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"The Citizen's Almanac: Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States"

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Citizenship and Immigration Services:

Seller ID: 9780160780035

ISBN: 0160780039

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The Citizen's Almanac is a publication developed for new citizens. It includes information on U.S. civic history, rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship, biographical details on prominent foreign-born Americans, landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, presidential speeches on citizenship, and several of our founding documents including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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"Urban Bosses, Machines and Progressive Reformers (Problems in American Civilization)"

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Heath:

Seller ID: 9780669737837

ISBN: 0669737836

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Irish studies: A general introduction

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Gill and Macmillan:

Seller ID: 9780717115792

ISBN: 0717115798

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The Quotable Sixties

By: N/A

Price: $7.45

Publisher: The Lyons Press:

Seller ID: 9781599210261

ISBN: 1599210266

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

This volume takes a look at some of the most humorous, memorable, and outrageous statements said during, and about, this remarkable decade.
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Touch the Earth: A Self-Portrait of Indian Existence

By: N/A

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Touchstone:

Seller ID: 9780671222758

ISBN: 0671222759

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Penguin Books:

Seller ID: 9780140277449

ISBN: 0140277447

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenceless city, but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300000 Chinese civilians.
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"Geisha, A Life"

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Seller ID: 9780743444293

ISBN: 0743444299

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

No woman in the three-hundred-year history of the karyukai has ever come forward in public to tell her story--until now.

"Many say I was the best geisha of my generation," writes Mineko Iwasaki. "And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had to leave." Trained to become a geisha from the age of five, Iwasaki would live among the other "women of art" in Kyoto's Gion Kobu district and practice the ancient customs of Japanese entertainment. She was loved by kings, princes, military heroes, and wealthy statesmen alike. But even though she becam...
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"The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged"

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt:

Seller ID: 9780395652374

ISBN: 0395652375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: GOOD

For decades William L. Langer's best-selling ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY was the indispensable, authoritative guide to all of human history. Now, under the direction of a distinguished new editor, comes an updated and dramatically improved version for a new generation, the only encyclopedia of its kind with a bound-in, searchable compact disc of the complete text. The result is a wholly accessible, absorbing canvas of world history that no student, scholar, or amateur historian should be without.
Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expe...
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Why the Confederacy Lost

By: N/A

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press:

Seller ID: 9780195085495

ISBN: 0195085493

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, "I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians who have looked to faulty morale, population, economics, and dissent as the causes of Confederate failure. These were all factors, he writes, but the Civil War was still a war--won by the Union army thr...
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What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

By: N/A

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Berkley Trade:

Seller ID: 9780425176429

ISBN: 0425176428

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: very good

With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differently in history. Featuring Stephen J. Ambrose, John Keegan, and many others.
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"The War Years 1939-1945 (The Diaries and Letters of Harold Nicolson, Volume II)"

By: "( Nigel Nicolson, ed.)"

Price: $10.95

Publisher: NY, Atheneum: 1967

Seller ID: 4-OH007

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: VERY GOOD+

"Book is tight, bright, clean and square with slight softening of spine ends and a single spot on to top exterior page edges. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and red end papers. Unclipped dust jacket is intact with both a price and ""A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection"" - light age soil and tanned edges with seriously sunned spine. 511 indexed, annotated pages with 10 black and white photos. Member of Parliament ""scholar, diplomat and writer..a British gentleman who looks of quality in all things and finds his greatest courage when affairs are going badly...Scatter...
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"Nantucket's Brush with Hurricane Bob, August 19,1991"

By: "(John Stanton, Ed.) (Clow, Grant & Kronenberg - photos)"

Price: $19.95

Publisher: "Nantucket, MA", The Inquirer and Mirror: 1991

Seller ID: 8-DY015

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: NEAR FINE

"As new except for a light corner bump. ""An account of Hurricane Bob from the pages of The Inquirer and Mirror."" 32 staplebound illustrated pages. 7x10.5x.2"" (17.8x26.6x3cm)"
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Through Hell and Deep Water

By: "Adamson, Hans Christian, A., Charles Lockwood"

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Bantam:

Seller ID: 9780553291780

ISBN: 0553291785

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The U.S.Constitution for Everyone (Perigee Book)

By: "Agel, Jerome B., Gerberg, Mort"

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Perigee Trade:

Seller ID: 9780399513053

ISBN: 0399513051

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

History comes alive in this illustrated guide to the Constitution and all 27 Amendments.

The Constitution has been in the news a lot recently. But most of us could probably use a refresher on this founding document of America--you can probably name the first and second amendments, but what about the 11th, or the 22nd? And what does all of that formal political language actually mean for us today?

The U.S. Constitution for Everyone answers these questions and more, like:
- How does impeachment work, anyway?
- How long is a Senator's term?
- What is covered by "fr...
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The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty

By: "Alexander, Barb"

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing:

Seller ID: 9781634504027

ISBN: 163450402X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

From the bloody Wars of the Roses to Queen Elizabeth I's iconic rule, the Tudor Dynasty was a period of sex, scandal, and intrigue. Monarchs such as Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I have become a part of modern pop culture, resulting in endless parodies, satires, rumors, and urban legends that grace our television screens. But as with all urban legends and parodies, facts surrounding the lives of these rulers are greatly exaggerated. In this entertaining guide, Barb Alexander serves to debunk those rumors and educate you about the dynasty.

History doesn't have to be dry, boring, and diffic...
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"Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers"

By: "Alexander, Larry"

Price: $7.50

Publisher: NAL Trade:

Seller ID: 9780451218391

ISBN: 0451218396

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War 2.

In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.

They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne--the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.

This is...
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"Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest"

By: "Ambrose, Stephen E."

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster:

Seller ID: 9780743216456

ISBN: 0743216458

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In "Band of Brothers," Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories,...
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"Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West"

By: "Ambrose, Stephen"

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster:

Seller ID: 9780684826974

ISBN: 0684826976

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississip...
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Today in History Almanac of Putnam County

By: "Ambrosino, Hauser, Sutor & Stoffolino (Ed.)"

Price: $24.95

Publisher: "Brewster, NY", National Honor Society (Brewster Chapter): 1976

Seller ID: 14T028

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD-

"Tight, bright clean and square, except for a corner crease on the bottom edge of the front cover and first 2 pages. Daily historical entries regarding the Putnam County(NY) area: Brewster, Carmel, Cold Spring, Patterson & Danbury(CT). Modeled after Franklin's almanac with entries interspersed with drawings, recipes, and hand-drawn ads for local businesses. Produced as a Bi-Centennial (1976) project of the Brewster High School Chapter of the National Honor Society.163 pages + Bibliography. 8-1/4x5-3/8"" (21x13.5cm)"
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"Fish Stories, Historic Nantucket, Fall 1994, Volume 43 No.3"

By: "Andrews, McCleave & Burch"

Price: $10.95

Publisher: "Nantucket, MA", Nantucket Historical Association: 1994

Seller ID: 8-DY001

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: NEAR FINE

"As new except for faintest shelfwear to covers. Address sticker on back cover, 8.5x11x.25"" (21.5x28x.5cm). Illustrated pages, 66 to 79 . ""Indian Fish and Fishing Off Coastal Massachusetts"", ""Dory Fishing"", and ""Aquaculture: Tomorrow's Fishery"""
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