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1. Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America

   David S. Reynolds

   “Fascinating . . . a lively and perceptive cultural history.” —Annette Gordon-Reed, The New YorkerMore

2. Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World

   Bevin Alexander

   “The world’s most fascinating battles and how they were won or lost, according to the Chinese sage.”—Kirkus ReviewsMore

3. Glory Denied: The Vietnam Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War

   Tom Philpott, John McCain

   Now hailed as a classic, one of the most unforgettable and heartbreaking books ever written about the Vietnam War.More

4. The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament

   Herbert Marks

   Volume(s): 1

   A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

5. The English Bible, King James Version: The New Testament and The Apocrypha

   Gerald Hammond, Austin Busch

   Volume(s): 2

   A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

6. Civil War Sketch Book: Drawings from the Battlefront

   Harry L. Katz, Vincent Virga, Alan Brinkley

   A landmark collection featuring rare and sensational images of the Civil War.More

7. From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism

   Darren Dochuk

   A prize-winning, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in Southern California that explains a sweeping realignment of American politics.More

8. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

   Richard White

   "A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations."  —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book ReviewMore

9. David Crockett: The Lion of the West

   Michael Wallis

   "Vivid, Comprehensible . . . cuts through decades of mythmaking." —Texas MonthlyMore

10. The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

    Paul Preston

    Long neglected by European historians, the unspeakable atrocities of Franco’s Spain are finally brought to tragic light in this definitive work.More

11. Fatal Colours: Towton 1461—England's Most Brutal Battle

    George Goodwin, David Starkey

    The tumultuous reign of Henry VI and its climax in the carnage of Towton—the bloodiest battle fought on English soil.More

12. Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

    Abrahm Lustgarten

    It was Big Oil's nightmare moment, and the dominoes began falling years before the well was drilled.More

13. Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster

    Steven Biel

    Updated Edition

    “Brimming over with wit and insight. . . . Fresh and fascinating.”—Dan RatherMore

14. Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship

    Richard Aldous

    An iconic friendship, an uneasy alliance—a revisionist account of the couple who ended the Cold War.More

15. Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas

    Dale Carpenter

    A 2012 New York Times Notable Book
    
    "A real-life detective story that reveals the drama behind the scenes of a great Supreme Court victory for human rights." —Linda GreenhouseMore