Nearly 40 years ago, a New York State Library archivist discovered 12,000 pages of extraordinary records from the original Dutch colony on Manhattan.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4193-0044-X
Author:  Russell Shorto

Expand your understanding of one of the most controversial Secretaries of States in U.S. history - Henry Kissinger... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7871-1896-6
Author:  William Burr

"My name is Alberta Martin and I was born in nineteen hundred and six, the first day of December. I`m the last Confederate widow living as far as anybody knows..." ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Joe Richman

This is an unforgettable narrative that captures the essence of heroism, the power of loyalty, and the way in which the unadorned truth is more stirring than legend itself.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9747-0
Author:  James D Hornfischer

This is an unforgettable narrative that captures the essence of heroism, the power of loyalty, and the way in which the unadorned truth is more stirring than legend itself.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7393-0907-2
Author:  James D Hornfischer

In this intimate portrait of an institution, America`s first female Supreme Court Justice traces the Court`s history to its inner workings in contemporary life.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9017-4
Author:  Sandra Day O`Connor

In short vignettes, Galvin gives us a deeply personal portrait of the people who lived in a mountain meadow along the Colorado-Wyoming border over its hundred-year history.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-2593-4
Author:  James Galvin

Louis Menand masterfully weaves pivotal late 19th-and early 20th-century events, colorful biographical anecdotes, and abstract ideas into a narrative whole that both enthralls and enlightens. ... Read More

ISBN:  1-5651-1542-2
Author:  Louis Menand

The mythical legends and historical allure of the old west come galloping onward.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-59150-245-4
Author:  N/A

On December 7, 1941, America was thrust violently into World War II when Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the U.S. naval installation at Hawaii`s Pearl Harbor... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-56511-438-8
Author:  Gordon W Prange with Donald M Goldstein ,  Katherine V Dillon

This collection features recordings of some of the most powerful moments in 20th-century American... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Franklin D Roosevelt ,  Herbert Hoover ,  Ronald Reagan

We all know the eagle is a well-known U.S. symbol, but did you know that this bird is well-informed, too... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7871-0372-1
Author:  Bob Van Dusen

The presidential speechwriter credited with the phrase "axis of evil" takes us behind the scenes... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-59007-411-4
Author:  David Frum

Jesse James was the warlord over an outlaw empire based in Missouri. Jesse`s outlaws sympathized... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57453-175-1
Author:  Robertus Love

In this riveting book we see Teddy, the flamboyant politician and Rough Rider, who was also a "Papa Bear"... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-0474-0
Author:  Peter Collier