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  • Nathanael Greene

    A Biography of the American Revolution

    by Gerald M. Carbone ...
    "An engaging new biography . . . a rounded portrait" of an unsung hero of the American Revolution from the award-winning author ( The Washington Times ).When the Revolutionary War began, Nathanael Greene was a private in the militia, the lowest rank possible, yet he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer—celebrated as one of three most ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Washington: Lessons in Leadership

    by Gerald M. Carbone ...
    Series series Great Generals
    A compelling look at the military career, lessons, and legacy of America's first general and first president.Before he became "the Father of our Country," George Washington was the Father of the American Army. He took troops that had no experience, no tradition, and no training, and fought a protracted war against the best, most disciplined force in the world—the British Army. Deftly handling the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry

    Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001

    by Gerald M. Carbone, Rhode Island Historical Society ...
    Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Strategy of Victory

    How General George Washington Won the American Revolution

    by Thomas Fleming ...
    A sweeping grand strategic overview of the American Revolution, highlighting Washington's role in orchestrating victory and creating the US Army.Led by the Continental Congress, the Americans almost lost the war for independence because their military thinking was badly muddled. Following the victory in 1775 at Bunker Hill, patriot leaders were convinced that the key to victory was the home-grown ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • 1776

    by David McCullough ...
    America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Tycoons

    How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

    by Charles R. Morris ...
    "Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."—The Christian Science MonitorThe modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Killing England

    The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

    by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
    From the author of Confronting the Presidents and Confronting Evil, the Revolutionary War as never told before.This breathtaking installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation’s history: the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Meet You in Hell

    Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America

    by Les Standiford ...
    Two founding fathers of American industry. One desire to dominate business at any price.“Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890s resonate with a twenty-first-century audience.”—USA Today“The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel—and as difficult to put down.”—Miami HeraldThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry C... ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

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  • Washington's Spies

    The Story of America's First Spy Ring

    by Alexander Rose ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Turn: Washington’s Spies, now an original series on AMCBased on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Americana

    A 400-Year History of American Capitalism

    by Bhu Srinivasan ...
    **An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalismNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST**From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Valiant Ambition

    George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

    by Nathaniel Philbrick ...
    Series Book 2 - The American Revolution Series
    **A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the George Washington PrizeA surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye."May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Henry Ford, A Life

    by The Editors of New Word City ...
    Henry Ford was perfectly tuned to his time. While other automakers were turning out expensive toys for rich men, he made sturdy, practical cars that everyone could afford and everyone could drive. His moving assembly line slashed the cost of production. His network of franchised dealers nurtured car ownership and promoted gas stations and better roads. But when his time passed him by, he couldn't ... Read more

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