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Letters from an American farmer
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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur |
Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?," as a new nation took shape … |
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Jefferson and Madison
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Lance Banning |
Amidst the whirlwind of Revolution and nation-making, Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and Madison, father of the Constitution, engaged in a series of intellectual discussions on… |
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A revolutionary people at war
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Charles Royster |
Discusses the role of the Revolutionary War--with its demands on courage, discipline, and dedication to the cause of freedom--on the shaping of America's national character. |
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Uncertain justice
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Laurence H. Tribe |
"From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet the court remains a … |
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La dernière croisade
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Barbara Victor |
A la veille d'une nouvelle élection présidentielle aux Etats-Unis, cette enquête de terrain montre le poids de l'influence des organisations évangélistes dans l'enjeu de la campagne. Sur la scène pol… |
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Hillary, histoire d'une ambition
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Jeff Gerth |
"Ce livre - nourri de sources inédites et de documents jusqu'ici confidentiels - nous éclaire sur sa véritable histoire." |
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America's God
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Mark A. Noll |
"Mark A. Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Confessions of an economic hit man
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John Perkins,Perkins, John,John Perkins,Perkins, John |
Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries. |
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Cold War warrior
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Warren Knight |
"Cold War Warrior is the memoir of a boy who grew to manhood in the service of his country during the height of the Cold War. As a Russian linguist in the United States Air Force Security Service, Wa… |
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Acts of mercy
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Mariah Stewart |
Former FBI profiler Sam Delvecchio and FBI agent Fiona Summers hunt a serial murderer who stages his victims to represent the Catholic Church's seven Acts of Mercy. |
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A time for everything
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Michael L. White |
A biography of the life of Toledo native and army veteran Kevin Zimmerman. |
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The American judicial tradition
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G. Edward White |
This book is a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the career… |
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Cultural Literacy
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E. D. Hirsch |
Discusses how to enable students to make sense of what they read through prior knowledge of events, etc. |
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Passing Strange
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Martha A. Sandweiss |
The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West and the woman he lovedClarence King is a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, be… |
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The tragic era
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Claude Gernade Bowers |
Claude Bower's history of the Johnson administration, impeachment, Grant administration, and congressional reconstruction is a very entertaining tour through this troubled period of our national hist… |
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Pattern and process
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Conference on the National Archives and Research in Historical Geography (1971 Washington, D.C.) |
"Contained in this volume are papers by leading scholars describing, analyzing, and interpreting selected aspects of United States history from the various perspectives of the geographer. The ninetee… |
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Faith of my fathers
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Mark Salter John Mccain,John McCain,Mark Salter,John Mccain,John McCain |
John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With cand… |
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