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Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right

Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right

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The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World

The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World

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The Art of War

The Art of War

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Liberty's Chosen Home: The Politics of Violence in Boston

Liberty's Chosen Home: The Politics of Violence in Boston

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The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City

The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City

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Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley

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The Three Cs That Made America Great: Christianity, Capitalism and the Constitution

The Three Cs That Made America Great: Christianity, Capitalism and the Constitution

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The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth

The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth

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American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation

American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation

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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

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America's Heroes

America's Heroes

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This Is Not For You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience

This Is Not For You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience

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My War Gone By, I Miss It So

My War Gone By, I Miss It So

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The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings

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The Fall of Baghdad

The Fall of Baghdad

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Twilight of the Old Order, 1774-1778 (Age of the French Revolution)

Twilight of the Old Order, 1774-1778 (Age of the French Revolution)

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Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai

Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai

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Samuel Adams: A Life

Samuel Adams: A Life

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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

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An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

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The Gurkhas

The Gurkhas

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Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56

Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56

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Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

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More Than Words

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The Heartland: An American History

The Heartland: An American History

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A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)

A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)

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Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

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Who the Hell Are We Fighting?: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

Who the Hell Are We Fighting?: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars

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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight

A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight

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Back Bay Books

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Who Was Who in the Civil War

Who Was Who in the Civil War

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More Than Words

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Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America

Strategic Failure: How President Obama's Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America

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Threshold Editions

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Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future

Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future

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The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates

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A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time

A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time

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More Than Words

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The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

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Viking

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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

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More Than Words

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Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in House

Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in House

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