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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Author: Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly
ISBN-13: 9780805096668 - ISBN-10: 0805096663
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Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
Author: Jon Krakauer
ISBN-13: 9781400032808 - ISBN-10: 1400032806
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Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search (Movie Tie-in)
Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search (Movie Tie-in)
Author: Martin Sixsmith
ISBN-13: 9780143124726 - ISBN-10: 0143124722
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN-13: 9780767903820 - ISBN-10: 076790382X
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Arc of Justice : A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Arc of Justice : A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Author: Kevin Boyle
ISBN-13: 9780805079333 - ISBN-10: 0805079335
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One Summer: America, 1927
One Summer: America, 1927
Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN-13: 9780767919418 - ISBN-10: 0767919416
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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
Author: Ted Gup
ISBN-13: 9780143120001 - ISBN-10: 014312000X
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Author: Daniel James Brown
ISBN-13: 9780143125471 - ISBN-10: 0143125478
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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Author: Jonathan Alter
ISBN-13: 9780743246019 - ISBN-10: 0743246012
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The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation
Author: Tom Brokaw
ISBN-13: 9780375502026 - ISBN-10: 0375502025
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To America : Personal Reflections of an Historian
To America : Personal Reflections of an Historian
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
ISBN-13: 9780743252126 - ISBN-10: 0743252128
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
ISBN-13: 9781427244215 - ISBN-10: 1427244219
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
ISBN-13: 9780449005613 - ISBN-10: 0449005615
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The Armies of the Night : History as a Novel, the Novel as History
The Armies of the Night : History as a Novel, the Novel as History
Author: Norman Mailer
ISBN-13: 9780452272798 - ISBN-10: 0452272793
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Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton
Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton
Author: David Gergen
ISBN-13: 9780743203227 - ISBN-10: 0743203224
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Robert Petkoff (Narrator)
ISBN-13: 9781427275868 - ISBN-10: 1427275866
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
Author: Herbert Asbury
ISBN-13: 9781560252757 - ISBN-10: 1560252758
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Citizen Soldiers : The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers : The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
ISBN-13: 9780684848013 - ISBN-10: 0684848015
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
Author: Kevin Phillips
ISBN-13: 9780143034315 - ISBN-10: 0143034316
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Killing Reagan
Killing Reagan
Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
ISBN-13: 9781627792417 - ISBN-10: 1627792414
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
Author: David Talbot
ISBN-13: 9780743269193 - ISBN-10: 0743269195
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On Gold Mountain : The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
On Gold Mountain : The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
Author: Lisa See
ISBN-13: 9780679768524 - ISBN-10: 0679768521
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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The Greatest Generation Speaks : Letters and Reflections
The Greatest Generation Speaks : Letters and Reflections
Author: Tom Brokaw
ISBN-13: 9780375503948 - ISBN-10: 0375503943
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History
Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History
Author: Kati Marton
ISBN-13: 9780375401060 - ISBN-10: 0375401067
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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Author: Bryan Burrough
ISBN-13: 9780143115861 - ISBN-10: 0143115863
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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