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1	Mistborn: The Final Empire more books like this by Brandon Sanderson add to wishlist From the author of the acclaimed "Elantris" comes the first novel in his Mistborn trilogy--a story which dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? Reissue. see all copies from $3.32! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala more books like this by Rigoberta Menchu, Elizabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Ann Wright (Translator) add to wishlist This book recounts the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchu, a young Guatemalan peasant woman. Her story reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today. Rigoberta suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different more books like this by Gordon S Wood add to wishlist From "the most respected among all scholars of the colonial and Revolutionary periods"--"Washington Post World," comes a marvelous group portrait of the Founding Fathers, rich with insight into what shaped these particular men. see all copies from $2.18! new only from $5.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Unwind more books like this by Neal Shusterman add to wishlist In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them. In this work, "Boston Globe/Horn Book" Award-winner Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life--not just where life begins and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $5.43! \| SVS
5	No One to Trust more books like this by Iris Johansen add to wishlist When a ruthless Columbian revolutionary (and highly skilled assassin) takes a dislike to the daughter of his former (and now deceased) major competitor, she must flee to the US with her son. But, with Rico Chavez's operatives lurking behind every corner, Elena turns to one Sean Galen--a handsome DEA agent--for protection. But will that be enough? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Samuel Adams: A Life more books like this by Ira Stoll add to wishlist Described in Thomas Jefferson's words as truly the Man of the Revolution, Samuel Adams is now paid his full due in this rousing biography that reveals him as the founding father overlooked by history. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	William Wallace: Brave Heart more books like this by James MacKay add to wishlist Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie, now the subject of a major film, is one of history's greatest heroes, and one of its greatest enigmas - a figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. Even the date and place of his birth have been mis-stated. This biography tells of a man who, without wealth or noble birth, rose to become the Guardian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders more books like this by Bernard Bailyn add to wishlist In this collection of essays on the early years of the American republic, an esteemed historian writes on the combination of idealistic and pragmatic qualities in both Jefferson and Franklin, on the enduring qualities of the Federalist papers, and on the influence of these new ideas of politics and democracy on European thinkers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Americano: Fighting with Castro for Cuba's Freedom more books like this by Aran Shetterly add to wishlist "Why do I fight here in this land so foreign to my own? Why did I come here far from my home and family?...Is it because I seek adventure? No...I am here because I believe that the most important thing for free men to do is to protect the freedom of others." -William Morgan, in a letter to Herbert Matthews at the "New York Times" When William ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath more books like this by Truong Nhu Tang, Jane Hamilton-Merritt (Foreword by), Doan Van Toai add to wishlist The autobiography of Truong Nhu Tang who fought in the Vietnamese jungle and emerged as one of the major North Vietnamese figures in the 'fight for liberation'. see all copies from $2.46! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution more books like this by Ruth Scurr add to wishlist Against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution, historian Scurr tracks Robespierre's evolution from lawyer to revolutionary leader. This is a fascinating portrait of a man who identified with the Revolution to the point of madness, and in so doing changed the course of history. see all copies from $2.38! new only from $2.43! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him more books like this by Humberto Fontova add to wishlist In this critical biography of the iconic communist revolutionary, and an expos of the liberals who lionize him, Cuban exile Fontova shows that Che wasn't really a gentle soul and a selfless hero but a violent Communist and perpetrator of atrocities. see all copies from $5.65! new only from $5.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Prophet Armed: Trotsky: 1879-1921 more books like this by Isaac Deutscher add to wishlist Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much passion and controversy as the Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Trotsky's extraordinary life and extensive writings have left and indelible mark on revolutionary conscience; and yet there was at one time a danger that his name would disappear altogether from history. Isaac ... see all copies from $6.94! new only from $16.87! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Citizen Tom Paine more books like this by Howard Fast add to wishlist Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine-one of America's all-time best-sellers-occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine's revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our national beginnings. Fast gives us "a vivid picture of Paine's mode of writing, idiosyncrasies, and character ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Ravenheart: A Novel of the Rigante more books like this by David Gemmell add to wishlist Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone. In that time, Connavar has become a legend, and the Rigante have lost the freedom so many gave their lives to preserve. A conquered people, they live and die under the iron rule of the Varlish, their culture all but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Mick: The Real Michael Collins more books like this by Peter Hart add to wishlist An acclaimed historian pens a major new biography of the most gifted, ruthless, and powerful leader in modern Irish history. Two 8-page photo inserts. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Memoirs of a revolutionist. more books like this by Vera Figner add to wishlist A courageous woman recounts her journey from aristocrat to revolutionary in nineteenth-century Russia. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Treason by the Book more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist In this narrative history of 18th-century China, a prominent scholar recreates the imperial world as he relates a plot to kill the emperor. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Toussaint Louverture: A Biography more books like this by Madison Smartt Bell add to wishlist In this fascinating biography, the first about Toussaint Louverture to appear in English in more than 50 years, Bell combines a novelist's passion for his subject with a deep knowledge of the historical milieu that produced the man known either as a martyr of the Haitian revolution or as the instigator of one of history's most savagely violent ... see all copies from $4.08! new only from $8.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	En el Tiempo de las Mariposas more books like this by Julia Alvarez add to wishlist It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen more books like this by Maud Gonne, Maud G MacBride, Anna MacBride White (Editor) add to wishlist Maud Gonne is part of Irish history: her founding of the Daughters of Ireland, in 1900, was the key that effectively opened the door of twentieth-century politics to Irish women. Still remembered in Ireland for the inspiring public speeches she made on behalf of the suffering--those evicted from their homes in western Ireland, the Treason-Felony ... see all copies from $2.08! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	William Wallace: The King's Enemy more books like this by D J Gray add to wishlist Sir William Wallace was one of the greatest heroes in the story of Scotland's long struggle for independence from the English yoke. D.J. Gray probes the character and life of this resolute, at times pitiless, warrior. Wallace raised a people's army to fight against the forces of Edward I. His victory at the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	American Woman more books like this by Susan Choi add to wishlist On the lam for an act of terror against the American government, 25-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger fugitives whom a shadowy figure from her former radical life has spirited out of California. "American Woman" was selected by NPR and the "Los Angeles Times" as one of ten "Best Books of Fiction" of 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Fire in the Minds of Men more books like this by James H Billington add to wishlist This text traces the origins of a faith - modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is different is the belief that a perfect secular order will emerge from forcible overthrow of traditional authority. see all copies from $17.75! new only from $42.16! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Last Reveille more books like this by David Morrell add to wishlist Warner's highly successful backlist program for David Morrell (The Fifth Profession) continues with Last Reveille, a newly repackaged thriller classic. After Pancho Villa's bloody 1916 raid on the New Mexico border, the U.S. Cavalry enlists the help of wilderness fighter Miles Calendar. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $190.16! \| signed copies \| first editions

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