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The Reconstruction Essentials Collection gathers ten works on slavery, emancipation, race, memory, leadership, and the long aftermath of the Civil War. This collection offers a powerful body of testimony and historical reflection on the central struggles of nineteenth-century America.

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A monumental history of the Gulf Coast’s creation and destruction—and the battle over who will control its future—from the New York Times bestselling author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza In Water and Oil, John Barry tells the story of how the Louisiana coast was shaped—and...

The intimate, extraordinary biography of Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence, America’s first Black female psychoanalyst—penned by her own daughter, now with a new afterword Margaret Morgan, raised in Mississippi in the 1910s, knows she's meant to be a doctor—and that she'll have to fight for it...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Fever in the Heartland, a thrilling real-life Western that is also a powerful reckoning with the drama and heroism at the final moments of the American frontier. A story of a hard land and a most remarkable man trying to find a home under the open...

A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American...

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique Olin THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress...

They called it the Devil's instrument — but its story is pure rebellion, art, and fire. From smoky Appalachian barn dances to royal concert halls, The Devil's Violin traces the wild, untamed history of one of humanity's most misunderstood instruments — the fiddle. Once banned, burned, and branded as sinful, the violin has been accused of everything from conjuring spirits to stealing souls. Yet through every century of suspicion, it became the heartbeat of folk music, the muse of virtuosos, and the symbol of musical defiance.

On Mount Washington, it's lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in t-shirts and flip flops and things can get ugly...

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 COLORADO BOOK AWARD The Bad Old Days of Colorado celebrates the state’s glorious and rowdy past. Many people born and bred here relish just how “bad” things used to be: the terrain, the inhabitants and especially the quality of whiskey. It almost goes without saying...

When Fred Risser retired from the Wisconsin Senate in 2021, his sixty-four years in state government made him the longest serving legislator in US history. Now, in this candid and illuminating autobiography, Risser shares his singular perspective on events that transformed the state and the nation over the course of his remarkable career.

The colonial church was critical in training the founding generation on biblical principles for governing justly. When England governed unjustly over a long period of time with no intention of changing course, the leaders of the Continental Congress confronted their civil authority. After many years trying to reconcile, they saw no other option but to follow the biblical template for starting a new nation. They drafted the Declaration of Independence, and God blessed their effort.

In 1776 America began with the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ….” These words founded us on equality rather than ethnicity, liberty rather than race. In 1789 “all men are created equal” manifested itself in the Constitution “We the People” adopted.

Did a scandalous love affair cost the British Empire the American Revolutionary War? In Snug As A Flea: Lust, Failure & Time in the American Revolutionary War, author Roger Schatz unveils one of the most intriguing and consequential sidebars of American history. General William Howe was a formidable British Commander-In-Chief tasked with crushing the American rebellion. But instead of delivering the final blow to George Washington's vulnerable Continental Army, Howe repeatedly stalled. Why?

Using the participants’ own words, Jim Weiss brings to life the ideas, battles, and adventures of the men and women who created a free nation. Be there in the courtroom when John Adams takes an unpopular stand for justice by defending British soldiers accused of perpetrating the Boston...

Det här är ingen historiebok. Det är en bok med berättelser om människor vi bör minnas. Personer att referera till, citera och inspireras av. En annan historia består av femtioen fascinerande och underhållande berättelser om personer som inte fått sin rättmätiga plats i...

Estados Unidos celebra sus 250 años. En este libro los historiadores de Ad Absurdum narran la historia de Estados Unidos a través de su propia experiencia durante el rodaje de un improbable documental. Anécdotas, entrevistas, accidentes e incluso mucha investigación histórica te llevarán a conocer a los primeros pobladores del continente americano, a los conquistadores españoles que dejaron su huella y a los fundadores de una nueva nación que se convirtió en potencia mundial.

In Wings of Justice, bestselling author Davis Truman delivers a gripping, emotionally charged tribute to the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first Black military pilots, who not only fought against the Axis powers during World War II, but also challenged the deep-rooted injustice of segregation at home.

It is an explosive true story of survival, betrayal, and the moment America lost its grip on the Middle East. On November 4, 1979, 52 Americans were taken hostage inside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, an act that stunned the world and sparked a 444-day standoff that shattered U.S. diplomacy and changed global politics forever. In this pulse-pounding narrative, acclaimed historian Davis Truman pulls back the curtain on the backroom deals, psychological torment, and international missteps that defined one of the longest hostage crises in modern history.

The Education of Henry Adams is among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. Henry Adams was the grandson of a president and the great-grandson of another one. He was also the son of the American Ambassador to England, and his secretery. As such he rubbed elbows, literally, with Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and with many of the great figures of his time.