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1	A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D. add to wishlist THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES presents what has come to be called "history from the bottom up," as it tells America's national narrative in a way that is inclusive of those previously left out of, or marginalized by, standard histories. The book reveals that it was the Arawak Indians who were present at the first contact with Columbus. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	1776 more books like this by David McCullough (Read by) add to wishlist 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 $3.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs. see all copies from $10.65! new only from $14.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II more books like this by Judith M Heimann add to wishlist In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong more books like this by James W Loewen add to wishlist Why do so many Americans have little grasp of the ideas that shaped their nation? In this groundbreaking book, Loewen not only exposes the villain--textbooks that are embarrassing combinations of blind patriotism and outright lies--but reinstates suppressed information in a fascinating chronology. 26 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	When the Game Was Ours more books like this by Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson, Jackie Macmullan add to wishlist With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, "When the Game Was Ours" transports readers to an electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another. see all copies from $11.70! new only from $11.70! \| first editions
7	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist 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 $11.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System more books like this by Charles Gasparino add to wishlist In the spirit of classics such as "Barbarians at the Gate" and "Liar's Poker", Charles Gasparino traces the rise in power and wealth of America's largest investment banks and brokerage houses beginning in 2002. He shows how and why several of these storied institutions have suffered staggering losses in assets and influence since then, triggering ... see all copies from $16.70! new only from $16.70!
9	Rumor of War more books like this by Philip Caputo add to wishlist This powerful memoir chronicles Caputo's hitch in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant, describing his transformation from an idealistic young soldier into a ruthless killer, and then to a cynical critic of war's sickening waste and madness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam add to wishlist Based on a 25-year research project, this book documents a significant downward spike in the ways that Americans gather in social groups--and recommends new ways that people can come together for the common good. see all copies from $3.45! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World more books like this by A J Jacobs add to wishlist Alarmed and more than a little chagrined at the massive gaps in his personal knowledge base, Jacobs sets for himself a suitably daunting, and some might say insane, task: to fill in the holes in his Ivy-league education by reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit more books like this by Eric L Haney add to wishlist This insider's story of America's most elite counter-terrorist team reveals the special training that members go through, and reveals what it is like to go on its covert missions. The author was a founding member of Delta Force, the existence of which is never even acknowledged by the government. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A History of the American People more books like this by Paul Johnson add to wishlist A history of American society and the American nation, written by the celebrated English journalist. Keenly sensitive to the contradictions that Americans embody within themselves--materialism vs. prudism, naivete vs. cynicism--Johnson attempts to show the ways in which the America character shaped, and was shaped by, American history. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $10.21! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America more books like this by Ronald T Takaki add to wishlist Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics as a dramatic retelling of America's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States - Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom more books like this by Newt Gingrich, Dr. William R Forstchen, Ph.D., Albert S Hanser add to wishlist After two bestselling series examining the Civil War and WWII, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen have turned their sharp eye for detail on the Revolutionary War. Their story follows three men with three very different roles to play in history: General George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Jonathan Van Dorn, a private in Washington's army. The ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $15.03! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Assassination Vacation more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist Quirky essayist Sarah Vowell, known both for her pieces on NPR's "This American Life" and her star turn voicing teen superhero Violet in the animated Pixar blockbuster THE INCREDIBLES, waxes both witty and rhapsodic in this monumentally obsessive travelogue chronicling her so-called pilgrimage to various places related to the first three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II more books like this by Douglas A Blackmon add to wishlist Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history, the late 1870s through the 1940s when thousands of African-American men were arbitrarily arrested, hit with fines, charged for room and board in state and county jails, and then forced to work off the debt as unpaid laborers. see all copies from $4.03! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The American Pageant: A History of the Republic more books like this by David M Kennedy add to wishlist The American Pageant continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the most popular and effective textbooks in the field of American history. The text's colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and trademark wit bring American history to life. Revisions have been guided by the inclusion of the histories of previously overlooked individuals or ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.69! \| SVS
20 view cover	America: A Narrative History more books like this by George Brown Tindall add to wishlist This large, lavishly illustrated, single-volume history of the United States has been a standard for years. From the Native American experience before Columbus to the Clinton Administration, Tindall and Shi provide a narrative that includes major events and personalities while paying attention to the culture of everyday life. With over a hundred ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.54! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection more books like this by James West Davidson add to wishlist This text uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to show students how historians go about the business of interpreting the past. It discusses historical methods within the context of an historical narrative so that students may learn about American history at the same time as seeing how historians use a variety of evidence (diaries, letters ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	America: Pathways to the Present more books like this by Andrew R L Cayton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.67! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project more books like this by Dave Isay (Editor) add to wishlist Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious oral history project in American history, this tapestry presents the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Fourth Turning more books like this by William Strauss, Neil Howe add to wishlist Basing their vision on a provocative theory of American history as series of recurring 80- to 100-year cycles, the authors predict that, just after the millennium, America will enter a new era that will culminate with a political and social crisis comparable to the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. "The Fourth Turning" shows ... see all copies from $8.41! new only from $10.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Give Me Liberty!: An American History more books like this by Professor Eric Foner add to wishlist Freedom, the oldest of clich s and the most modern of aspirations, is the unifying theme in the new survey of American history by Eric Foner, the well-known historian and author of The Story of American Freedom. Give Me Liberty! examines the changing meanings of freedom, the social conditions that make freedom possible and its shifting boundaries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.89! \| first editions \| SVS

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