33 books in History - North America
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Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
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Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
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eBook.
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1812
A Traveler's Guide to the War That Defined a Continent
Written by National Geographic
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.95
This official guide to the War of 1812 takes readers on a fascinating tour of the prominent historical sites in both Canada and the U.S. Timed for bicentennial celebrations continuing though 2015, this guide is published in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada, and is ideal for... Read more >
A Traveler's Guide to the War That Defined a Continent
Written by National Geographic
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.95
This official guide to the War of 1812 takes readers on a fascinating tour of the prominent historical sites in both Canada and the U.S. Timed for bicentennial celebrations continuing though 2015, this guide is published in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada, and is ideal for... Read more >
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So Far from God
The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
Written by John S.D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $11.99
The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and... Read more >
The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
Written by John S.D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $11.99
The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and... Read more >
The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Brian Delf
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
"New France" consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th century. At its peak in the early 18th century its territory was huge, stretching from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico. This title reviews the lengthy chain of forts built to... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Brian Delf
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
"New France" consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America from the 16th to the 18th century. At its peak in the early 18th century its territory was huge, stretching from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico. This title reviews the lengthy chain of forts built to... Read more >
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The Barbarous Years
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
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eBook and a
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The Barbarous Years
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.99
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.99
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Imagining Canada
A Century of Photographs Preserved By The New York Times
Written by William Morassutti
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $40.00
A Century of Photographs Preserved By The New York Times
Written by William Morassutti
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $40.00
Sophisticated and well-curated, this photographic tour through Canada's history documents the nation's evolution over more than a century, as seen through the lens of photographers from The New York Times. The book compiles more than 100 iconic, momentous and inspiring images of Canada and includes ten commentary pieces from a range...
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American Culture, American Tastes
Social Change and the 2th Century
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
Americans have a long history of public arguments about taste, the uses of leisure, and what is culturally appropriate in a democracy that has a strong work ethic. Michael Kammen surveys these debates as well as our changing taste preferences, especially in the past century, and the shifting perceptions that have... Read more >
Social Change and the 2th Century
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
Americans have a long history of public arguments about taste, the uses of leisure, and what is culturally appropriate in a democracy that has a strong work ethic. Michael Kammen surveys these debates as well as our changing taste preferences, especially in the past century, and the shifting perceptions that have... Read more >
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A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $26.95
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present
Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the... Read more >
Written by Kim E. Nielsen
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $26.95
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present
Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
A Disability History of the United States
Written by Kim E. Nielsen
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $26.95
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present
Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the... Read more >
Written by Kim E. Nielsen
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $26.95
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present
Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Native American History
Written by Judith Nies
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $12.99
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY:
A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE.
Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples as they evolved against a global backdrop. This fascinating... Read more >
Written by Judith Nies
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $12.99
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY:
A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE.
Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples as they evolved against a global backdrop. This fascinating... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Borderlands
Riding the Edge of America
Written by Derek Lundy
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
"The periphery of a place can tell us a great deal about its heartland. along the edge of a nation's territory, its real prejudices, fears and obsessions - but also its virtues - irrepressibly bubble up as its people confront the 'other' whom they admire, or fear, or hold in contempt... Read more >
Riding the Edge of America
Written by Derek Lundy
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
"The periphery of a place can tell us a great deal about its heartland. along the edge of a nation's territory, its real prejudices, fears and obsessions - but also its virtues - irrepressibly bubble up as its people confront the 'other' whom they admire, or fear, or hold in contempt... Read more >
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Heart So Hungry
A Woman's Extraordinary Journey into the Labrador Wilderness
Written by Randall Silvis
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $11.99
A gripping cold weather, true-life adventure, Heart So Hungry tells the story of a race across Labrador and one woman’s determination — inspired by grief and fed by outrage — to set the record straight.
A remarkable adventure, a love story and a thrilling race are all front and centre in this... Read more >
A Woman's Extraordinary Journey into the Labrador Wilderness
Written by Randall Silvis
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $11.99
A gripping cold weather, true-life adventure, Heart So Hungry tells the story of a race across Labrador and one woman’s determination — inspired by grief and fed by outrage — to set the record straight.
A remarkable adventure, a love story and a thrilling race are all front and centre in this... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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First Salute
A View of the American Revolution
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $13.99
"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly... Read more >
A View of the American Revolution
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $13.99
"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly... Read more >
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Making Haste from Babylon
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped baseball’s color line to much fanfare, but integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once-vibrant Negro Leagues and often... Read more >
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped baseball’s color line to much fanfare, but integration was painful as well as triumphal. It gutted the once-vibrant Negro Leagues and often... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $25.95
From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball
After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded...
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The Forts of Colonial North America
British, Dutch and Swedish colonies
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
The second in a two-volume study of forts in colonial North America, this title offers a detailed look at various types of fortifications built between the times of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War, when France ceded... Read more >
British, Dutch and Swedish colonies
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
The second in a two-volume study of forts in colonial North America, this title offers a detailed look at various types of fortifications built between the times of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War, when France ceded... Read more >
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Indian Givers
How Native Americans Transformed the World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $15.00
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful...Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack... Read more >
How Native Americans Transformed the World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $15.00
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful...Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack... Read more >
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Indian Givers
How Native Americans Transformed the World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $11.99
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful...Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack... Read more >
How Native Americans Transformed the World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $11.99
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful...Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Making Haste from Babylon
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Read by Bernadette Dunne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $27.50
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Read by Bernadette Dunne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $27.50
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Making Haste from Babylon
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $13.99
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $13.99
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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A Tolerable Anarchy
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $16.00
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $16.00
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
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eBook.
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A Tolerable Anarchy
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $11.99
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $11.99
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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