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Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials
High up in the Bolivian Andes---4,000 meters above sea level---lies Puma punku, an ancient ruined city that simply could never have been constructed by its Stone Age…Click to compare book prices
Kokoda
For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened and just what our troops achieved. Now, best-selling author Peter…Click to compare book prices
Unfamiliar Fishes
Many think of 1776 as the most defining year of American history, the year we became a nation devoted to the pursuit of happiness through self-government. In…Click to compare book prices
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole.…Click to compare book prices
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize - winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the…Click to compare book prices
The Jonestown Death Tape (FBI No. Q 042) (November 18, 1978)
A recording made on November 18, 1978, at the People's Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana, immediately preceding and during the mass suicide or murder of over 900…Click to compare book prices
The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern…Click to compare book prices
The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American…Click to compare book prices
Last of the Few: The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It
After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler's inevitable…Click to compare book prices
A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy
Adopted by the U.S. Navy for issue to all new sailors, A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy brings to life the events that have shaped and inspired the navy of today…Click to compare book prices
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a…Click to compare book prices
Malcom X: A Life of Reinvention
Years in the making, this is the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figures in 20th-century American history, perhaps none is more…Click to compare book prices
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan
On March 30, 1981, President Reagan walked out of a hotel in Washington, D.C. and was shot by a would-be assassin. For years, few people knew the truth about how…Click to compare book prices
Chariots of the Gods
Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance---the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth was visited by…Click to compare book prices
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
In January 1811, 500 slaves dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to…Click to compare book prices
Then Everything Changed
Here is a brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators. History turns on a dime. A…Click to compare book prices
Pox: An American History
The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the 20th century. At the turn of the last…Click to compare book prices
Drum-Taps and Memoranda During the War
Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington D.C. During that time, he filled notebooks with…Click to compare book prices
Peter the Great: His Life and World
This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers - - and men - - in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of…Click to compare book prices
History Is Wrong
Erich von Däniken again shows his flair for revealing truths that his contemporaries have missed. After closely analyzing hundreds of ancient and apparently…Click to compare book prices
Wallenstein
Wallenstein, einer der bekanntesten Kriegsführer des 30jährigen Krieges, war zugleich auch eine der rätselhaftesten Erscheinungen der deutschen Geschichte. Nach…Click to compare book prices
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned
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A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the New York Times best seller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About series. When Don't Know Much…
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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as…Click to compare book prices
A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS
Best-selling author Jennet Conant brings us a stunning account of Julia and Paul Child's experiences as members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the Far…Click to compare book prices
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
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As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans…
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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of…Click to compare book prices
The Civil War: A Concise History
One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still…Click to compare book prices
1861: A Civil War Awakening
As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an…Click to compare book prices
To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
On September 6, 1943, 338 B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons…Click to compare book prices
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be…Click to compare book prices
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