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  • Notes on the State of Virginia

    by Thomas Jefferson, William Peden ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    This American classic is the only full-length book written and published by Thomas Jefferson during his lifetime. Written in 1781, Notes on the State of Virginia was begun by Jefferson as a commentary on the resources and institutions of his home state, but the work’s lasting value lies in its delineation of Jefferson’s major philosophical, political, scientific, and ethical beliefs. Along with ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Kennedy Detail

    JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

    by Gerald Blaine, Lisa McCubbin Hill ...
    The New York Times bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as told by the Secret Service agents who were firsthand witnesses to one of America’s greatest tragedies.The Secret Service. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

    The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

    by Vincent Bugliosi ...
    For over forty years the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been obscured. This book releases us from a crippling distortion of American history.This extraordinary and historic book required twenty years to research and write. The oft-challenged findings of the Warren Commission—Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, shot and killed President John F. Kennedy—are here ... Read more

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  • Cleopatra

    Last Queen of Egypt

    by Joyce Tyldesley ...
    The Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to Cleopatra's true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Man Who Saved the Union

    Ulysses Grant in War and Peace

    by H. W. Brands ...
    From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House.Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover he had a genius for battle, and he propelled the Union to victory in the Civil War. After Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the disastrous brief presidency of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • My Land and My People

    The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

    by Dalai Lama ...
    Schooled behind ancient palace walls to become the leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has become a spiritual leader to the world and a leading civil rights advocate. My Land and My People tells the story of his life.In the Himalayan City of Lhasa, the four-year-old son of a humble farmer sat on a huge, gilded throne. His childhood would be unimaginable in both its isolation and a people's adoration. ... Read more

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  • Elusive Destiny

    The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner

    by Paul Litt ...
    “Going my way?” asked John Turner’s campaign brochure in 1962, “my way is the Liberal way.” It was, that is, until Pierre Trudeau came to power. Turner was his party’s star apprentice in the Liberal art of managing a heterogeneous nation through brokerage politics, but in the 1968 election Canadians opted instead for a newly minted celebrity leader for a re-imagined nation.A political biography ... Read more

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  • Abraham Lincoln

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this marvelous short biography by a leading historian offers an illuminating portrait of one of the giants in the American story. It is the best concise introduction to Lincoln in print, a must-have volume for anyone interested in American history or in our greatest president. Best-selling author James M. McPherson follows the son of ... Read more

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  • Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

    by Ethan Ang ...
    This is the biography of the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, whom Mr. Obama has mentioned as being one of the greatest men in the 20th and 21st century.Mr Lee was nominated as among the top 100 people in Time 100 that affect the world.In this short unofficial biography, you will get to know the intelligence, wisdom and vision of a great leader. ... Read more

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  • Life of George Washington

    by John Marshall, William Roscoe Thayer, Henry Cabot Lodge ...
    The classic five-volume biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, plus the two-volume biography by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, plus the one-volume biography by Thayer. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the ... Read more

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  • Eisenhower

    A Life

    by Paul Johnson ...
    Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson’s lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures todayIn the rousing style he’s famous for, celebrated biographer Paul Johnson offers a fascinating portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, focusing particularly on his years as a five-star general and his time as the thirty-fourth President of the United States.Johnson chronicles ... Read more

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  • Keeping Faith

    Memoirs of a President

    by Jimmy Carter ...
    In Keeping Faith, originally published in 1982, President Carter provides a candid account of his time in the Oval Office, detailing the hostage crisis in Iran, his triumph at the Camp David Middle East peace summit, his relationships with world leaders, and even glimpses into his private world. “Responsible, truthful, intelligent, earnest, rational, purposeful. Thus the man: thus the book” (The ... Read more

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