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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Confederates in the Attic

Confederates in the Attic


by Tony Horwitz

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

Subtitled "Dispatched from the Unfinished Civil War," this book reveals the strange world of the re-enactors, unreconstructed confederates and others whose ongoing interest and involvement in the War Between the States provide an intriguing cultural portrait of the southern and mid-Atlantic states. (USS35, $16.00)

The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787

The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787


by Gordon S. Wood

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 688 PAGES

This sweeping political history examines America's transformation from colony to republic during the Revolutionary War. (USE79, $27.95)

The First Salute, A View of the American Revolution

The First Salute, A View of the American Revolution


by Barbara Tuchman

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Pulitzer-prize winning author's analysis of the American Revolution, focusing on the European politics surrounding the war, and the conflicts between the British and Dutch navy. Much of the action takes place in the Caribbean, the author providing a fascinating account of the role of St. Eustatius (the "Golden Rock") in the American Revolution. (USA04, $18.00)

Jefferson and Monticello, The Biography of a Builder

Jefferson and Monticello, The Biography of a Builder


by John McLaughlin

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 481 PAGES

A detailed account of the painstaking design and construction of Monticello, the slaves and artisans who labored on its behalf, and a portrait of daily colonial life in Virginia. (USE106, $21.99)

A People's History of the United States, 1492 to Present

A People's History of the United States, 1492 to Present


by Howard Zinn

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

Zinn's big, influential, utterly engaging lively history of the many threads of the American experience. His book teems with American personalities, from Montezuma to Joe Hill to Abbey Hoffman -- as well as those old familiars, the Founding Fathers. (USA52, $25.00)

Personal Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant


by Ulysses S. Grant

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 674 PAGES

A remarkable (and big) account of a rich life, from a poor boy on the frontier to a great general and president, written by Grant on his deathbed -- and originally edited by none other than Mark Twain. (USS33, $17.00)

 

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