Americas Books


Brasil: A Concise Thematic Geography	Sons of the Moon	Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth Best Price: $2.96 The first moon landing was one of the first worldwide media events (but not, as some claim, the...	The Last Playboy : the High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa Best Price: $39.80 If you have never heard of Porfirio Rubirosa, that's no surprise. He died in 1965, and...	Last Town on Earth, The



The Reagan Diaries: Collector's Edition (Leather,Slipcase)	Laura Ingalls Wilder Timetable If you're interested in the general happenings of history along with the timeline of the...	Ordeal of the Union Vol.1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-1852 : A House Dividing 1852-1857 Best Price: $264.74 This the book to read if you want to learn about the Compromise of 1850. Nevins goes into great...	The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 Best Price: $2.05 "The Morning After" is the third collection of George Will's columns. It begins...	Foundations of North-east Archaeology (Studies in archaeology)



The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors, Third Edition: Archaeology of Mesoamerica (v. 1) Best Price: $23.99 Thought i have an older edition of Weaver's book, this is the book that inspired my love of...	PACEMAKER UNITED STATES HISTORY STUDENT EDITION FOURTH EDITION 2004 (PACEMAKER US HISTORY) Best Price: $29.01 I purchased this book as a resource for a U.S. History class my high school son was taking on...	Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, Combined Brief Edition Best Price: $12.94 For courses in Introductory Western Civilization or European or Western History. This text...	Documents Set: Volume 2 (Making a Nation: United States and Its People) Best Price: $30.00	The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization (2nd Edition) Best Price: $58.94 I received the book so fast and the condition of it was as described that i would recommeded to...

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries New York	Battleground for the Union: The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877. Best Price: $50.00 A broadly interpretive survey of the Civil War and Reconstruction including events leading up...	The Early History of Greater Mexico Best Price: $59.00 Presented in an easy-to-follow chronological framework, this thorough and insightful survey...	The Devil's Dictionary Best Price: $3.99 I thought this book was great. Bierce certainly doesn't lie! He told it like it is and made...	The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror Best Price: $5.42 Gage makes history riveting, breathtaking, heart wrenching. Reading this book is like sailing...

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir Best Price: $14.15 This biography by the eminent historian Donald Worster is nothing less than magnificent. Clearly...	Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President Best Price: $38.88 Professor Robert Dallek provides an incredible biography of one of the most complex presidents...	Myths America Lives By Best Price: $54.34 If there has been an ideal time for a book like this to hit the market, the time is now. ...	On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II (V Ethel Willis White Books) Best Price: $7.99 This book I started out fact and increased the pace until the very end. It was one of the best...	Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic Best Price: $7.25 "Early on a March morning in 1805, as the first hints of dawn touched the Sea Islands and...

Hotel: An American History Best Price: $4.29 Interesting to know how, in America, grand hotels emerged from the 'taverns' which...	The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (Volume 76; v. 873) Best Price: $7.22 The book was highly recommended to me. I just ordered the first copy shown which was this...	Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman Best Price: $13.83 This book is probably the most fasinating biography I have read. Sherman was an talented...	Christian Churches of America: Origins and Beliefs Best Price: $52.57 I think this book is a model of how such things should be written. It is very fair, with no...	America's Freedom Trail: A Tour Guide to Historical Sites of the Colonial and Revolutionary War Period

Bess W Truman Best Price: $3.50	Reconstruction and Reunion 1864-88 (The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise) Best Price: $138.79	Odd Destiny the Life of Alexander Hamilton Best Price: $69.24 In this detailed and sympathetic biography Hecht creates a lively impression of both an...	Great Battles of World War II Best Price: $23.75 This volume was recommended on [...] by a teacher who uses the book in conjunction with a...	Dateline: White House Best Price: $12.99 I read her "Front Row at the White House" first and expected to get the same...

Reconstruction, 1865-1877 (Inquiries Into American History) Discusses the period immediately following the Civil War during which the country tried to...	The Great American Gold Rush Best Price: $12.63 Describes the emigration of people from the East Coast of the United States and from foreign...	Mount Vernon Family	Foundations of North-east Archaeology (Studies in archaeology)	The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors, Third Edition: Archaeology of Mesoamerica (v. 1) Best Price: $23.99 Thought i have an older edition of Weaver's book, this is the book that inspired my love of...

PACEMAKER UNITED STATES HISTORY STUDENT EDITION FOURTH EDITION 2004 (PACEMAKER US HISTORY) Best Price: $29.01 I purchased this book as a resource for a U.S. History class my high school son was taking on...	Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History, Combined Brief Edition Best Price: $12.94 For courses in Introductory Western Civilization or European or Western History. This text...	Documents Set: Volume 2 (Making a Nation: United States and Its People) Best Price: $30.00	The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization (2nd Edition) Best Price: $58.94 I received the book so fast and the condition of it was as described that i would recommeded to...	Atlas of Historical County Boundaries New York

Battleground for the Union: The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1877. Best Price: $50.00 A broadly interpretive survey of the Civil War and Reconstruction including events leading up...	The Early History of Greater Mexico Best Price: $59.00 Presented in an easy-to-follow chronological framework, this thorough and insightful survey...	Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 Best Price: $4.50 Occasionally, people ask me, "How do you decide what to read?" I can answer that when...	Voices of the American South Best Price: $75.06 Voices of the American South is a comprehensive survey of pivotal works in the Southern...	Heroes of WW II Best Price: $5.56 This was a great book, you won`t be able to put it down! You will not believe what you are...

Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello Best Price: $6.00 Unlike other reviewers, I don't believe that "Secrets" requires extensive...	An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President Best Price: $2.30 This slim volumn is full of history that usually exists only between the lines in the mainstream...	Paula I first read Isabel Allende when my friend's mother recommended "The House of the...	When Character Was King Best Price: $150.59 Ronald Reagan is easy to ridicule. He was a simple, direct, optimistic person whose decision to...	George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire Best Price: $5.78 I just finished Peter Golenbock's penetrating study of that man who would be emperor, George...

The Last Comanche Chief: The Life and Times of Quanah Parker Best Price: $12.00 Bill Neeley's Book- The Last Comanche Chief, The Life and Times of Quanah Parker is the most...	Paradise with Serpents: Travels in the Lost World of Paraguay Best Price: $5.55 Having spent some time in Paraguay not so long ago much of what is written seems a very valid...	The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice Best Price: $7.50 Many readers may wonder why so many books about D-day are published and why so much more...	The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain Best Price: $1.40 When Winston Churchill eloquently spoke of the men who fought in the Battle of Britain,...	Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans Best Price: $13.91 I put off reading "Lone Star" as long as I could... it's a forbidding book, over...

America's History: To 1877 Best Price: $6.40 I found this introductory level textbook extremely well balanced and inclusive of all Americans....	Atlantis: The Andes Solution: The Discovery of South America as the Legendary Continent of Atlantis Best Price: $13.50 This book was exceptional. I have been an Atlantis investigator for 45 years and this is the...	Looking for Alaska Best Price: $6.49 In 1973, Peter Jenkins set off with a backpack and his dog Cooper looking for America. He lived...	Al Capone: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) Best Price: $36.98 Scholar and expert on Italian American History and American crime, Luciano Iorizzo has provided...	Poverty in America: An Encyclopedia Best Price: $67.21 How has the U.S. dealt, throughout its long history, with one of the worlds oldest problems?...

The Fifty-Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Has Shaped Our World Best Price: $1.00 The book, The Fifty-Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Shapes Our World, maintains a...	The West: An Illustrated History Best Price: $13.80 The promos for "The West" series on PBS seemed to imply that Ken Burn's following...	They Shoot Coaches, Don't They?: UCLA and the Ncaa Since John Wooden Best Price: $4.68 If you are a big UCLA basketball fan (past or present), you will love this book. It is...	C, WRIGHT MILLS: AN AMERICAN UTOPIAN Best Price: $39.00 I happened upon this wonderful biography and overview of sociologist C. Wright Mills written by...	Black Africa Various Contributors.Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in good all-round...

Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing Best Price: $217.74 As one who has lived very close to this subject for nearly half a century, I find 'Under the...	Origins of the Civil Rights Movements Best Price: $8.96 Aldon Morris writes the history of the Civil Rights Movement as the gradual organization of...	A Conspiracy So Immense Best Price: $13.80 Historian David Oshinsky, Professor of History at Rutgers University, does a masterful job in...	Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics Best Price: $13.32 One of the best exposes of how journalism in the late 20th century has become more concerned...	When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School Best Price: $3.64 When I Was Cool by Sam Kashner is one of the best books ever written about the so-called Beat...

Once upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen North Platte, Nebraska, is a solitary outpost in the vast midwestern plains. But from Christmas...	Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back Best Price: $1.94 As I read "Among the Heroes", I was inspired by the lives of the passengers, their...	Chickamauga and Chattanooga: The Battles That Doomed the Confederacy Best Price: $22.50 In the Autumn of 1863, a pair of remarkable military engagements took place on opposite sides of...	100 Years of Wall Street Best Price: $6.19 100 Years of Wall Street is one of the greatest books ever written. Its in depth analysis of the...	The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, and Details Best Price: $46.37 Bill Crothers' excellent drawings and thorough research make this a definitive reference on...

God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor (Brassey's Commemorative Series, Wwii) Best Price: $25.00 This is one of the best books I've ever read. Very thoroughly documented based on interviews...	Modern Material Culture: The Archaeology of Us (Studies in Archaeology) Best Price: $68.95 Modern Material Culture is concerned with the nature of archaeological reasoning. Its approach...	Guitarrero Cave: Early Man in the Andes (Studies in archaeology) The investigation of Guitarrero Cave was (at their time) the most well carried multidisciplinary...	Hohokam and Patayan: Prehistory of Southwestern Arizona Best Price: $366.60	Cannon Reservoir Human Ecology Project: An Archaeological Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Southern Prairie Peninsula (Studies in archaeology)

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon Best Price: $3.59 I've "rafted" the upper Colorado. Of course that was in a motorized raft, led...	Going Rogue: An American Life Best Price: $0.01 Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," gets its title from an expression McCain...	The Way of the World Best Price: $2.49 Having read Suskind's History of the CIA, I was expecting something equally dry. However, I...	Longaberger: An American Success Story Best Price: $1.16 That was Mr.Longaberger's problem. He knew that handcrafted baskets had a place in...	The Whispering Land Best Price: $8.51 To me, Gerald Durrell is the best descriptive writer who has ever lived. His stories of animal ...

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PACEMAKER SE 2001C THIRD EDITION (PACEMAKER AMERICAN GOVERNMENT) Best Price: $10.99 I purchased this book as part of my quest to obtain my high school dipoloma, 30 years...	Chickenhawk Best Price: $7.65 This is a book written by a very brave man. Not because he flew over 1,000 missions during the...	The Education of Henry Adams (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $5.00 it has thorough, helpful notes that help fill in the historical gaps in the book. I was hooked...	Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 Best Price: $5.59 Both landlubbers and seafarers will find much to enjoy in Nathaniel Philbrick's engrossing...	The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America Best Price: $3.99 The best book I have read on conservatism in the US. The authors don't sneer, they...

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