscuit discussion guide and an excerpt from Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise... Read more >
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Written by Laura Hillenbrand
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Seabiscuit
An American Legend
Written by Laura Hillenbrand


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2002
Price: $16.00

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad... Read more >
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307237811
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Written by Jack Weatherford


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $11.99

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of... Read more >
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Written by Robert K. Massie
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ISBN: 9780345408778
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Written by Robert K. Massie


Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $20.00

“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure... Read more >
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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck
Written by Erik Larson
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ISBN: 9781400080670
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Thunderstruck

Written by Erik Larson


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $16.00

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush”

In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases... Read more >
The Passage of Power
The Passage of Power
Written by Robert A. Caro
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ISBN: 9780375713255
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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 account of the Kennedy assassination The New York Times calls "the most riveting ever."

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...

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The Lady in Gold
The Lady in Gold
Written by Anne-Marie O'Connor
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307957566
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The Lady in Gold
The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
Written by Anne-Marie O'Connor


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $15.99

The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century Vienna that shaped it; and... Read more >
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