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Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Eric Foner
Seagull Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume
The leading United States History survey text is now available in a value edition.More
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Eric Jay Dolin
A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010
Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan Award
Winner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place

"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." —Los Angeles TimesMore
Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
A. Roger Ekirch
"Ekirch out-kidnaps Stevenson in this thrilling, thoroughly documented story." —Booklist, starred reviewMore
King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Jack O'Connell, Vernon Loeb
A CIA station chief, later Jordan's lawyer in Washington, reveals the secret history of a lost peace.More
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
Michael B. Oren
“Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, NewsweekMore
Globish: How English Became the World's Language
Robert McCrum
“A fascinating study not only of the roots and growth of our own language but of its future.”—Bloomsbury ReviewMore
The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Mississippi Burning and the Passage of the Civil Rights Act: June 1, 1964-July 4, 1964
Guian A. McKee, Kent B. Germany, David C. Carter, Et Al.
Two-volume slipcased set / Volume(s): 7-8
A two-volume hardcover slipcased with audio DVD: this is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man.More
The History of White People
Nell Irvin Painter
A New York Times bestseller: “This terrific new book . . . [explores] the ‘notion of whiteness,’ an idea as dangerous as it is seductive.”—Boston GlobeMore
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris
Graham Robb
The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten—by the author of the acclaimed The Discovery of France.More
Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court
Jeff Shesol
"A stunning work of history."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time and Team of Rivals More
The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism
Joyce Appleby
"Splendid: the global history of capitalism in all its creative—and destructive—glory.”—The New York Times Book Review More
Born in Blood & Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
John Charles Chasteen
Third Edition
The most readable and highly regarded history of Latin America for our times.More
Pleasure Bound: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism
Deborah Lutz
A smart, provocative account of the erotic current running just beneath the surface of a stuffy and stifling Victorian London.More
Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices
John Charles Chasteen
John Chasteen’s carefully crafted companion reader to Born in Blood and Fire follows the table of contents of the main text and provides glimpses into the everyday life and texture of the Latin American experience during the last six centuries.More
Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture
Judith Coffin, Robert Stacey, Joshua Cole, Et Al.
Seventeenth Edition / Volume(s): Combined Volume
A pedagogically innovative new edition of the most-balanced and best-selling western civilizations text of all time.More