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An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the powerful.

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How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power.

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An anthology of more than 300 letters, speeches, articles, petitions, poems, songs and works of fiction tracing the course of black history in America - from the first slaves brought over in the 16th century to the events of the present day. It includes the words and writings of politicians, writers, musicians and sportsmen.

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Winner of the African Photobook of the Year Award

A Choice Outstanding Title of the Year
A USA Today Must-Read for Black History Month
An NPR Goats and Soda Editors' Pick
A BookRiot Favorite Nonfiction Book of the Year

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A penetrating, character-filled history "in the manner of David McCullough" (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.

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The classic, bestselling work on the Arthurian era and its fundamental role in the birth of Britain today.

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An award-winning look at French salons and the women who presided over them.

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A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand

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The fascinating story of the horse from their origins to the present day, via centuries of global human history.

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Arturo Giraldez provides a rich history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. Beginning with the founding of Manila in 1571 and ending in 1815 when the last galleon left Acapulco for the Philippines, these vessels braved weather and pirates to establish a vital connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asia.

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A uniquely detailed study of a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, before being sunk at Midway.

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Eight centuries ago was not part of France. The principality on the Mediterranean, ruled by the house of Toulouse, seemed far apart from the world of the feudal north. It was here that a heresy of eastern origin challenged the orthodoxy of Catholicism.

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A highly illustrated study of the Japanese conquest and American reconquest of the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska, one of the most inhospitable theaters of World War II.

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Offers an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor. This book provides a view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

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'A perfect introduction to the place and a first-rate account of its history.' - The Guardian

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Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin aligned to win World War II.

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The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars.

In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the conflict.

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American icons and historians explore the grand American experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas, the capstone book in a trilogy from David Rubenstein.

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Examining issues of power, race and immigration, religious fervour and prosperity, this masterful portrait of the world's most controversial superpower looks backwards and forwards to understand why now, more than ever, the fate of America, and by extension the rest of the world, is hanging in the balance.

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Biographical portraits of leading American statesmen from Thomas Jefferson to Franklin D. Roosevelt provide insight into the main currents of the nation's political heritage.

The American Revolution 100 brings you onto the charred battlefields and inside the maneuverings of the war that produced America. In comprehensive fashion it explains, analyzes, and ranks the war's most significant events, leaders, and battles according to their importance.