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People of Plenty
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David M. Potter |
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundan… |
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American commodities in an age of empire
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Mona Domosh |
American Commodities in an Age of Empire is a novel interpretation of the relationship between consumerism, commercialism, and imperialism during the first empire building ear of America in the late … |
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Power and willpower in the American future
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Robert J. Lieber |
"To argue against the widely proclaimed idea of American decline might seem a lonely task. After all, the problems are real and serious. Yet if we take a longer view, much of the discourse about decl… |
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Bunch of amateurs
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Jack Hitt |
Beginning with Ben Franklin's kite and leading all the way to the current TV hit "American Idol," Hitt argues that the nation's love of self-invented obsessives has always driven the country to redis… |
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Captain America and the crusade against evil
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John Shelton Lawrence,Robert Jewett |
"Arguing that the superhero is the antidemocratic counterpart of the classical "monomyth" described by Joseph Campbell, the authors show that the American version of the monomyth derives from tales o… |
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What unites us
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Dan Rather |
In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates shared values and what matters most in this great country, and shows what patriotism looks like. Writin… |
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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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The soul of America
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Jon Meacham |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear. |
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Wake up America
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Eric Bolling |
America was built on nine distinct virtues which shaped the character of our nation and made it great. Grit, manliness, individualism, merit, profit and providence, dominion over our environment, thr… |
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Celebrating America
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Glorya Hale |
A tribute to America and the American spirit through the words of presidents, poets, writers, statesmen, historians and artists. |
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Falling in love with America again
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Jim DeMint |
" In his new role as president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled the country talking to Americans about how to return to our founding principles and restore and protect our… |
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The American dream
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Jim Cullen |
"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In th… |
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Songs of ourselves
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Mary Lawlor,Heller, Paul (Retired librarian) |
Blue Heron Book Works loves stories and we are dedicated to the idea that everyone's individual story - not just those who live in the glare of the celebrity spotlight - is essential to the bigger st… |
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Finding home
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Sally Ooms |
"When people in America find themselves displaced, what do they do to re-create their homes? And what does home mean to them? The lives in this book span a wealth of definitions. Finding home is abou… |
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Angels in America
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Tony Kushner |
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The man who sold the world
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William Kleinknecht,William Kleinknecht |
Since Ronald Reagan left office--and particularly after his death--his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tr… |
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Generation of vipers
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Philip Wylie |
"Perhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living - from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion - Generation of Vipers ranks with the… |
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America embattled
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Richard Crockatt |
What causes Anti- Americanism and where are its historical roots? What is the impact of 9/11 on America's sense of itself and its role in the world? Is America paradoxically a victim of its own polit… |
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The age of homespun
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America - ranging from a linen tableclot… |
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Red, white, and blue letter days
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Matthew Dennis |
"The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of Ameri… |
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