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"Bayonet! Forward" My Civil War Reminiscences • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 328 PAGES A collection of professor and Civil War general Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's most noted writings, covering his experiences in Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox. Includes photographs, maps and bibliography. (USE243, $25.00)
Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery • Charles Johnson • Patricia Smith • WBGH Series Research Team HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 512 PAGES A companion volume to a PBS documentary, this book combines the fictional narratives of novelist Charles Johnson with the historical commentary of journalist Patricia Smith, telling the story of slavery in America. It is a powerful collaborative effort that paints a vivid picture of this period in our nation's history, and it celebrates the brave Africans who managed to preserve their heritage as they endured so many hardships. (USS53, $38.95)
All Fishermen are Liars, True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar • Linda Greenlaw CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2005 • PAPER • 228 PAGES This collection of tales of New England fishermen, lobstermen, and other waterlogged folk is presented as a series of barroom yarns, each one funnier, wilder or more thrilling than the next. Linda Greenlaw is author of Hungry Ocean, A Swordboat Captain's Journey and Lobster Chronicles. (USE353, $14.00)
All the President's Men • Alan Pakula 1976 • DVD Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this journalistic thriller about the Watergate scandal. Adapted from the expose of the same name, William Goldman's screenplay follows Bob Woodward (Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Hoffman), the two Washington Post reporters who cracked Nixon's scandal wide open. Jason Robards won an Oscar for his role as Post editor-in-chief Ben Bradlee. (USE335, $19.98)
America's Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum • Theresa Slowick ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2006 • HARD COVER • 322 PAGES Commemorating the museum's re-opening in 2006, this magnificent volume puts the works of artists including Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Nam June Paik at reader's fingertips.With text that illuminates the nation's history through examples of its art-including many rarely displayed pieces from the collection-this is one art book that belongs on every American coffee table. (USA342, $70.00)
America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000 • James Conaway • Edmund Morris HISTORY • 2000 • HARD COVER • 256 PAGES A history of the crown jewel in our country's library system. Author James Conway uses the thirteen men who have been appointed head of the library over the last 200 years as a lens through which to examine its evolution and its place in our national story. (WDC08, $45.00)
American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art • David C. Levy ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2000 • PAPER • 228 PAGES An illustrated survey of the Corcoran collection, written by the Gallery's curator. The Corcoran's holdings total over fourteen thousand objects, centered around a world-renowned collection of nineteenth-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings. (USA341, $11.95)
Antietam National Battlefield Map • Trailhead Graphics MAP Part of a series of Civil War battlefield maps, this is a map of the park and battlefield in Antietam, Pennsylvania, at a scale of 1:12,000. Two Sides. 32x22 inches. (USS199, $9.95)
Arguing About Slavery, John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress • William Lee Miller HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 592 PAGES The story of the campaign led by John Quincy Adams to bring issues of abolition to the forefront of American politics in the 1830s. (USA20, $19.00)
Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War • Ernest B. Ferguson HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 464 PAGES The story has been told many times before: Jefferson Davis versus Robert E. Lee. However, this detailed account of the Confederacy Capital provides details portray the little pictures within the big picture. (USS102, $16.00)
Baltimore, Annapolis & the Chesapeake Bay • Allison Blake GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 317 PAGES An intimate guidebook to the Bay, lovingly written by a local newspaper reporter. The book covers sites all along the eastern and western shores of the bay, with lots of history and practical information. (USE17, $19.95)
Battling for Manassas • Joan M. Zenzen • Edwin C. Bearss HISTORY • 1998 • HARD COVER • 288 PAGES A history of the difficulties and politics involved in establishing a historical Civil War battlefield park at Manassas, Virginia. (USS291, $52.95)
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs & the Chesapeake Bay • William Warner CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1994 • PAPER • 304 PAGES A history of the blue crab, enriched with local color and a vivid overview of the Chesapeake Bay, its ecosystem, history, and future. Warner is in love with everything about the Chesapeake's blue crabs, and that comes shining through in this book. (USS14, $14.99)
The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession • Mark Obmascik NATURAL HISTORY • 2011 • PAPER • 272 PAGES Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year, a quest that has his three competitors on the road at a moments notice, heading out in the middle of the night, and combing the beaches. As he so winningly demonstrates, these people are driven. (BRD29, $15.00)
Birds of the Chesapeake Bay • John W. Taylor NATURAL HISTORY • 1992 • HARD COVER • 83 PAGES Paintings by locally renowned artist John Taylor of some of the most beautiful of the myriad birds of Chesapeake Bay. Taylor's paintings are reproduced in full color, along with excerpts from his field journals. (USE19, $40.00)
The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife • Christopher W. Leahy • Gordon Morrison NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 1072 PAGES A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. Published in cooperation with the American Birding Association. (NAM21, $19.95)
Body of Secrets, Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency • James Bamford HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 400 PAGES In his investigation of America's powerful agency, the NSA, Bamford takes readers into its heavily-guarded headquarters, Crypto City. From this fortress, tens of thousands of workers conduct international surveillance, crack codes and influence foreign affairs. Written 20 years after Bamford's first expose on the NSA, The Puzzle Palace, his newest study revisits lingering questions and brings readers into the 21st century. With an afterword on Sept. 11th security lapses. (SPY06, $17.00)
The Bureau and the Mole, The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History • David A. Vise HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Vise's comprehensive account of the deceit and capture of the infamous double agent. Hanssen, a FBI agent, worked with the KGB for over fifteen years before he was finally caught in 2001. In unraveling Hanssen's web of treason, Vise attempts to discover the motivation behind Hanssen's decision to turn against his country. (SPY03, $15.00)
Campaign Craft, The Strategies, Tactics, And Art of Political Campaign Management • Daniel M. Shea REFERENCE • 2006 • PAPER • 235 PAGES An excellent resource for those running a campaign, this book provides insight into modern electioneering tactics. (USA307, $29.95)
A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century • Jeffrey Richelson HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 544 PAGES An authoritative, comprehensive history of 20th-century intelligence gathering and covert activity, covering important operations of the United States, Britain, Russia, Israel, China, Germany, and France. The author is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. (SPY17, $29.95)
Chancellorsville • Stephen W. Sears HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 608 PAGES Revising many previous notions of the battle of Chancellorsville, Sears's account is a much-needed contribution to the field of Civil War studies. (WAR71, $18.00)
Chancellorsville Battlefield Map • McElfresh Map Company 1996 • MAP A watercolor map of the battlefield at Challcellorsville in Virginia, shown at a scale of 1:63,000. Two Sides. 18x27 inches. (WAR72, $9.95)
Chesapeake • James Michener LITERATURE • 2003 • PAPER • 880 PAGES Michener works his usual magic, which you can either love or hate (we actually find them a hoot, and a great way to learn about a place), this time on the Chesapeake Bay. Its history is told through the family of a British landowner who settles on the bay in the 17th century. Michener follows this colorful family, and tells much history while doing it, up to the mid-20th century. (USS15, $17.00)
The Chesapeake, An Environmental Biography • John R. Wennersten NATURAL HISTORY • 2002 • HARD COVER • 288 PAGES An even-handed, thoroughgoing history of human impact on the Chesapeake Bay, published by the Maryland Historical Society. The author is a professor of history and politics at the University of Maryland. (USE253, $30.00)
Choosing a President, The Electoral College and Beyond • Paul (ED Schumaker HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 227 PAGES Featuring a variety of perspectives from political scientists on our nation's controversial Electoral College, this book discusses pros and cons and examines six other voting systems and their possible impact on American politics. (USA301, $46.95)
Ciao, America: an Italian Discovers the U.S. • Beppe Severgnini TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 2003 • PAPER • 272 PAGES Dumbfounded and strangely enchanted by the oddities of America, Italian journalist Severgnini uses a rental house in Georgetown as a lookout point from which he gathers humorous observations on our cultural quirks. Hardly an anti-American rant, this book captures the disorienting experience of entering a country with many expectations, only to have them torn down. (USA53, $14.00)
The Civil War, An Illustrated History • Geoffrey C. Ward • Ken Burns HISTORY • 1992 • PAPER • 448 PAGES An illustrated, comprehensive social history of the Civil War by the now-famous team of Ward and Burns. With 500 photographs and maps, extensive text and original essays by contributing experts. This edition includes a separate full color map. (USS27, $29.95)
Cloudsplitter • Russell Banks LITERATURE • 1999 • PAPER • 758 PAGES The incomparable Russell Banks tries his hand at historical fiction. Owen Brown, son of John Brown, is the narrator, telling the story of his father and how the events of the great abolitionist's life have ultimately shaped his own. Epic, well researched and powerful. (USS196, $16.99)
Cloudsplitter (Audio) • Russell Banks LITERATURE • 1998 • CASETTE TAPE An audio version of Banks' emotionally complex tale. (USS192, $25.95)
The Code Book, The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography • Simon Singh HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 410 PAGES The constant struggle between codemaker and codebreaker is the subject of this highly-readable history of cryptography. Singh delves into the history of the science and tells the stories of the personalities behind it. In his investigation of the discipline's future, Singh poses the possibly of a truly impregnable code. (SPY05, $16.95)
Confederates in the Attic • 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. Horowitz' trademark humor, combined with serious investigative journalism, illuminates the history of our divided nation in this account of his travels from Antietam to Gettysburg and Appomattox in the company of Robert Lee Hodge. (USS35, $16.00)
Cork Boat, A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built • John Pollack BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2005 • PAPER • 291 PAGES Spend an evening with John Pollack's oddly endearing tale. Sure, he does (finally!) build a boat out of wine corks and sail it all of 133 miles on the Douro in Portugal, but that's not the story. His is a bittersweet and altogether touching tale of family, career and careerism, friendship and loss. Pollack, a talented young Washington speechwriter now living in New York, wraps his search for a place in the world around a deliciously absurd childhood fantasy. Like Witold Rybczynski (who provided a backcover blurb), the book made us smile -- and brought a lump to the throat. You can see pictures of the boat and read more about it at corkboat.com. (PGL42, $14.95)
Crusade in Europe • Dwight D. Eisenhower BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1997 • PAPER • 608 PAGES The complete story of World War II as strategized and lived by Five-Star General Eisenhower. (WAR132, $35.00)
Dear First Lady, Letters to the White House • Dwight Young HISTORY • 2008 • HARD COVER • 192 PAGES An illuminating collection of letters, some of which appear as full-size facsimiles, written over the centuries to America's first ladies by ordinary citizens and famous figures, with historical context. (USA198, $25.00)
Democracy in America • Alexis de Tocqueville CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2007 • PAPER • 777 PAGES An abdridged edition ofToqueville's classic and prescient study of America's evolving democracy. (USA173, $15.99)
Eastern Seashore Life, Rhode Island to Georgia • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh FIELD GUIDE • 2001 • PLASTIC CARD A fold-out, pocket-size guide illustrating almost 150 species of seashore life, from crabs to flowering plants to birds and fish. A handy reference for a day at the beach, and laminated for durability. (USE231, $5.95)
Eastern USA Map • Rand McNally Maps 2008 • MAP A fold-up map of the Eastern United States, shown at a scale of 1:2,300,000. Two Sides. 39x28 inches. (USE127, $5.99)
Eleanor Roosevelt : Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 • Blanche Wiesen Cook BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2000 • PAPER • 704 PAGES In this second volume of her popular biography of the premiere First Lady of the 20th century, Wiesen chronicles the first six years of FDR's presidency. The book is a nuanced, complex portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and an insightful look at the White House. (WDC11, $20.00)
Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide Washington DC • Inc. Dorling Kindersley GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 144 PAGES A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. (WDC30, $14.00)
F.D.R: An Intimate History • Nathan Miller BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1991 • PAPER • 608 PAGES A popular biography, first published in 1983. (USE307, $23.95)
Fodor's Virginia and Maryland, With Washington, D.c. • Fodor's Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 496 PAGES A practical guide in the popular series, filled with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (USS410, $18.99)
Fodor's Washington, D.C. With Mount Vernon, Old Town Alexandria & Annapolis • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 408 PAGES The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout the Washington D.C.. Compact and portable, it's ideal for either a weekend trip or an extended visit. (USE440, $19.99)
Following in Lincoln's Footsteps, A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln • Ralph Gary HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 484 PAGES A thoroughly researched guide to the sites where Lincoln lived, worked, and visited -- from his birthplace in rural Kentucky to his childhood home in Indiana, on to Springfield, Illinois where he began his law career and finally to the Oval Office. (USA126, $18.95)
For the President's Eyes Only, Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush • Christopher Andrew HISTORY • 1996 • PAPER • 688 PAGES In this insightful, lively survey Andrew, a British historian specializing in intelligence, pays particular attention to developments since WWII and presidents Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Bush. (SPY20, $22.99)
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation • Cokie Roberts BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2005 • PAPER • 384 PAGES In this lively group of biographical sketches, the NPR commentator tells the stories of influential women during the Revolution and early Republic, including Abigail Adams, Martha Washington and Eliza Pinckney. (USE358, $14.99)
The Free Speech Movement, Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960's • Robert Cohen • Reginald E. Zelnik ANTHOLOGY • 2002 • PAPER • 672 PAGES A compilation of essays by diverse contributors on the 1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. Combining analysis, memoir and schoalrship, the book includes many points of view from students, clergy, faculty, administration and others who were present. (CAL185, $28.95)
Frommer's Washington D.C. Day by Day • Paige Kennedy GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 192 PAGES A brief guide to Washington D.C., ideal for a short visit, featuring a section of recommendations for best of everything from food, hotels and neighrborhoods to shopping and favorite moments. The choices are excellent, the descriptions concise, and every recommended place is clearly indicated on detailed neighborhood maps. (WDC12, $12.99)
Frommer's Washington, D.C. • Elise Hartman Ford GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (WDC29, $17.99)
Gettysburg National Military Park Map • Trailhead Graphics MAP Part of a series of Civil War battlefield maps, this is a map of the park and battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at a scale of 1:12,000. Two Sides. 37x24 inches. (USE193, $9.95)
Gods and Generals • Jeff M. Shaara LITERATURE • 2002 • PAPER • 491 PAGES With the accuracy of any historical portrayal of the Civil War, Shaara's novel follows the lives and battles of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain. Son of Michael Shaara, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Killer Angels," the author reconstructs the events leading up to the battle of Gettysburg on an epic scale, while maintaining a personal connection to all the major players. (WAR68, $7.99)
Going Dirty, The Art of Negative Campaigning • David Mark HISTORY • 2007 • PAPER • 277 PAGES Mark documents the long history of mudslinging in American politics and the more recent role that television has played in negative campaigning. (USA302, $24.95)
Great Political Wit, Laughing (Almost) All the Way to the White House • Bob Dole BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2000 • PAPER • 224 PAGES A collection of humorous anecdotes and witticisms by famous politicians compiled by the Senator from Missouri. (USA114, $15.00)
Guide to the Battle of Antietam • Jay Luvaas • Harold W. Nelson GUIDEBOOK • 1996 • PAPER • 336 PAGES Designed for the traveler, this is a history and guide to the battlefield at Antietam, with directions for navigating the area. Each "stop" along the guided tour presents an important phase of the battle, and many are accompanied by an excerpt of an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield. Complemented by maps, many of which show the area as it was during the battle. (USS198, $14.95)
Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg • Jay Luvaas • Harold W. Nelson GUIDEBOOK • 1994 • PAPER • 254 PAGES Designed for the traveler, this is a history and guide to the battlefield at Gettysburg, with directions for navigating the area. Each "stop" along the guided tour presents an important phase of the battle, and many are accompanied by an excerpt of an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield. Complemented by maps, many of which show the area as it was during the battle. (USE192, $12.95)
Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg • Jay Luvaas • Harold W. Nelson GUIDEBOOK • 1996 • PAPER • 360 PAGES Designed for the traveler, this is a history and guide to the battlefields at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Each "stop" along the guided tours present an important phase of each battle, and many are accompanied by an excerpt of an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield. Complemented by maps, many of which show the areas as they were during the battle. (USS234, $14.95)
How to Change the World, Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas • David Bornstein CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • HARD COVER • 256 PAGES In this inspiring work, journalist Bornstein profiles nine noteworthy entrepreneurs who have campaigned for social change and reform around the world. Locations covered range from Bombay to Brazil, Hungary, South Africa, and inner-city Washington, D.C. Their diverse experiences and innovative ideas for change on a local scale provide an engaging and encouraging read for those interested in social work around the world. (GEN332, $30.00)
An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape • Vanessa Elizabeth Patrick • Carl R. Lounsbury ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1999 • PAPER • 448 PAGES Written by an architectural historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, this book covers the full range of buildings from 1607 to the 1820s. (USS108, $39.50)
In Pursuit of Reason, The Life of Thomas Jefferson • Noble E. Cunningham, Jr. BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1988 • PAPER A biography of one of America's most intellectual presidents, this one-volume work investigates the critical episodes and characteristics of Thomas Jefferson's life, including his strong advocacy for states' rights and his empowering of the federal government. (USE152, $18.00)
Inside the CIA, Revealing the Secrets of the World's Most Powerful Spy Agency • Ronald Kessler HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 335 PAGES A critical study of the inner workings of the CIA from a best-selling author. The agency's cooperation allows Kessler unprecedented access and allows him to lift the curtain of secrecy that has long veiled it from public scrutiny. Includes many first hand accounts from insiders. (SPY07, $8.99)
Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle • Mary Alice Blackwell GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 369 PAGES Practical information on what to do in Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, including sites, food and lodging. (USE10, $18.95)
Insight City Guide Washington D.C. • Bri Bell GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 320 PAGES This eyecatching guide features hundreds of color photographs, illuminating area maps, a separate pullout map, street atlas and practical information. (USE457, $19.95)
Intelligence in War • John Keegan HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER Keegan, a leading military historian, looks at the value and limitations of the uses of intelligence in modern warfare. He argues that intelligence alone (without military might) doesn't do much good. (SPY19, $16.00)
Intelligence Wars, American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Quaeda • Thomas Powers HISTORY • 2002 • HARD COVER • 450 PAGES A series of essays on the CIA and American intelligence services since World War II, considerably enhanced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's keen analysis of the major events of the 20th-century, including the current war on terrorism. (SPY14, $27.95)
Interest Groups in American Campaigns, The New Face of Electioneering • Mark J. Rozell CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2005 • PAPER • 196 PAGES An overview of the history of special interest groups and their increasing influence in presidential races. (USA303, $39.00)
An Island Out of Time, A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake • Tom Horton BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2008 • PAPER • 336 PAGES Horton, a writer for the "Baltimore Sun," moved for two years to Smith Island, a small island in the Chesapeake off Maryland's eastern shore. The island is inhabited by only about 500 people, a tight-knit fishing community set in tidal marshes. Horton evokes the special life -- both the indigenous bay culture and the splendid natural setting -- with grace. (USE16, $15.95)
James Edward Oglethorpe • Joyce Blackburn BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2004 • PAPER • 184 PAGES A short biography of the founder of the first colony in Georgia, politician and reformer James Oglethorpe. (USS292, $9.95)
James Madison • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr • Garry Wills BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2002 • HARD COVER • 208 PAGES A slim account of the fourth president by an acclaimed historian. Not intended as a comprehensive biography, Wills focuses on evaluating Madison's presidency. A book in the American Presidents Series. (USE317, $23.00)
Jefferson and Monticello, The Biography of a Builder • John McLaughlin BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1990 • PAPER • 481 PAGES A biography of Thomas Jefferson with a focus on his passion for building. McLaughlin presents 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. Nominated for the 1988 National Book Award, this is an insightful read for architecture and history buffs alike. With black-and-white photos and line drawings. (USE106, $21.99)
Karen Brown's Mid-Atlantic: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Karen Brown GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 278 PAGES This guide feature's the author's personal recommendations for 125 inns in West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. It includes itineraries from the beaches and mountains to cities. (USE223, $19.95)
Katharine Graham's Washington • Katha Graham HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 813 PAGES This collection of essays, articles and memoirs provides illuminating and witty insight into our nation's capitol. It contains writing from Washington-lovers as diverse as Will Rogers, Eleanor Roosevelt and P. J. O'Rourke, selected by Katharine Graham, the Pulitzer-prize-winning memoirist and former Washington Post editor. (WDC21, $16.95)
The Killer Angels • Michael Shaara LITERATURE • 1996 • PAPER • 374 PAGES A powerful, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about Gettysburg that recreates the battle, personalities and anguish of those fateful days. (USS36, $16.00)
Killing Hope, U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II • William Blum HISTORY • 1995 • PAPER • 457 PAGES In raising the question of an American Holocaust, Blum questions American interventionist policies of the Cold War. His hatred of "U.S. government imperialists" colors his account. (SPY11, $24.95)
Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand • Kenn Kaufman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2006 • PAPER • 336 PAGES Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. He tallied 671, impressive by any account and extraordinary if you count birds per buck. He did it all for $1,000. This cult classic was originally published in 1973. (BRD27, $14.95)
A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome • Letitia Baldrige BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2002 • PAPER • 292 PAGES A memoir of a life lived behind the scenes in U.S. embassies, the board room of Tiffany and ultimately the White House, from etiquette expert Letitia Baldrige. Ms Baldrige was as Social Secretary to the White House and Chief of Staff for Mrs. John F. Kennedy. She's a popular writer and consultant. (GEN276, $15.00)
Landscape Turned Red, The Battle of Antietam • Stephen W. Sears HISTORY • 1993 • PAPER • 431 PAGES An award-winning account of the Civil War battle at Antietam Creek, Maryland. It covers the major per-sonalities, as well the fighting and the events sur-rounding what would come to be the bloodiest of all Civil War campaigns. (USS197, $17.00)
Life in the Chesapeake Bay • Alice Jane Lippson • Robert L. Lippson NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 324 PAGES A combination field guide and ecological primer on the Chesapeake Bay. It's a comprehensive guide to nature in the Chesapeake, discussing both the many local plants and animals, and nicely describing the wetlands habitat in which they live. Subtitled "An Illustrated Guide to the Fishes, Invertebrates, Plants, Birds and Other Animals of Bays and Inlets form Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras." (USS17, $29.00)
Lincoln • David Herbert Donald BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1996 • PAPER • 720 PAGES Impressive in scope and entertainingly anecdotal, this biography stands out as one of the best on Abraham Lincoln. From Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Herbert Donald. (USA56, $20.00)
The Lincoln Anthology • Harold Holzer ANTHOLOGY • 2009 • HARD COVER • 964 PAGES This hansome volume in the Library of America series, edited by a foremost scholar and chairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, brings together 110 insightful and imaginative selections tracing Lincoln and his legacy from 1860 to now, with contributions by diverse writers from Harriet Beecher Stowe and Walt Whitman to William Churchill and Ulysses Grant, Leo Tolstoy and Mark Twain. (GEN489, $40.00)
Lincoln President-Elect, Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861 • Harold Holzer HISTORY • 2009 • PAPER • 623 PAGES This chronicle of the brief four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration evaluates the decisions he made regarding his cabinet, slavery, secession and the possibility of a Civil War. (USA347, $16.00)
Lincoln's Men, How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation • William Davis HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 315 PAGES A portrait of Lincoln as a wise and strong military leader, based on letters written by Civil War soldiers. (USS106, $20.99)
Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography • William Lee Miller BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2008 • PAPER • 515 PAGES Miller chronicles the events and experiences of Lincoln through the key decisions during the winter of secession, tracing his development as a writer, speaker, politician and statesman (USA350, $18.95)
Lonely Planet Washington DC • Lonely Planet GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 312 PAGES A comprehensive city guide with good full-color maps, a few photographs and excellent information on what to do and where to go. (USE496, $18.99)
Lost Crusader, The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby • John Prados BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2003 • HARD COVER • 464 PAGES In this in-depth biography of William Colby, Prados charts the controversial career of the enigmatic former CIA director. Colby was a key figure in US intelligence throughout the Cold War, Vietnam War and Watergate. A sympathetic portrait of the man and a detailed look into covert Cold War operations, the Vietnam War and the agency itself. (SPY01, $35.00)
The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2008 • Will Mayer CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2007 • PAPER • 246 PAGES This fascinating collection of essays covers all aspects of the nomination process, from primaries and campaign finance to television commercials and voter turnout. (USA309, $29.95)
Mammals of North America • Roland W. Kays • Don E. Wilson FIELD GUIDE • 2009 • PAPER • 248 PAGES A comprehensive guide by two noted mammalogists and featuring 108 color plates, illustrating 442 species. Range maps and descriptive text on ecology, habitat and behavior complement the wonderful paintings. (NAM11, $19.95)
The Merlot Murders, A Wine Country Mystery • Ellen Crosby MYSTERY • 2006 • HARD COVER • 256 PAGES Returning to her Virginia vineyard home after the unexpected death of her father, Lucie Montgomery discovers suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and the sale of the vineyard. (USE374, $24.00)
Michelin Green Guide Washington, DC • Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 288 PAGES A compact, practical guide to the city in the classic Michelin style. (WDC34, $19.99)
Michelin Washington DC, Must Sees • Rach Mills GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 160 PAGES A compact guide to the sights of Washington, DC, organized thematically. With practical advice on what to do for fun, where to stay, where to eat and what to do with kids. Also includes a sizable section on excursions up to two and a half hours away in Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. More for visitors with an agenda than those who want to leisurely explore the city. (WDC32, $11.99)
Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses, Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay • Ray Jones • Bruce Roberts ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2005 • PAPER • 93 PAGES A photographic tour of lighthouses along the Mid-Atlantic coast, this colorful coffee-table book highlights their architectural diversity. (USE74, $19.95)
Mid-Atlantic States Map • National Geographic MAP A regional map of the Mid-Atlantic states and the Chesapeake Bay, including the Virginias, Delaware, and Maryland with a scale of 1: 926,000. (USS08, $7.95)
Moon Handbook Virginia, Including Washington D.C • Julian Smith GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 424 PAGES This compact guidebook covers Virginia and the Capital region. It combines text on history, culture and nature with practical information for travelers, and it features plenty of photographs, maps and illustrations. (USE321, $19.95)
Moon Maryland and Delaware • Joanne Miller GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 446 PAGES A no-nonsense practical guide in the Moon series, jam-packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, flora and fauna and geology. (USE435, $19.95)
Moyers on Democracy, Speeches 2004-2007 • Bill D. Moyers LITERATURE • 2009 • PAPER • 404 PAGES From the famed broadcaster and one of the nation's most-admired public figures, this collection of blisteringly eloquent speeches delivers inspiring words that embody the best of the American spirit. (USA199, $16.00)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington • Frank Capra 1939 • DVD Capra's classic about a country bumpkin's stint as a U.S. Senator, starring the incomparable Jimmy Stewart and featuring what is undoubtably the most famous filibuster scene in American cinema. (USE339, $27.95)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America • Jon Dunn FIELD GUIDE • 2011 • PAPER • 576 PAGES From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide published by the National Geographic Society, now in its sixth edition (with tabs!), is the one to carry. Practical to use in the field, it has maps, illustrations and descriptions of the birds on facing pages. The scale of the maps changes with the range of the bird, which means you get a more detailed regional map for those birds with a restricted range. This fully revised sixth edition, bigger and better than ever, includes 23 new species, 300 new illustrations, innovative migration and subspecies maps, and a handy quick-find visual index. (FG09, $27.95)
National Geographic Washington D.C. • John Thompson GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 272 PAGES A compact guidebook to Washington, D.C., published by National Geographic in its attractive, visual style. It features many color photographs, maps and good information on history, culture and travel. (WDC25, $22.95)
National Museum of the American Indian Map and Guide • Jim Volkert GUIDEBOOK • 2004 • PAPER • 64 PAGES An illustrated guide to the National Museum of the American Indian, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. (USE338, $9.95)
National Treasure • Jon Turteltaub HISTORY • 2010 • DVD An entertaining family-friendly adventure, set primarily in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., which blends American history and conspiracy theory to exhilarating and often hilarious effect. Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin Gates, an historian and amateur cryptologist, who must steal one of America's most sacred and guarded documents, the Declaration of Independence, in order to protect it and a legendary treasure from falling into the hands of a ruthless, greedy and most unpatriotic enemy. (USE527, $14.99)
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets • Jon Turteltaub HISTORY • 2009 • DVD Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Ben Gates, historian and amateur treasure hunter, who sets out to find the missing pages from the diary of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, in order to clear the name of his great-great-grandfather, who has been newly implicated in the assassination conspiracy. The adventure will take him from Paris, to England and back to Washington, D.C., where he must kidnap the President in order to set the record straight. (USE528, $19.99)
Native Universe, Voices of Indian America • Clifford E. Trafzer ANTHOLOGY • 2008 • PAPER • 320 PAGES This anthology of personal and historical essays, as well as over 300 color illustrations of Native American art, is being published to accompany the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. It includes selections from several modern Native American writers, including Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie. (USA95, $22.00)
Not for Tourists Guide Washington DC • Not for Tourists Inc. GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • PAPER • 382 PAGES The little black book of Washington, DC, organized by neighborhood, with adjacent maps and listings of everything from retaurants to post offices. Also includes a foldout transportation map, a street index, a listing of arts and entertainment, information on getting to the airport and much more. (WDC33, $19.99)
Official Guide to the Smithsonian • Sharon L. Barry • Robin A. Faitoute • Sarah Grusin • Elizabeth Jones GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 232 PAGES A brief illustrated guide to the Smithsonian's many museums and the National Zoo. (USE129, $13.99)
On This Spot, Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C. • Douglas E. Evelyn • Paul Dickson GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • PAPER • 280 PAGES Organized by neighborhood, it shows with a map and archival photograph the sites of major events in our capital's history and the places central to the lives of centuries of famous Washingtonians. Especially useful as a walking guide. With 125 photographs. (USE281, $16.95)
One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish, The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook • Carole C. Baldwin FOOD • 2003 • HARD COVER • 300 PAGES A collection of 150 clear, beautifully illustrated recipes by noted chefs -- among them Julia Child, Thomas Keller and Eric Ripert -- featuring farmed and otherwise sustainably fished fish and fisheries. (CON47, $36.00)
Only in America • Matt Frei CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2009 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Former BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei gets under the skin of the nation's capital to unravel the weird and wonderful workings of America's political world and the 2008 Presidential election. (USA379, $24.95)
Operation Solo, The FBI's Man in the Kremlin • John Barron HISTORY • 1997 • PAPER • 368 PAGES Drawn from interviews with his wife and other FBI operatives, this is the story of Morris Childs, second in command in the U.S. Communist Party, trusted advisor to Krushchev and Brezhnev, and covert American spy. (SPY15, $14.95)
Parties and Elections in America, The Electoral Process • L. Sandy Maisel REFERENCE • 2007 • PAPER • 534 PAGES Prefaced by a discussion of democratic theory and different types of elections, this book provides a general understanding of American political parties including history, organization and nomination procedures, and an overview of elections from local to national. (USA305, $59.95)
The Passing of the Armies, An Account of the Final Campaign of the Potomac • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain • Paul Andrew Hutton • James McPherson HISTORY • 1992 • PAPER • 338 PAGES General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's powerful narrative of the final days of the Civil War, following him and his men through Petersburg, White Oak Road, Five Forks and Appomattox. (USS233, $7.99)
Pauline Frommer's Washington, D.C. • Jim Yenckel GUIDEBOOK • 2009 • PAPER • 320 PAGES A family-friendly, quirky, practical guide by the daughter of travel guru Arthur Frommer. Her motto: "Spend Less, See More." (WDC27, $17.99)
People of the Mist • Kathleen O'Neal Gear • W. Michael Gear LITERATURE • 1998 • PAPER • 553 PAGES A historical novel set on the Chesapeake Bay before Europeans arrived in North America. The story takes place among the Algonquin people, and turns on the murder of a woman whose lover is the primary suspect. The Gears have written a series of books of historical fiction on native North Americans. (USE18, $8.99)
Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Eastern and Central North America • Roger Conant FIELD GUIDE • 1998 • PAPER • 616 PAGES A comprehensive field guide to Eastern and Central North America for the herpetologically inclined. With range maps, detailed descriptions, photographs and drawings of 595 species and subspecies of snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. At the heart of the book are 50 color plates. (FG46, $21.00)
Political Campaign Communication, Inside and Out • Larry Powell REFERENCE • 2002 • PAPER • 310 PAGES An academic approach to political campaign communication with perspectives from both inside and outside of the campaign process. (USA308, $87.00)
Politics, Parties, and Elections in America • John F. Bibby REFERENCE • 2007 • PAPER • 401 PAGES A wide-ranging, scholarly account of the role of parties in American politics by a well-regarded political scientist. (USA306, $94.95)
President Lincoln, The Duty of a Statesman • William Lee Miller BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2009 • PAPER • 496 PAGES With wit and penetrating sensitivity, Miller brings together the great themes that have become Lincoln's legacy -- preserving the United States of America while ending the odious institution that corrupted the nation's meaning -- and illuminates his remarkable presidential combination: indomitable resolve and supreme magnanimity. This is the companion volume to Miller's Lincoln's Virtues, tracing Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. (USA349, $16.95)
Preventive Defense, A New Security Strategy for America • William Perry • Ashton Carter HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 243 PAGES An overview of America's foreign and military policies and strategies for defense since the collapse of the Soviet Union by former Secretary of Defense William Perry and Assistant Secretary Ashton Carter. (USA131, $20.95)
Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories • Ronald J. Drez • David Eisenhower HISTORY • 2004 • HARD COVER • 64 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs, plenty of historical information, and an introduction by David Eisenhower which paints a personal portrait of his grandfather, Dwight. (USA96, $17.95)
A Reporter's Life • Walter Cronkite BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1997 • PAPER • 400 PAGES A warm and humorous autobiography by the iconic television reporter, detailing his work covering such monumental and diverse events as D-Day, the Korean War, the JFK assassination, and the South Africa freedom struggles. (GEN386, $17.00)
Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul • Scott Weidensaul NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 416 PAGES Weidensaul follows in the footsteps conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher in this homage to their 1953 journey, modern travelogue and eye-opening report on wilderness in America. (USA123, $16.00)
Richmond during the War: Four Years of Personal Observation • Virginia Scharff • Sallie Brock Putnam HISTORY • 1996 • PAPER • 389 PAGES Having lived in the Confederate Capital of Richmond during the Civil War, Sallie Brock Putnam gives a personal account of the Antebellum South. Originally published in 1867, this is a rare perspective of a Southern woman in a crucial period in the history of the South. (USS103, $19.95)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt • Edmund Morris BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2001 • PAPER • 960 PAGES A celebrated biography of Teddy Roosevelt, from his birth in 1858 to his presidential inauguration in 1901. Morris continues the story in the equally compelling "Theodore Rex " (USE310). (USE308, $18.00)
The Sage of Monticello • Dumas Malone BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2006 • PAPER • 551 PAGES The sixth -- and final -- volume in Malone's scholarly biography, which covers Jefferson's last 17 years, including his retirement at Monticello. (USE107, $17.95)
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America • David Sibley FIELD GUIDE • 2003 • PAPER • 432 PAGES A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. It includes 20 pages on the many and confusing species of wood warblers. This is the book we are now using. For birders living west of the Rockies, you'll want to use Sibley's "Birds of Western North America" (USW418). (USE262, $19.95)
Sisterhood of Spies, The Women of the OSS • Elizabeth McIntosh HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 368 PAGES The story of the unlikely spies whose invaluable espionage helped the Allies to victory in World War II. Real life James Bonds, these educated, upper-class women embarked on dangerous missions behind enemy lines. Authored by a former agent. The first half of the book offers insights into the Office of Strategic Services, which would later become the CIA, while the second focuses on the heroines' daring adventures. (SPY02, $7.99)
Slave Counterpoint, Black Culture in the Eighteenth Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry • David Morgan HISTORY • 1998 • PAPER • 736 PAGES A scholarly, readable comparison of the slave cultures of Virginia and South Carolina. Intended for a general audience, Morgan covers the lives of the slaves in rich detail, and paints a compelling portrait of African Americans in the South on the eve of the American Revolution. (USS10, $34.95)
The South in Modern America, A Region at Odds • Dewey Grantham HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 416 PAGES A comprehensive, well researched survey of the South from the time of Reconstruction to the late 20th century. Grantham captures the politics, history, and psychology of the lower half of the country. Its distinctive personality and influence on the nation as a whole. With 93 illustrations. (USS66, $24.95)
Spy, The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America • David Wise HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 344 PAGES From a celebrated author of espionage novels comes this examination of today's most notorious spy, FBI agent and KGB informant Robert Hanssen. Accurate, and thoroughly salacious, the book is the best account of Hanssen's 22 years of betrayal. (SPY13, $15.95)
Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine of the Gettysburg Campaign • Thomas A. Desjardin HISTORY • 2001 • PAPER • 272 PAGES Drawn from the accounts of soldiers and officers, this is a visceral portrait of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's legendary 20th Maine Regiment and their battle at Gettysburg for Vincent's Spur. (USE242, $19.99)
Stars in Their Courses, The Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863 • Shelby Foote HISTORY • 1994 • HARD COVER • 290 PAGES Shelby Foote's gift for prose makes this military history a page-turning narrative, deftly capturing the monumental battle in a concise, informative text. A volume in his three-part history of the Civil War, originally published in 1963. (USE191, $22.00)
A Stillness at Appomattox • Bruce Catton HISTORY • 1953 • PAPER • 438 PAGES The definitive account of the last year of the Civil War, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A gracefully written classic first published in 1953, it is the third volume in the "Army of the Potomac" series. (USS235, $16.95)
Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright HISTORY • 2004 • PAPER • 464 PAGES A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright's illuminating account, told largely from the point of view of the losers, details the rapid collapse of cultures and societies in the Americas following the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account, originally published in 1993. Wright is also the author of Time Among the Maya. (NAM20, $24.95)
Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims • Stonewall Jackson • James Robertson HISTORY • 2002 • HARD COVER • 144 PAGES A collection of maxims that Stonewall Jackson gathered throughout his life and used as inspirational guides in his journey from the humble upbringings of an orphan to a place in history as one of the legendary Civil War generals. Historian James Robertson provides context and commentary for each of the selected quotes or adages. (WAR70, $16.95)
Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend • James Robertson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1997 • HARD COVER • 950 PAGES The gold-standard for biographies of Stonewall Jackson, Robertson's book is an exhaustively researched and vivid portrayal of the man, from his orphan childhood to his wounding at Chancellorsville and subsequent death. (WAR69, $67.50)
Studio Furniture, Of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum • Oscar P. Fitzgerald ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2008 • PAPER • 224 PAGES This fully illustrated catalog documents the 84 pieces owned by Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. The eighty-four pieces of studio furniture owned by the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum constitute one of the largest assemblages of American studio furniture in the nation. From the carefully crafted stools of Tage Frid to the art deco chest painted by Rob Womack, from the one-of-a-kind Ghost Clock sculpture by Wendell Castle to the limited production stool by David Ebner, the collection highlights the astonishing variety of the American studio furniture movement. (WDC28, $35.00)
Temple of Invention, History of a National Landmark • Charles Robertson ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2006 • PAPER • 110 PAGES Essential for visitors to the Smithsonian and American architecture buffs, this book details the history and many uses of the Patent Office Building, which now houses the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. (USA343, $19.95)
Theodore Rex • Edmund Morris BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2002 • PAPER • 792 PAGES A celebrated biography tackling Roosevelt's presidency from 1901 to 1909 -- and his role in creating an American Empire. This is a sequel to the Pulitzer-winning "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" (USE308). (USE310, $18.00)
The Three Roosevelts, Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America • Susan Dunn • James Macgregor Burns HISTORY • 2002 • PAPER • 688 PAGES Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor are the subjects of this biographical study that examines their models and styles of leadership. (USE306, $24.00)
Time Out Washington D.C. • Ros Sales GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 288 PAGES An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (WDC13, $19.95)
To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession • Dan Koeppel NATURAL HISTORY • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES Ostensibly about birds and birdwatching, this enormously appealing book is a memoir by a talented writer of his father, a father who happens to be in the elite cadre of major birders. Dan Koeppel chronicles his father's growing interest in birds in this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Richard is a member of an elite group who have tallied more than 7,000 species. Koeppel includes his own travels tagging along and brief profiles of other eccentric listers. (BRD28, $14.00)
The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790 • Rhys Isaac HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 504 PAGES In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Isaac analyzes Virginia's social history during the tumultuous years between 1740-1790. He takes an anthropological approach to explain the religious and political changes that swept the colony. Illustrations add to the text and vividly portray daily colonial life. (USE78, $26.95)
Tried by War, Abraham Lincoln as Commander In Chief • James M. McPherson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2009 • PAPER • 329 PAGES The Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian looks at the Lincoln's Lincoln's military effectiveness in this well-researched and balanced account. (USA346, $17.00)
Truman • David McCullough BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 1993 • PAPER • 1120 PAGES McCullough brings Truman's background, achievements and controversial decisions to life in this magisterial biography. He covers everything from Truman's youth in Missouri, to Roosevelt's death, the dropping of the atomic bomb, Korea, and Truman's comeback in the 1948 election. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. (USA115, $22.00)
The Two Americas, Our Current Political Deadlock And How To Break It • Stanley B. Greenberg CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2005 • PAPER • 428 PAGES Greenberg, a leading political strategist, explains the Red State/Blue State divide in terms of recent party politics and examines the circumstances of the 2000 deadlock. (USA304, $14.95)
Ultimate Spy • H. Keith Melton • Markus Wolf • DK Publishing • Richard Helms HISTORY • 2009 • HARD COVER • 208 PAGES A treasure trove for espionage buffs, this ingeniously arranged collection of gadgets, documents and archival photographs is drawn from the Cold War peak of international intrigue. Published by those masters of graphic design at DK Publishing, it's an entertaining and informative look at double-agents and the tools of their trade. (SPY16, $22.95)
United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art • William Kloss ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2003 • HARD COVER • 515 PAGES • COMING IN Kloss highlights 160 works of fine art from US Senate in Washington, D.C. (WDC16, $76.00)
United States Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Map • Hallwag MAP A detailed road map of the eastern United States stretching from the northern half of Georgia to the southern part of New York and west to Indiana and Mississippi, at a scale of 1:1,200,000. It includes city insets and a helpful road guide with travel tips. One Side. 39x55 inches. (USS57, $14.95)
The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder • Peter Cashwell NATURAL HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 269 PAGES A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes. Along the way, Cashwell traces his own development from casual novice to life lister (with a desire to see all the birds of North America). (BRD26, $16.95)
Virginia EasyFinder • MAP A laminated, fold-up map of Virginia, shown at the scale of 1:1.1 million. Two Sides. 17x19 inches. (USE109, $7.95)
Washington from the Ground Up • James H. S. McGregor HISTORY • 2007 • HARD COVER • 368 PAGES The paradoxical history of a capital city whose origins are marked by a vast divide between its stated ideals and the realities of slavery and Indian explusion - a dichotomy which continues, to some extent, in the gulf between the grandeur of official Washington and the poverty of D.C's minority communities. (USA172, $29.95)
Washington on Foot • John J. Protopappas • Alvin R. McNeal GUIDEBOOK • 2004 • PAPER • 224 PAGES An illustrated guide to both the popular tourist sites and the lesser-known neighborhoods. With two color maps of the area and historical background about city's culture and architecture. The book features 23 walking tours and maps of Washington, DC, Takoma Park, and Old Town Alexandria. Fourth edition. (USE327, $14.95)
The Way to Win, Taking the White House in 2008 • Mark Halperin CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2006 • HARD COVER • 454 PAGES A realistic look at the campaign strategies of Bush, the Clintons and other major political players. Halperin explains what separates the winners from the losers in modern politics. (USA310, $26.95)
Where Washington, D. C. Cityguide • Where Magazine GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • HARD COVER • 64 PAGES A sturdy pocket guide to city neighborhoods, hotels, shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, cultural events and other top sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map. (WDC17, $9.95)
With Malice Toward None, A Life of Abraham Lincoln • Stephen B. Oates HISTORY • 1994 • PAPER • 492 PAGES A humanistic portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, illuminating the many sides of the man-behind-the-myth. (USS120, $17.99)
The Wizards of Langley, Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology • Jeffrey T. Richelson SCIENCE • 2002 • PAPER • 416 PAGES This highly detailed work opens the door of the CIA's secretive facility in Langley, Virginia to the public. Richelson not only tells the long history of the CIA's successful technological innovations including the U-2 spy plane, but also its failures -- including the LSD debacle and mind-control attempts. Also, a strong focus on the agency's bureaucratic turf wars. Full of technical details and a useful appendix listing 137 different acronyms. (SPY04, $19.95)
Yorktown 1781, The World Turned Upside Down • Adam Hook • Brendan Morrisey HISTORY • 1999 • PAPER • 86 PAGES Part of a fine series of books on famed military campaigns, this one features detailed illustrations (including some 3-D-type cutaways), colorful maps, and a lucid blow-by-blow of the important Revolutionary War battle. (USE12, $19.95)

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