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John Adams
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1776
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
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The Devil in the White City
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Alexander Hamilton
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His Excellency: George Washington
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Mornings on Horseback
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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Eleanor and Franklin
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My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
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The Education of Henry Adams
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The First Salute : View of the American Revolution
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
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Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America
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Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884-1933
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Parkland
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The Robber Barons: A Definitive History of the Gilded Age Titans Who Transformed the American Economy
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Eisenhower
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Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court
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Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
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The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs – A Bold Critique and Call for Moral Consensus in an Era of Religious Terrorism
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A Man on the Moon
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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939
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Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America
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Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich
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The History of American Aviation and Space Travel
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
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The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America
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The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South Pacific
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Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
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The Coming of the New Deal 1933-35 (The Age of Roosevelt, Vol 2)
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In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics
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Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate
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The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson
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The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution & Chose Our President
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Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
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American Gothic: The Story of America's Legendary Theatrical Family: Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth
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Enemies: A History of the FBI
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Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
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Liberalism and Its Challengers: From F.D.R. to Bush
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Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes
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The Origins of the Civil Rights Movements: Black Communities Organizing for Change
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Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863
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Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life
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The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
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Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military
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Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor
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Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
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Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
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History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
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The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge
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Gay American History : Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A.: a Documentary
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The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid
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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
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Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
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Stonewall
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STORIES CARE FORGOT
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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
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The Great Crash 1929
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President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination
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Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
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Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist
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A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
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My Soul Is Rested: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South
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Ironclad: The Monitor & the Merrimack
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Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia
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City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
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Democracy for the Few
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Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
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The Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath
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The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America
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Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings
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The Feminine Mystique
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