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Radical Lincoln
Inside the Mind of America's Most Fascinating President
Written by K.M. Kostyal
Format: eBook, 55 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $3.99
Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, held a nation together during a brutal Civil War and changed the course of history by ending slavery. He has more books written about him than any other President of the United States but what do we really know about the “man” himself?... Read more >
Inside the Mind of America's Most Fascinating President
Written by K.M. Kostyal
Format: eBook, 55 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $3.99
Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, held a nation together during a brutal Civil War and changed the course of history by ending slavery. He has more books written about him than any other President of the United States but what do we really know about the “man” himself?... Read more >
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The Shooting Salvationist
J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America
Written by David R. Stokes
Foreword by Bob Schieffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Reverend Doctor J. Frank Norris was many things in the 1920's: a pastor who led the nation's first megachurch, a provocative publisher, and a pioneer broadcaster. With the flair of a great showman, he railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a congregation of more than 10,000 at... Read more >
J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America
Written by David R. Stokes
Foreword by Bob Schieffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Reverend Doctor J. Frank Norris was many things in the 1920's: a pastor who led the nation's first megachurch, a provocative publisher, and a pioneer broadcaster. With the flair of a great showman, he railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a congregation of more than 10,000 at... Read more >
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The Stammering Century
Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Gilbert Seldes, the author of The Stammering Century, writes:
This book is not a record of the major events in American history during
the nineteenth century. It is concerned with minor movements, with the
cults and manias of that period. Its personages are fanatics, and radicals,
and mountebanks. Its intention is to connect these secondary...
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The Stammering Century
Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus
Format: eBook, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Gilbert Seldes, the author of The Stammering Century, writes:
This book is not a record of the major events in American history during
the nineteenth century. It is concerned with minor movements, with the
cults and manias of that period. Its personages are fanatics, and radicals,
and mountebanks. Its intention is... Read more >
Written by Gilbert Seldes
Introduction by Greil Marcus
Format: eBook, 452 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Gilbert Seldes, the author of The Stammering Century, writes:
This book is not a record of the major events in American history during
the nineteenth century. It is concerned with minor movements, with the
cults and manias of that period. Its personages are fanatics, and radicals,
and mountebanks. Its intention is... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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A Wicked War
Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Written by Amy S. Greenberg
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $30.00
Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Written by Amy S. Greenberg
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $30.00
Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire...
Read more >
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A Wicked War
Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Written by Amy S. Greenberg
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.99
Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Written by Amy S. Greenberg
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $14.99
Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire...
Read more >
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Black Fire
The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Written by Robert Graysmith
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $26.00
The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Written by Robert Graysmith
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $26.00
The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.
When 28-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter...
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Black Fire
The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Written by Robert Graysmith
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $12.99
The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Written by Robert Graysmith
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $12.99
The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.
When 28-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter...
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Capital Views
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
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1950s American Fashion
Written by Jonathan Walford
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95
The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American. The United States had always relied on Europe for its style leads, but during World War II, when necessity became the mother of invention, the country had to find its own way. American designers looked to what American women... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Walford
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95
The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American. The United States had always relied on Europe for its style leads, but during World War II, when necessity became the mother of invention, the country had to find its own way. American designers looked to what American women... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
1950s American Fashion
Written by Jonathan Walford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $7.95
The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American. The United States had always relied on Europe for its style leads, but during World War II, when necessity became the mother of invention, the country had to find its own way. American designers looked to what American women... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Walford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $7.95
The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American. The United States had always relied on Europe for its style leads, but during World War II, when necessity became the mother of invention, the country had to find its own way. American designers looked to what American women... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Chancellorsville 1863
Jackson's Lightning Strike
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Following the debacle of the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General Joseph Hooker. Having reorganised the army and improved morale, he planned an attack... Read more >
Jackson's Lightning Strike
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Following the debacle of the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General Joseph Hooker. Having reorganised the army and improved morale, he planned an attack... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Fredericksburg 1862
'Clear The Way'
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In December 1862, things were still confused for the Union. Antietam had been a failure for both sides, and although the battle showed that the Union army could bring the Confederates to bay, it couldn't pin them in... Read more >
'Clear The Way'
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In December 1862, things were still confused for the Union. Antietam had been a failure for both sides, and although the battle showed that the Union army could bring the Confederates to bay, it couldn't pin them in... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Gettysburg 1863
High tide of the Confederacy
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's study of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiations, or win support from... Read more >
High tide of the Confederacy
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's study of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiations, or win support from... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Last Ride of the James-Younger Gang - Jesse James and the Northfield Raid 1876
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. In the past ten years Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. A string of daring robberies of banks, trains, and stagecoaches had brought them fame, admiration, hatred, and... Read more >
Written by Sean McLachlan
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. In the past ten years Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. A string of daring robberies of banks, trains, and stagecoaches had brought them fame, admiration, hatred, and... Read more >
Sherman's March to the Sea 18640
Atlanta to Savannah
Written by David Smith
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Riding on the wave of his victory at Atlanta, Union General W. T. Sherman abandoned his supply lines in an attempt to push his forces into Confederate territory and take Savannah. During their 285-mile 'March to the Sea' the army lived off the land and destroyed all war-making capabilities of the... Read more >
Atlanta to Savannah
Written by David Smith
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Riding on the wave of his victory at Atlanta, Union General W. T. Sherman abandoned his supply lines in an attempt to push his forces into Confederate territory and take Savannah. During their 285-mile 'March to the Sea' the army lived off the land and destroyed all war-making capabilities of the... Read more >
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US 10th Mountain Division in World War II
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $17.95
The 10th was the only American mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arrive in Europe until winter 1944/45, but then fought hard in the harsh mountainous... Read more >
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $17.95
The 10th was the only American mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arrive in Europe until winter 1944/45, but then fought hard in the harsh mountainous... Read more >
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eBook.
US 10th Mountain Division in World War II
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $13.95
The 10th was the only American mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arrive in Europe until winter 1944/45, but then fought hard in the harsh mountainous... Read more >
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $13.95
The 10th was the only American mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arrive in Europe until winter 1944/45, but then fought hard in the harsh mountainous... Read more >
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US Paratrooper 1941-45
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $14.95
In Sicily, Normandy, and in the frozen hills of the Ardennes, America's airborne warriors proved themselves some of the toughest and most determined soldiers of World War II (1939-1945). What made these soldiers so special? How were they recruited, how did they learn to jump and fight? What special tactics and... Read more >
Written by Carl Smith
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $14.95
In Sicily, Normandy, and in the frozen hills of the Ardennes, America's airborne warriors proved themselves some of the toughest and most determined soldiers of World War II (1939-1945). What made these soldiers so special? How were they recruited, how did they learn to jump and fight? What special tactics and... Read more >
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CULTURE AS HISTORY
Written by Warren Susman
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $12.99
Bringing together for the first time the best of twenty-five years of unique critical work, Warren Susman takes us on a startling tour through the conflicts and events which have transformed the social, political, and cultural face of America in this century. Probing a rich panoply of images from the mass... Read more >
Written by Warren Susman
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $12.99
Bringing together for the first time the best of twenty-five years of unique critical work, Warren Susman takes us on a startling tour through the conflicts and events which have transformed the social, political, and cultural face of America in this century. Probing a rich panoply of images from the mass... Read more >
Dead Center
A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War
Written by Ed Kugler
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $7.99
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS,
EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST.
Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo... Read more >
A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War
Written by Ed Kugler
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $7.99
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS,
EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST.
Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo... Read more >
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Part of Our Time
Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties
Written by Murray Kempton
Introduction by David Remnick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $16.95
Through brilliant portraits of real persons who created the myths and realities of the 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Murray Kempton brings that turbulent decade to life. Himself a child of the time, Kempton examines with the insight and imagination of a novelist the men and women who embraced, grappled with... Read more >
Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties
Written by Murray Kempton
Introduction by David Remnick
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $16.95
Through brilliant portraits of real persons who created the myths and realities of the 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Murray Kempton brings that turbulent decade to life. Himself a child of the time, Kempton examines with the insight and imagination of a novelist the men and women who embraced, grappled with... Read more >
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That's Not What They Meant!
Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... Read more >
Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... Read more >
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A Rope of Sand
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position... Read more >
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position... 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 >
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