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Going to the Source: The Bedford Reader in American History, Volume 2: Since 1865Going to the Source: The Bedford Reader in American History, Volume 2: Since 1865
Best Price: $28.69
Out of Our Past (Harper Torchbooks)Out of Our Past (Harper Torchbooks)
Best Price: $10.23
This was one of the historical works that most impressed me when I was in college many years...
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original TownThe Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
Best Price: $12.50
This guy can't write a bad book.....Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster and now this....a great run of...
The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our TimesThe Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times
Best Price: $13.89
This is by far the best book available about the Cold War in the Third World. I have been...
History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American PastHistory Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
Best Price: $12.24
History Wars: The Enola gay and other Battles for the American Past is an extremely thought...


What They Fought For 1861-1865What They Fought For 1861-1865
Best Price: $6.56
James McPherson is an eminent historian, who has written some classics, such as "Battle Cry...
The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and StupefyThe Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
Best Price: $4.79
...it's a "bathroom" book, and it serves this purpose well. The short stories are...
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia EmpiresFive Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Best Price: $6.71
I've read about half the book and I enjoy it very much. It's the best book I've read on this...
The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum SouthThe Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
Best Price: $28.00
In this revised and expanded edition, scholar John Blassingame describes not only what facts his...
The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of ConsciousnessThe Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness
Best Price: $11.12
This book eliminates the guess and gives our journey meaning - towards higher consciousness....


The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development (No-Nonsense Guides)The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development (No-Nonsense Guides)
Best Price: $6.66
A great introductory guide for those who are intrigued by the subject. It offers no frills or...
Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SSBlack Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS
Best Price: $13.05
This book is the memoir of a young German who in 1943 at the age of seventeen volunteered for...
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American WestBury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Best Price: $5.59
There's already been much ink shed reviewing this seminal work by Dee Brown on the...
The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History)The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History)
Best Price: $23.48
This belongs on any list of the five best books of American Indian history, or of North American...
P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K: Europe 1943-45 (Duel)P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K: Europe 1943-45 (Duel)
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P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G

Selected Speeches and Writings: Abraham LincolnSelected Speeches and Writings: Abraham Lincoln
Best Price: $11.43
Of all the folks in the storied history of this world of ours, Mr. Lincoln is the one I'd most...
Birds of Peru (Princeton Field Guides)Birds of Peru (Princeton Field Guides)
Best Price: $31.22
Muy buen libro, 100% recomendable. Esta guia contiene imagenes de muy buena calidad, a color y...
Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of RaceWhiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
Best Price: $17.94
Jacobson provides a great deal of the formation of whiteness and how it has changed through...
Flyboys: A True Story of CourageFlyboys: A True Story of Courage
Best Price: $2.61
"Flyboys" is a surprisingly even-sided look at the war in the Pacific, which is most...
English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United StatesEnglish with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States
Best Price: $32.00
This book does a good job of calling attention to, examining and exemplifying the problem of...

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial JusticeUprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
Best Price: $7.95
I was once very active in "antiracist" action. It took me a while to realize...
Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008
Best Price: $15.25
My stepson and my husband's childhood friend--both in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginny--love...
Lest Innocent Blood Be ShedLest Innocent Blood Be Shed
Best Price: $5.99
It is said that, during World War Two, the village of Le Chambon in southern France was the...
The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation
Best Price: $11.17
With the politicization of the schools and the increasing emphasis on race, gender and...
The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means: A Hip Pocket GuideThe United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means: A Hip Pocket Guide
Best Price: $1.78
This is my pocket secular bible. It fits in my suit pocket, pants pocket, laptop case, Black...

American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation, Concise Edition, Volume 1 (to 1877) (Second printing) (3rd Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation, Concise Edition, Volume 1 (to 1877) (Second printing) (3rd Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $46.19
Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. KennedyFour Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Best Price: $10.55
Given that this book is essentially covered by the reviews of its primary source...
Foxfire 3 (Foxfire)Foxfire 3 (Foxfire)
Best Price: $8.25
Foxfire books make you see how easy life is in the 21st century and how tough it was in days...
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Best Price: $4.87
Although the primary focus of this book is on the Constitutional Convention, and the brilliant...
The American Pageant: A History of the RepublicThe American Pageant: A History of the Republic
Best Price: $144.98
The American Pageant continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the most popular and effective...

Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the PresentCreating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present
Best Price: $28.00
The past isn't what it used to be. That's one of the threads which runs throughout this...
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of GenocideThe Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
Best Price: $8.88
Both by means of a large series of interviews of the German physicians who made the life or...
Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early VirginiaAnne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia
Best Price: $17.94
This incisive work illuminates Virginia's colonial history in personal detail: legal procedures,...
Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind SocietyWhitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society
Best Price: $16.00
The conservative, european-american movement's declaration of the end of white supremacy in this...
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, The Colonial Period to Reconstruction, Volume 1Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, The Colonial Period to Reconstruction, Volume 1
Best Price: $14.95
Again another great item! Exactly what I needed for class and one of the first books I recieved...

The Religious History of America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to TodayThe Religious History of America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today
Best Price: $10.64
This book gives a good overview of the Religious history of America during most of the book but...
The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class, Revised and Expanded Edition (Haymarket)The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class, Revised and Expanded Edition (Haymarket)
Best Price: $11.98
A small but very significant difference in terminology prevented me from getting far with this...
Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United StatesMexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States
Best Price: $17.05
Finally, a long awaited balanced, and factually well-researched story of mexican-american...
The African-American Odyssey: Volume I (Chapters 1-13) (3rd Edition)The African-American Odyssey: Volume I (Chapters 1-13) (3rd Edition)
Best Price: $40.00
This 3 rd edition of The African-American Odyssey includes not only a CD-ROM-bound into every...
Common Sense (Penguin Classics)Common Sense (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.00
Common sense was at the right place at the right time, written by the right person. It created...

Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (4th Edition)Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (4th Edition)
Best Price: $86.40
Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (3rd Edition) is a well written text, aimed...
Documents to Accompany America's History, Volume One: To 1877Documents to Accompany America's History, Volume One: To 1877
Best Price: $7.50
The seller had the book to me within a week, really good service, I would definately recommend...
The Penguin History of Latin America (Penguin History)The Penguin History of Latin America (Penguin History)
Best Price: $10.10
As others have noted, this is a highly readable introduction to Latin American history. I had...
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877
Best Price: $19.40
This is a history of the Civil War period, which McDougall rather oddly defines as 1829 to 1877....
Personal HistoryPersonal History
Best Price: $0.99
Absolutely perfect biography. Graham's book is frank in ways few would care to be. Her...

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War With a New Introductory EssayFree Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War With a New Introductory Essay
Best Price: $13.87
The issues with slavery in America reached all the way back to the birth of the nation. The...
Occupied America: A History of Chicanos (6th Edition)Occupied America: A History of Chicanos (6th Edition)
Best Price: $59.75
The author of this book is a liar for one, and two he absolutely hates Americans and America. ...
Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture)Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture)
Best Price: $17.05
Woody Holton, in his book Forced Founders Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the...
Inside the Third ReichInside the Third Reich
Best Price: $10.00
Albert Speer had a front seat to the machinations of the Third Reich. He was an architect by...
Global Studies: Latin America (Global Studies Latin America)Global Studies: Latin America (Global Studies Latin America)
Best Price: $20.95
I took Latin American studies as a "blowoff" class in college, but this book coupled...

Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated StudyRace, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study
Best Price: $15.99
I loved this book, got it for a Race, Gender, Class and Ethnicity class at school. I will keep...
Nation of Nations: ConciseNation of Nations: Concise
Best Price: $55.00
This textbook is written where the average person can grasp an understanding of history. Very...
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Revised EditionBad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Revised Edition
Best Price: $10.92
this is a truly fascinating read, and i recommend it to anyone curious. i read this at the...
A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World WarA War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War
Best Price: $14.49
This is a good start for those that are reading about WWII for the first time. The book is user...
Nation of Nations, Volume 2: Since 1865Nation of Nations, Volume 2: Since 1865
Best Price: $94.71
Known for its friendly narrative style and careful blending of political and social history, ...

American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Best Price: $20.21
In American Babylon, Robert Self attempts to synthesize consistently isolated renderings of...
America Past and Present, Brief Edition, Combined Volume (7th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)America Past and Present, Brief Edition, Combined Volume (7th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $56.00
America Past and Present , Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of...
   
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