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Trade Paperback : $14.99 Buy	A Night to Remember Walter Lord; Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick Holt Paperbacks The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick First...

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Night

Elie Wiesel; A New Translation by Marion Wiesel; With a New Preface by the Author Hill and Wang

A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of...

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All But My Life

A Memoir

Gerda Weissmann Klein Hill and Wang

A classic of Holocaust literature, Gerda Weissmann Klein’s celebrated memoir tells the moving story of a young woman’s three frightful years as a...

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Night

Elie Wiesel; A New Translation by Marion Wiesel; With a New Preface by the Author Hill and Wang

A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of...

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Trade Paperback : $14.99 Buy	A Night to Remember Walter Lord; Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick Holt Paperbacks The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick First...

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Here Lies Hugh Glass

A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation

Jon T. Coleman Hill and Wang

In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled Hugh Glass. The animal ripped the trapper up, carving huge hunks from his body. Glass’s fellows rushed to his aid...

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Night

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A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of...

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Midnight Rising

John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co.

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Bestselling author Tony...

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The Photographer

Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

Emmanuel Guibert First Second

In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous...

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YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens
Barnes & Noble Best Graphic Novel
Shelf Awareness Best of the Year
Washington Post Best Books of the Year
Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel of the Year
Eisner Award Winner
Booklist Top Ten Graphic Novel
Library Media Connection Best of the Best
School Library Journal Best Adult Book for High School Students
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels List

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A Rumor of War

Philip Caputo Holt Paperbacks

The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago. In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang...

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102 Minutes

The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn Times Books

"102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember . . . Searing, poignant, and...

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A People's History of American Empire

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Howard Zinn; Paul Buhle; Mike Konopacki Metropolitan Books

Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in...

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Understanding China [3rd Edition]

A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

John Bryan Starr Hill and Wang

After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in...

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Alan's War

The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Emmanuel Guibert, illustrated by the author First Second

“When I was eighteen, Uncle Sam told me he’d like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf. So I did.” When Alan Cope joined...

Contra Costa Times Best GN of the Year
Graphic Novel Reporter Best GN of the Year
Harrisburg Patriot-News Best GN of the Year
NPR Best Book of the Year
Oregonian Best GN of the Year
Publisher's Weekly Comics Week Best Comic of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year

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Freedom's Cap

The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War

Guy Gugliotta Hill and Wang

The modern United States Capitol is a triumph of both engineering and design. From its 9-million-pound cast-iron dome to the dazzling opulence of the...

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Betrayal

Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down

Robert Fitzpatrick and Jon Land Forge Books

The Jack Nicholson film The Departed didn’t tell half of their story. A poor kid from the slums, Robert Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and...

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Class Matters

The New York Times Company; Introduction by Bill Keller Times Books

The acclaimed New York Times series on social class in America—and its implications for the way we live our lives We Americans have long thought of...

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Overthrow

America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

Stephen Kinzer Times Books

“Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the pace and grip of a good thriller.”—Anatol Lieven, The New York Times Book Review "Regime change” did...

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What We Say Goes

Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World

American Empire Project

Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian Metropolitan Books

An indispensable set of interviews on foreign and domestic issues with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival, “America’s most useful citizen.” (The...

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown Holt Paperbacks

Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally...

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Nemesis

The Last Days of the American Republic

American Empire Project

Chalmers Johnson Metropolitan Books

A New York Times bestseller, Nemesis is Chalmers Johnson’s “fiercest book—and his best” (Andrew J. Bacevich) In his prophetic book Blowback, Chalmers...

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Dawn Land

Written and illustrated by Will Davis; adapted from the novel by Joseph Bruchac First Second

Ten thousand years ago, in what would one day be known as North America, Young Hunter set out on an epic quest to overcome the Stone Giants who were...

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Trade Paperback : $16.00 Buy	To Hell and Back Audie Murphy; Foreword by Tom Brokaw Holt Paperbacks The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print in a trade paperback Originally published in 1949,...

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The Sorrows of Empire

Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

American Empire Project

Chalmers Johnson Metropolitan Books

"Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U.S. military and foreign policy." -Los Angeles Times Book Review, front page In the years after the Soviet...

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