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The Abuse of Power: The Permanent Government and the Fall of New Yorkby Jack Newfield, Paul A. Du BrulISBN 0670102040 (0-670-10204-0)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Military Engagement 1975-2000by Peter A. HuchthausenISBN 0670032328 (0-670-03232-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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American Foreign Policy: A Historyby Kenneth J. Hagan, Thomas G. Paterson, J. Garry CliffordISBN 0669045675 (0-669-04567-5)
Softcover, D.C. Heath
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The American Revolutionby Bruce Lancaster, J. H. Plumb, Richard M. KetchumISBN 0618127399 (0-618-12739-9)
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Americans: Reconstruction Through The 20th Centuryby Nancy Woloch, Louis E. Wilson, J. Jorge Klor De Alva, Gerald DanzerISBN 0618108149 (0-618-10814-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin School
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Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphillis Experimentby James H. JonesISBN 0614225019 (0-614-22501-9)
Softcover, Independent Pub Group
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Bold Journeyby Charles BohnerISBN 0618437185 (0-618-43718-5)
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditchby Jean Lee Latham, John O'Hara CosgraveISBN 0618250743 (0-618-25074-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carry On, Mr. Bowditch'Book summary:Readers today are still fascinated by Nat, an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailors worldSalem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didnt promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by log, lead, and lookout. Nats long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the Sailors Bible ), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.[via]More editions of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch:
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Charlie Wilson's Warby George CrileISBN 0613998057 (0-613-99805-7)
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Childrenby David HalberstamISBN 0613171403 (0-613-17140-3)
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Children of the Great Depressionby Russell FreedmanISBN 0618446303 (0-618-44630-3)
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The Chinese in America: A Narrative Historyby Iris ChangISBN 0670031232 (0-670-03123-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princetonby Jerome KarabelISBN 061877355X (0-618-77355-X)
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The competition for a spot in the Ivy Leaguewidely considered the ticket to successis fierce and getting fiercer. But the admissions policies of elite universities have long been both tightly controlled and shrouded in secrecy. In The Chosen, the Berkeley sociologist Jerome Karabel lifts the veil on a century of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. How did the policies of our elite schools evolve? Whom have they let in and why? And what do those policies say about America?
A grand narrative brimming with insights, The Chosen provides a lens through which to examine some of the main events and movements of America in the twentieth centuryfrom immigration restriction and the Great Depression to the dropping of the atomic bomb and the launching of Sputnik, from the Cold War to the triumph of the market ethos.
Many of Karabels findings are astonishing: the admission of blacks into the Ivy League wasnt an idealistic response to the civil rights movement but a fearful reaction to inner-city riots; Yale and Princeton decided to accept women only after realizing that they were losing men to colleges (such as Harvard and Stanford) that had begun accepting the second sex ; Harvard had a systematic quota on intellectuals until quite recently; and discrimination against Asian Americans in the 1980s mirrored the treatment of Jews earlier in the century.
Drawing on decades of meticulous research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of merit in college admissions, showing how it shapedand was shaped bythe country at large. Full of colorful characters, from FDR and Woodrow Wilson to Kingman Brewster and Archibald Cox, The Chosen charts the century-long battle over opportunityand offers a new and deeply original perspective on American history.
Jerome Karabel is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow of the Longview Institute. An award-winning author, he has written for the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, the Nation, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
In vivid and electrifying prose, Karabel exposes the intimate and occasionally scandalous social and political relationships that marked college admissions at the Big Three throughout the twentieth century. The Chosen is a refreshingly candid account of the admissions madness at elite colleges, where merit often functioned simply as a handmaiden to power. -- Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor at Harvard Law School and coauthor of The Miners Canary
Millions of Americans think of the Ivy League as a training ground for the best and brightest. But for most of the twentieth century Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were more interested in sustaining the aristocracy than in shaping the nations intellectual elite. Jerome Karabels marvelous study traces the titanic struggles that defined--and redefined--the Ivy ideal. An utterly absorbing account of politics and privilege on Americas most revered campuses. -- Kevin Boyle, National Book Award-winning author of Arc of Justice
This is a remarkable book. Until you read it, you can have no real idea how crudely these elite universities discriminated in admissions -- against women, Jews, blacks, and others. It is a staggering hidden history. --Anthony Lewis, former New York Times columnist and author of Gideons Trumpet
A magisterial and even-handed account of a vexed and important issue. -- Justin Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain and Walt Whitman
As someone who was chosen for Princeton a long time ago (but surely couldnt get in now), I was fascinated by Jerome Karabels full and rich account of how my alma mater, and Harvard and Yale, picked us so often for all the wrong reasons. I learned much more about my species from reading The Chosen than everr I did when I was there myself, in flower. -- Frank Deford, NPR commentator and author of The Old Ball Game
"The Chosen is a tour de force of investigative sociology. Burrowing into the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton archives, Karabel has found out where a lot of minds as well as bodies were buried, then exhumed them and dragged them into the light. Anyone who wishes to understand the shifting grounds of the American establishment should read The Chosen, get shocked by the raw bigotries of the past, and accept Karabels challenge to rethink the meritocratic ideal. -- Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology, Columbia University, and author of The Sixties
This dispassionate book deals with the reluctant, often painful, always controversial, processes by which the Big Three -- Harvard, Yale, Princeton -- have democratized themselves. The Chosen is a fascinating study in American cultural history." -- Arthur Schlesingerr, Jr., historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author ooooof A Thousand DaysMore editions of The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton:
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The Company You Keepby Neil GordonISBN 0670032182 (0-670-03218-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Conflict and Consensus in Early American Historyby Allen F. Davis, Harold D. WoodmanISBN 0669754242 (0-669-75424-2)
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Corsair Aces: The Bent-Wing Bird over theby Walter A. MuscianoISBN 0668045973 (0-668-04597-3)
Hardcover, Petersons
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Crucibleby Arthur MillerISBN 0670250325 (0-670-25032-5)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Don't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learnedby Kenneth C. DavisISBN 0613214544 (0-613-21454-4)
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Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930'sby Michael L. CooperISBN 0618154493 (0-618-15449-3)
Hardcover, Clarion Books
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Eight Men Out: The Black Socks and the 1919 World Seriesby Eliot AsinofISBN 0613180720 (0-613-18072-0)
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Eleanor Roosevelt: 1884-1933by Blanche Wiesen CookISBN 067080486X (0-670-80486-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Face of Battleby John KeeganISBN 0670304328 (0-670-30432-8)
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A Family Place: A Hudson Vally Farm, Three Generations, Five Wars, One Familyby Leila PhilipISBN 0670030139 (0-670-03013-9)
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Fast Food Nationby Eric SchlosserISBN 0618130977 (0-618-13097-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fast Food Nation'Book summary:On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed [via]
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George C. Marshall: Statesman, 1945-1959by Forrest C. PogueISBN 0670810428 (0-670-81042-8)
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George Washington: Our First Presidentby Garnet JacksonISBN 0613635434 (0-613-63543-4)
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Gettysburgby Stephen W. SearsISBN 0618485384 (0-618-48538-4)
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Great Fortune : The Epic of Rockefeller Centerby Daniel OkrentISBN 0670031690 (0-670-03169-0)
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Henry Adams and the Making of Americaby Garry WillsISBN 0618134301 (0-618-13430-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry Adams and the Making of America'Book summary:One of our greatest historians offers a surprising new view of the greatest historian of the nineteenth century, Henry Adams.[via]
Wills showcases Henry Adams's little-known but seminal study of the early United States and elicits from it fresh insights on the paradoxes that roil America to this day. Adams drew on his own southern fixation, his extensive foreign travel, his political service in Lincoln's White House, and much more to invent the study of history as we know it. His nine-volume chronicle of America from 1800 to 1816 established new standards for employing archival sources, firsthand reportage, eyewitness accounts, and other techniques that have become the essence of modern history.
Adams's innovations went beyond the technical; he posited an essentially ironic view of the legacy of Jefferson and Madison. As is well known, they strove to shield the young country from "foreign entanglements," a standing army, a central bank, and a federal bureaucracy, among other hallmarks of "big government." Yet by the end of their tenures they had permanently entrenched all of these things in American society. This is the "American paradox" that defines us today: the idealized desire for isolation and political simplicity battling against the inexorable growth and intermingling of political, economic, and military forces. As Wills compellingly shows, the ironies spawned two centuries ago still inhabit our foreign policy and the widening schisms over economic and social policy.
Ambitious in scope, nuanced in detail and argument, Henry Adams and the Making of America throws brilliant light on how history is made -- in both senses of the term.More editions of Henry Adams and the Making of America:
History of the Twentieth Century 1900-1933by Martin GilbertISBN 0613217047 (0-613-21704-7)
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The Illustrated Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Sommeby John KeeganISBN 0670827037 (0-670-82703-7)
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The Imperial Presidencyby Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0618420010 (0-618-42001-0)
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Indian Countryby Peter MatthiessenISBN 0670397873 (0-670-39787-3)
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Indian Warsby Wilcomb E. Washburn, Robert Marshall UtleyISBN 0618154647 (0-618-15464-7)
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Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independenceby Garry WillsISBN 0618257764 (0-618-25776-4)
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Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanismby Susan DunnISBN 0618131647 (0-618-13164-7)
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Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., And The Laws That Changed Americaby Nick KotzISBN 0618641831 (0-618-64183-1)
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The Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Nick Kotz offers the first thorough account of the complex working relationship between Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. Tracing both leaders paths, from Johnsons ascension to the presidency in 1963 to Kings assassination in 1968, Kotz describes how they formed a wary alliance that would become instrumental in producing some of the most substantial civil rights legislation in American history: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sourcesJohnsons taped telephone conversations, voluminous FBI wiretap logs, and secret communications between FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and the presidentKotz examines the forces that drew the charismatic men together and those that eventually drove them apart. Kotzs focused and incisive examination significantly enriches our understanding of both men.
This book will appeal to people interested in: Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Race Relations, Voting Rights, 20th Century History, Politics, Political Investigations, Segragation, and American History.
"A powerful reminder that the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts transformed the lives not just of black citizens, but of every American. Christian Science Monitor
A hard-headed, no-nonsense look at these two towering figures of the 1960s [Judgment Days] vividly re-creates the behind-the-scenes dynamics informing civil rights politics. Boston Globe
An important examination of a critical moment in American historya battle for our nations soul. Jimmy Carter
Nick Kotz is the author of five previous books on politics, social justice, and the civil rights movement. A renowned journalist, he has received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Magazine Award. He lives in Broad Run, Virginia.More editions of Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., And The Laws That Changed America:
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 0613460820 (0-613-46082-0)
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Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in Americaby Page SmithISBN 0670828173 (0-670-82817-3)
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Familiesby Walker Evans, James AgeeISBN 0618127496 (0-618-12749-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families'Book summary:Just what kind of book is Let Us Now Praise Famous Men? It contains many things: poems; confessional reveries; disquisitions on the proper way to listen to Beethoven; snippets of dialogue, both real and imagined; a lengthy response to a survey from the Partisan Review; exhaustive catalogs of furniture, clothing, objects, and smells. And then there are Walker Evans's famously stark portraits of depression-era sharecroppers--photographs that both stand apart from and reinforce James Agee's words.
Assigned to do a story for Fortune magazine about sharecroppers in the Deep South, Agee and Evans spent four weeks living with a poor white tenant family, winning the Burroughs's trust and immersing themselves in a sharecropper's daily existence. Given a first draft of the resulting article, the editors at Fortune quite understandably threw up their hands--as did several other editors who subsequently worked with a later book-length manuscript. The writing was contrary. It refused to accommodate itself to the reader, and at times it positively bristled with hostility. (What other book could take Marx as the epigraph and then announce: "These words are quoted here to mislead those who will be misled by them"?) Response to the book was puzzled or unfriendly, and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sputtered out of print only a few short years after its publication. It took the 1960s, and a vogue for social justice, to bring Agee's masterwork the audience it deserved.
Yet the book is far more interesting--aesthetically and morally--than the sort of guilty-liberal tract for which it is often mistaken. On an existential level, Agee's text is a deeply felt examination of what it means to suffer, to struggle to live in spite of suffering. On a personal level, it is the painful, beautifully written portrait of one man's obsession. In its collaboration with Evans's photographs, the book is also a groundbreaking experiment in form. In the end, however, it is more than merely the sum of its parts. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is, quite simply, a book unlike any other, simmering with anger and beauty and mystery. --Mary Park [via]
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Major Problems: History of the American Workersby Eileen BorisISBN 0618042547 (0-618-04254-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Documents and Essays, Concise Editionby Dennis MerrillISBN 0618376399 (0-618-37639-9)
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Since 1914 Documents and Essaysby Thomas G. Paterson, Dennis MerrillISBN 0618370390 (0-618-37039-0)
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: To 1920by Thomas Paterson, Thomas G. Paterson, Dennis MerrillISBN 0618370382 (0-618-37038-2)
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: To 1920 Documents and Essaysby Thomas G. Paterson, Dennis MerrillISBN 066935077X (0-669-35077-X)
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Major Problems in American History Since 1945: Documents and Essaysby Robert Griffith, Paula C. BakerISBN 0618550062 (0-618-55006-2)
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Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Documents and Essaysby Leon FinkISBN 0618042555 (0-618-04255-5)
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Major Problems in the History of American Workersby Lichtenstein, BorisISBN 0669199257 (0-669-19925-7)
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Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essaysby Robert J. McMahonISBN 061819312X (0-618-19312-X)
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The Mask of Commandby John Keegan, Richard HolmesISBN 0670459887 (0-670-45988-7)
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Dozens of names come to mind...Napoleon, Lee, Charlemagne, Hannibal, Castro, Hussein. From a wide array, Keegan chooses four commanders who profoundly influenced the course of history: Alexander the Great, the Duke of Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant and Adolph Hitler. All powerful leaders, each cast in a different mold, each with diverse results.
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Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0613054490 (0-613-05449-0)
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Name-Dropping: From F.D.R. onby John Kenneth GalbraithISBN 0618154531 (0-618-15453-1)
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Naming Namesby Victor S. NavaskyISBN 0670503932 (0-670-50393-2)
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Native American Testimonyby Peter NabokovISBN 0670837040 (0-670-83704-0)
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On Our Own: Americans in the Sixtiesby Douglas MillerISBN 0669247774 (0-669-24777-4)
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived inby Esther ForbesISBN 0618001948 (0-618-00194-8)
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The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticismby Megan MarshallISBN 0618711694 (0-618-71169-4)
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby Mary Beth Norton, David M. Katzman, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik LogevallISBN 0618375899 (0-618-37589-9)
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby Howard P. Chudacoff, Thomas G. Paterson, David M. Katzman, David W. Blight, Paul D. Escott, Mary Beth Norton, William M. TuttleISBN 0618005528 (0-618-00552-8)
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New content in this edition includes new coverage of slavery in the colonial period; enhanced discussion of regional interconnections in the emerging market economy in the antebellum era; coordinated examination of the development of race theory and the social construction of racial identity; expanded consideration of the West throughout; new "integration" of the South into the national picture; new attention to the role of religion in American social and political history; new treatment of 20th century foreign relations culture; stronger emphasis on women; and enhanced discussion of the U.S. in the world.
- Chapter-ending "Legacy for a People and a Nation" features focus on specific events, movements, or facts that show a striking relevance to present-day events and controversies. The features demonstrate how important the past is to the present, providing a forum for contemporary analysis.
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States To 1877by Mary NortonISBN 061800551X (0-618-00551-X)
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby Thomas G. Paterson, David M. Katzman, David W. Blight, Paul D. Escott, Mary Beth Norton, William M. Tuttle, Howard P. ChudaciffISBN 0618005501 (0-618-00550-1)
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A People And a Nation, Vol. 2 Briefby NortonISBN 0618611525 (0-618-61152-5)
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Perspectives on the American Past: Readings & Commentary Since 1865by Michael PermanISBN 0669397210 (0-669-39721-0)
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The Portable Thomas Jeffersonby Thomas Jefferson, United States, Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0670703591 (0-670-70359-1)
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Redcoatby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670816817 (0-670-81681-7)
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Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capitalby Nelson LankfordISBN 0670031178 (0-670-03117-8)
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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild Westby Rebecca SolnitISBN 0670031763 (0-670-03176-3)
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San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Firesby Dennis SmithISBN 0670034428 (0-670-03442-8)
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.s. Exploring Expeditionby Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 067003231X (0-670-03231-X)
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Seabiscuit: Library Editionby Laura HillenbrandISBN 0613647874 (0-613-64787-4)
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Seabiscuit rose to prominence with the help of an unlikely triumvirate: owner Charles Howard, an automobile baron who once declared that "the day of the horse is past"; trainer Tom Smith, a man who "had cultivated an almost mystical communication with horses"; and jockey Red Pollard, who was down on his luck when he charmed a then-surly horse with his calm demeanor and a sugar cube. Hillenbrand details the ups and downs of "team Seabiscuit," from early training sessions to record-breaking victories, and from serious injury to "Horse of the Year"--as well as the Biscuit's fabled rivalry with War Admiral. She also describes the world of horseracing in the 1930s, from the snobbery of Eastern journalists regarding Western horses and public fascination with the great thoroughbreds to the jockeys' torturous weight-loss regimens, including saunas in rubber suits, strong purgatives, even tapeworms.
Along the way, Hillenbrand paints wonderful images: tears in Tom Smith's eyes as his hero, legendary trainer James Fitzsimmons, asked to hold Seabiscuit's bridle while the horse was saddled; critically injured Red Pollard, whose chest was crushed in a racing accident a few weeks before, listening to the San Antonio Handicap from his hospital bed, cheering "Get going, Biscuit! Get 'em, you old devil!"; Seabiscuit happily posing for photographers for several minutes on end; other horses refusing to work out with Seabiscuit because he teased and taunted them with his blistering speed.
Though sometimes her prose takes on a distinctly purple hue ("His history had the ethereal quality of hoofprints in windblown snow"; "The California sunlight had the pewter cast of a declining season"), Hillenbrand has crafted a delightful book. Wire to wire, Seabiscuit is a winner. Highly recommended. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papersby Daniel EllsbergISBN 0670030309 (0-670-03030-9)
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Since 1865 Vol. 2 : People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby Mary Beth NortonISBN 0618391770 (0-618-39177-0)
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Truman: A Centenary Remembranceby Robert FerrellISBN 0670361968 (0-670-36196-8)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0613632397 (0-613-63239-7)
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Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wearby Paul FussellISBN 0618381880 (0-618-38188-0)
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Uniforms is vintage Fussell a blend of vinegar and grace, of keen cultural insight and hilarious wit, equal parts spoof and illuminating social analysis.More editions of Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear:
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Vietnam: A Historyby Stanley KarnowISBN 0670746045 (0-670-74604-5)
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W.e.b. Du Bois: The Fight For Equality & The American Century, 1919-1963by David L. LewisISBN 0613708725 (0-613-70872-5)
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963by Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 0613851110 (0-613-85111-0)
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Christopher Paul Curtis's alternately hilarious and deeply moving novel, winner of the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor, blends the fictional account of an African American family with the factual events of the violent summer of 1963. Fourth grader Kenny is an innocent and sincere narrator; his ingenuousness lends authenticity to the story and invites readers of all ages into his world, even as it changes before his eyes. Curtis is also the acclaimed author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903-2003by Douglas BrinkleyISBN 067003181X (0-670-03181-X)
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Who Was Benjamin Franklin?by Dennis Brindell Fradin, John O'BrienISBN 0613436547 (0-613-43654-7)
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteriaby Beverly Daniel TatumISBN 061370648X (0-613-70648-X)
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowlby Tim EganISBN 0618773479 (0-618-77347-9)
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowlby Timothy EganISBN 061834697X (0-618-34697-X)
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The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. He follows their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards, crop failure, and the deaths of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed and survivedthose who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their memories to the graveEgan tells a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
As only great history can, Egan's book captures the very voice of the times: its grit, pathos, and abiding courage. Combining the human drama of Isaac's Storm with the sweep of The American People in the Great Depression, The Worst Hard Time is a lasting and important work of American history.
Timothy Egan is a national enterprise reporter for the New York Times. He is the author of four books and the recipient of several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
As one who, as a young reporter, survived and reported on the great Dust Bowl disaster, I recommend this book as a dramatic, exciting, and accurate account of that incredible and deadly phenomenon. This is cant-put-it-down history. Walter Cronkite
"The Worst Hard Time is wonderful: ribbed like surf, and battering us with a national epic that ranks second only to the Revolution and the Civil War. Egan knows this and convincingly claims recognition for his subjectas we as a country finally accomplished, first with Lewis and Clark, and then for 'the greatest generation,' many of whose members of course were also survivors of the hardships of the Great Depression. This is a banner, heartfelt but informative book, full of energy, research, and compassion." Edward Hoagland, author of Compass Points: How I Lived
"Here's a terrific true storywho could put it down? Egan humanizes Dust Bowl history by telling the vivid stories of the families who stayed behind. One loves the people and admires Egan's vigor and sympathy." Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The American West got lucky when Tim Egan focused his acute powers of observation on its past and present. Egan's remarkable combination of clear analysis and warm empathy anchors his portrait of the women and men who held on to their placesand held on to their soulsthrough the nearly unimaginable miseries of the Dust Bowl. This book provides the finest mental exercise for people wanting to deepen, broaden, and strengthen their thinking about the relationship of human beings to this earth." Patricia N. Limerick, author of The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American WestMore editions of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl:
You Learn by Livingby Eleanor RooseveltISBN 0664244947 (0-664-24494-7)
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