 | Churchill : A Life by Martin Gilbert
Buy used from: $8.73 Biography of a British icon.
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 | Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $0.04 Simply fascinating account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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 | Truman by David McCullough
Buy new: $15.84 / Used from: $2.14 Oustanding biography
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 | Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Stephen E. Ambrose
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.03 Obstacles confronted in construction of the transcontinental railroad
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 | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.28 Brilliant narrative of a disasterous ascent of Everest
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 | The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $3.42 Typical Theodore Roosevelt
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 | Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $8.89 Biography of John D. Rockefeller
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 | The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 As the name implies
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 | In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.17 The tragic story of the USS Indianapolis
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 | Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $0.65 An outstanding look into the mind of one of the greatest American Presidents.
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 | Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by David Hackett Fischer
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.49 The true story of Washington's crossing of the Delaware and the events that surrounded it.
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 | 1776 by David McCullough
Buy new: $21.77 / Used from: $0.27 The events culminating in the Declaration of Independence
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 | Caesar: A Biography by Christian Meier
Buy new: $17.94 / Used from: $0.50 A look at one of the greatest leaders of men in recorded history
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 | Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone by Martin Dugard
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.40 Exploration of deepest, darkest Africa
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 | The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $2.29 Typical McCollough treatment of one of the greatest natural/man-made disasters in American history.
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 | The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough
Buy new: $14.40 / Used from: $2.67 Excellent background on construction of the Panama Canal
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 | The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $3.88 Typical McCollough masterpiece detailing the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the engineering marvels of its time.
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 | John Adams by David McCullough
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $3.16 An often overlooked founding father of tremendous significance.
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 | Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
Buy used from: $6.51 The original American capitalist.
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 | The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $1.94 Follows the Blue Nile from Khartoum through the Ethipian highlands.
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 | The White Nile by Alan Moorehead
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $1.12 The history of 19th century Sudan and Central Africa
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 | RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA by John M. Barry
Buy used from: $4.37 Fascinating account of the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
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 | Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (Vintage) by Max Hastings
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.95 Outstanding analysis of the final year of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
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 | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy new: $11.34 / Used from: $4.19 A fresh perspective on the Lincoln administration.
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 | Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $0.01 Tsarist Russia
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 | The Battle Of The Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $19.54 Meticulously and well documented treatment of the initial clash of Armies in Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia.
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 | A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West by James Donovan
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $5.94 An outstanding, historically accurate account of the Sioux massacre of Custer's Seventh Cavalry at Little Bighorn.
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 | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by James L. Swanson
Buy new: $8.14 / Used from: $1.70 Excellent look at the background of the Lincoln assassination and the twelve day manhunt that ensued.
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 | The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History by John M. Barry
Buy used from: $13.97 Outstanding account of the Great Influenza Plague which struck the world during the First World War.
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 | The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $0.01 Very detailed and meticulous account of the personalities, politics and events leading up to and encompassing the Korean War.
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 | Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $3.77 A history of Scotland's struggle for independence, from the earliest recorded history to the present.
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 | A History of the American People by Paul M. Johnson
Buy new: $14.69 / Used from: $3.99 Captivating synopsis of American history
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 | King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
Buy used from: $4.74 A real life nightmare dealing with Belgian colonization of the Congo
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 | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $5.60 A comprehensive history of the politics, personalities and events of the Great Depression.
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 | One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo by Alan Schom
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $0.73 Napoleon returns from exile and meets Wellington at Waterloo
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 | The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair by Martin Meredith
Buy used from: $4.87 Depressing history of post colonial Africa
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 | The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $1.12 Very well written account of the women married to Henry VIII of England.
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 | Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $1.08 Germany and England on a collision course toward WW I
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 | A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.57 Vasily Grossman chronicles the Red Army's battles with Nazi Germany from 1941-1945.
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 | Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 A tail not just of horse racing but of human nature and the Depression
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