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1	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Wealth of Nations more books like this by Adam Smith Political economy had been studied long before Adam Smith. But "Wealth of Nations" (1776) established it for the first time as a separate science. Smith based his arguments on vast historical knowledge, and developed his principles with remarkable clarity. What set this work apart was its statement of the doctrine of natural liberty. Smith ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $4.62! \| first editions \| SVS
3	1776 more books like this by David McCullough David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Flat Belly Diet!: Lose Up to 15 Lbs in 32 Days!: A Flat Belly Is about Food & Attitude. Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required) more books like this by Liz Vaccariello, Cynthia Sass The editor in chief of "Prevention" magazine--the country's most authoritative and innovative source for health information--presents a weight-loss plan that's specifically designed to help women over 40 lead a longer, healthier life by getting rid of belly fat. see all copies from $13.35! new only from $13.35! \| SVS
5	The Fiery Cross more books like this by Diana Gabaldon The time is 1771 and the colony of North Carolina teeters on an uneasy edge - an internal conflict between the colonial aristocratic rich planters and the struggling pioneers of the backcountry is threatening to explode. Jamie Fraser is a man of worth - respected by all, born of good family and possessed at last of the land he has longed for. But ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Drums of Autumn more books like this by Diana Gabaldon How far will a woman travel to find a father - a lover - a destiny? Across seas - across time - across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation more books like this by Joseph J Ellis Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time for ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Breath of Snow and Ashes more books like this by Diana Gabaldon In the sixth installment of the blockbuster time-traveling romantic saga known as the Outlander series, Scotsman Jamie Fraser attempts to cheat fate as the American Revolution approaches. In 1772, as unrest grows in the 13 colonies, the governor of North Carolina asks Jamie to secure the colony for the British. Thanks to his 20th-century American ... see all copies from $2.01! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Democracy in America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville When it was first published last year, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of "Democracy in America" was lauded in all quarters as the finest and most definitive edition of Tocqueville's classic thus far--complete with the most faithful and readable translation to date, impeccable annotations of unfamiliar references, and a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War more books like this by Nathaniel Philbrick A New York Times Bestselling Author From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Civil War: A Narrative more books like this by Shelby Foote A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop movements but also the social background that brought on the war and led, in the end, to the South's defeat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Shogun: A Novel of Japan more books like this by James Clavell Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lincoln more books like this by David Herbert Donald David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln" is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation more books like this by Kenneth C Davis The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Don't Know Much About History" presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that has shaped the nation's destiny and character. see all copies from $16.65! new only from $16.65! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era more books like this by James M McPherson This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years before the civil war and its causes - placing slavery firmly back in the centre stage - before discussing the war, the two sides, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, to its outcome, the end of the war and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.02! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Washington's Crossing more books like this by David Hackett Fischer Six months after Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. George Washington lost 90 percent of his army, and was driven across the Delaware River. Panic and despair spread through the states. As the ... see all copies from $4.85! new only from $10.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War more books like this by Tony Horwitz A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $2.98! new only from $7.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief more books like this by James McPherson A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. "Tried by War" offers a revelatory portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis America has ever endured. see all copies from $22.50! new only from $23.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Jester more books like this by James Patterson, Andrew Gross Hugh De Luc, an innkeeper barely able to keep his inn from the nobles who rule France, joins the Crusades in an attempt to get out from under the royal boot. What he finds on the road to Jerusalem, however, is much worse than what he left, and he deserts--only to find that his old life has been destroyed in his absence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic more books like this by Joseph J Ellis From the prizewinning author of the bestselling "Founding Brothers" and "American Sphinx" comes this masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. see all copies from $6.36! new only from $10.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts more books like this by Arthur Miller "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history", Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Crucible more books like this by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history - and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin more books like this by Benjamin Franklin The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, now with a new introduction by eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan Translated into a dozen languages, printed in hundreds of editions, and read by millions of people, Franklin's autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequaled by any other book by an American writer. Written ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer more books like this by James L Swanson A New York Times Bestselling Author From April 14th to the 26th, 1865, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices transfixed a nation reeling from the horrors of the newly ended civil war. Manhunt takes readers on the intensive search that moves side-by-side with the desperate assassin from the streets of Washington, D. C., through the ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $8.25! \| first editions \| SVS

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