 | Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York by Kenneth D. Ackerman
Buy used from: $2.22 An exciting read about one of the most notorious and corrupt politicians of the 19th century
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 | Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $4.17 Insightful and judicious biography of complex man and revolutionary leader who became one of the 20th centuries most recognized icons
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 | The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran (Studies in Middle Eastern History) by Said Amir Arjomand
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $3.93 An excellent historical analysis of the events leading up to establishment of the Iran's fundamentalist regime
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 | The First Crusade: A New History, The Roots of Conflict Between Christianity and Islam by Thomas Asbridge
Buy used from: $3.53 Provides an in depth overview of the Christian ideology and political agendas behind the crusades, and an introduction to the leaders of both the Muslim and Christian armies
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 | Possible Paradises: Basque Emigration to Latin America by Jose Manuel Azcona Pastor
Buy new: $60.00 / Used from: $52.95 A must read for anyone interested on the vast contributions made by the Basques emigrants to the new world
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 | Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
Buy new: $11.73 / Used from: $10.00 Better than any fiction crime thriller, this outstanding history of the massacre settlers by Mormons is gripping cover to cover
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 | Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War by Edward E. Baptist
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $14.90 A history of the antebellum settlement of north Florida and its history of male dominance, politics, life on the plantation and slavery
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 | Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America by Fergus Bordewich
Buy used from: $0.73 An exciting history of the Underground Railroad and the brave men and women who risked their lives to free the slaves
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 | Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $1.75 A tragic story of racial hatred in 1920s Detroit revolving around an African American dentist and the flamboyant Clarence Darrow
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 | John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father by Francis J. Bremer
Buy used from: $8.85 An exemplary story of the courageous founder of one of the New World's earliest colonies
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 | Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American ... History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) by Steven C. Bullock
Buy new: $24.50 / Used from: $19.50 An important work on the place of Freemasonry in the life and politics of the 18th and 19th century United States
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 | Friedrich Nietzsche by Curtis Cate
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 | Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $1.75 A great biography on one of the most influential, yet flawed founders of the government of the United States
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 | The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem by John M. Coski
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $3.25 A history of a symbol of U.S. history, which still stirs divisive feelings as to its display and meaning
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 | Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought by Michael Cook
Buy new: $140.00 / Used from: $121.82 A detailed analysis on the complexities and nuances of Islamic law and its moral applications by the different Islamic sects
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 | Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind The List by David M. Crowe
Buy used from: $2.49 A biography on the heroic German who risked his life to save his Jewish workers-corrects many mistakes depicted in the movie
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 | An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963 (Dynasty) by Robert Dallek
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $2.75 A great biography about a great man by a great biographer
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 | William Tyndale: A Biography (Yale Nota Bene) by Professor David Daniell
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.74 A biography focusing on Tyndale's significant contributions to the translation of Bible into English
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 | Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair by Adeed Dawisha
Buy new: $28.95 / Used from: $19.54 A timely contribution towards understanding the dynamics of Middle eastern politics and the nationalistic and religious ideologies that drive them
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 | Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.91 Pulitzer prize winner on the aftermath of the Japan's defeat in WWII and how it changed the nation forever
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 | Freemasonry and American Culture, 1880-1930 by Lynn Dumenil
Buy used from: $59.00 A social history of Freemansonry and its role in late the 19th century and early 20th century U.S.
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 | To The Flag: The Unlikely History Of The Pledge Of Allegiance by Richard J. Ellis
Buy used from: $0.93 A well documented analysis of the history of the Pledge of Allegiance and the surrounding controversy throughout the 20th century
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 | The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison by John Emsley
Buy used from: $1.96 A great read about natural occuring poisons, and their use in medicine, industry and by those who did away with loved ones or their enemies
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 | Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Buy new: $16.48 / Used from: $8.80 The history of post war Civil War America and the failure to carry to fulfillment the hopes of thousands of liberated African Americans
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 | Indonesian Destinies by Theodore Friend
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $8.00 A compelling history of modern Indonesia as told by the author who lived through many of the upheavals during the latter half of the 20th century
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