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Tombstone - Wyatt Earp, the O.K. Corral, and the Vendetta Ride 1881-82
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
The Gunfight at the OK Corral on 26 October 1881 is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West. It led to a series of violent incidents that culminated in the Vendetta Ride, in which Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and several other gunslingers went after their rivals the Cowboys.
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Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
The Gunfight at the OK Corral on 26 October 1881 is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West. It led to a series of violent incidents that culminated in the Vendetta Ride, in which Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and several other gunslingers went after their rivals the Cowboys.
Like... Read more >
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Tombstone - Wyatt Earp, the O.K. Corral, and the Vendetta Ride 1881-82
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
The Gunfight at the OK Corral on 26 October 1881 is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West. It led to a series of violent incidents that culminated in the Vendetta Ride, in which Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and several other gunslingers went after their rivals the Cowboys.
Like... Read more >
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
The Gunfight at the OK Corral on 26 October 1881 is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West. It led to a series of violent incidents that culminated in the Vendetta Ride, in which Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and several other gunslingers went after their rivals the Cowboys.
Like... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
A Scattered People
Written by Gerald McFarland
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
The movement of millions of ordinary people westward across the American continent was one of the great folk migrations of all time, stretching over two centuries and thousands of hard-traveled miles. Using a canvas as broad as the country itself, Gerald McFarland turns this journey into a resonant personal experience by... Read more >
Written by Gerald McFarland
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
The movement of millions of ordinary people westward across the American continent was one of the great folk migrations of all time, stretching over two centuries and thousands of hard-traveled miles. Using a canvas as broad as the country itself, Gerald McFarland turns this journey into a resonant personal experience by... Read more >
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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
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...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.99
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.99
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...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $30.00
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $30.00
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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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $30.00
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $30.00
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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A Disposition to Be Rich
Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book
The compelling behind-the-scenes story of the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age, whose villainy bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and stunned the world of finance—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ferdinand Ward, the son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor, moved to New York...
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Snow-Storm in August
The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington's Race Riot of 1835
Written by Jefferson Morley
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington's Race Riot of 1835
Written by Jefferson Morley
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen, who stumbled home drunkenly one night, picked up an axe, and threatened his owner, respected socialite Anna Thornton...
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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 >
Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Stephen Walsh
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's examination of the brief but colorful history of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, detailing the rich experiences of the men who fought in its ranks. Founded in May 1898, the unit's actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898) have passed into military and national legend. The men who volunteered... Read more >
Written by Alejandro Quesada
Illustrated by Stephen Walsh
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's examination of the brief but colorful history of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, detailing the rich experiences of the men who fought in its ranks. Founded in May 1898, the unit's actions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898) have passed into military and national legend. The men who volunteered... Read more >
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Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: Trade Paperback, 340 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $19.00
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: Trade Paperback, 340 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $19.00
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $11.99
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Written by Thomas J. Reigstad
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $11.99
In August 1869, a thirty-three-year-old journalist named Samuel Clemens - or as he was later known, Mark Twain - moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful newspaper editor of the Buffalo Morning Express in the thriving, up-and-coming metropolis at the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Born on a Mountaintop
On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Written by Bob Thompson
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $27.00
Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he... Read more >
On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Written by Bob Thompson
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $27.00
Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Born on a Mountaintop
On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Written by Bob Thompson
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he... Read more >
On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier
Written by Bob Thompson
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
Combining the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife, Born on a Mountaintop delves deep into our love for an American icon.
Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Eighty Days
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Eighty Days
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Eighty Days
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $25.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $25.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Big Four
Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 418 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $15.99
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Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 418 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $15.99
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Sea Routes to the Gold Fields
Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $20.99
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Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $20.99
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Silver Kings
Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $18.99
Thousands of readers remember with pleasure Oscar Lewis’s fine book on the Western railroad robber barons, The Big Four. Silver Kings is a companion piece, dealing as it does with the big four of the Nevada Comstock Lode, one of the greatest of all silver mines. These were really fabulous men... Read more >
Written by Oscar Lewis
Format: eBook, 286 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $18.99
Thousands of readers remember with pleasure Oscar Lewis’s fine book on the Western railroad robber barons, The Big Four. Silver Kings is a companion piece, dealing as it does with the big four of the Nevada Comstock Lode, one of the greatest of all silver mines. These were really fabulous men... Read more >
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A Shadow on the Household
One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom
Written by Bryan Prince
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $12.99
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada
Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were... Read more >
One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom
Written by Bryan Prince
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $12.99
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada
Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were... Read more >
Also available as a
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 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 >
