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The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton

The Life and Legacy of America's Most Elusive Founding Father

by Douglas Ambrose, Robert W. T. Martin ...

This anthology presents a variety of scholarly perspectives on the nation's most enigmatic Founding Father.Revolutionary War officer, co-author of the Federalist Papers, our first Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson's nemesis, and victim of a fatal duel with Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton's legacy is complex, multifaceted, and difficult to pin down. On the one hand, Hamilton was the ... Read more

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This anthology presents a variety of scholarly perspectives on the nation's most enigmatic Founding Father.Revolutionary War officer, co-author of the Federalist Papers, our first Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson's nemesis, and victim of a fatal duel with Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton's legacy is complex, multifaceted, and difficult to pin down. On the one hand, Hamilton was the
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Fool's Gold

A Rikki Talens Adventure

by Douglas Pratt, E. Chris Ambrose ...

Series series A Rikki Talens Adventure
A lost shipwreck. A fortune in sunken gold. A modern-day gold rush that could turn deadly.When a descendant of a San Francisco Gold Rush shipwreck survivor opens a long-forgotten family lockbox, she uncovers cryptic documents pointing to a sunken treasure ship lost at sea more than a century ago. Rebuffed by the insurance company named on the original claim, she turns to historian and treasure ... Read more

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A lost shipwreck. A fortune in sunken gold. A modern-day gold rush that could turn deadly.When a descendant of a San Francisco Gold Rush shipwreck survivor opens a long-forgotten family lockbox, she uncovers cryptic documents pointing to a sunken treasure ship lost at sea more than a century ago. Rebuffed by the insurance company named on the original claim, she turns to historian and treasure
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Rise to Globalism

American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Ninth Revised Edition

by Stephen E. Ambrose ...

In this compelling and informative exploration of American foreign policy, Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley delve into the evolution of the United States' global engagement.Since it first appeared in 1971, Rise to Globalism has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The ninth edition of this classic survey, now updated through the administration of George W. Bush, offers a concise and ... Read more

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In this compelling and informative exploration of American foreign policy, Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley delve into the evolution of the United States' global engagement.Since it first appeared in 1971, Rise to Globalism has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The ninth edition of this classic survey, now updated through the administration of George W. Bush, offers a concise and
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The Slaveholders' Dilemma

Freedom and Progress in Southern Conservative Thought, 1820-1860

by Eugene D. Genovese ...

In The Slaveholders' Dilemma, Eugene D. Genovese explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery. In the American South slaveholders perceived themselves as thoroughly modern, moral men who protected human progress against the perversions of the Enlightenment and the French ... Read more

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In The Slaveholders' Dilemma, Eugene D. Genovese explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery. In the American South slaveholders perceived themselves as thoroughly modern, moral men who protected human progress against the perversions of the Enlightenment and the French
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The Sweetness of Life

Southern Planters at Home

by Eugene D. Genovese ...

Series series Cambridge Studies on the American South
This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930–2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their families in both intimate and domestic settings: at home; attending the theatre; going on vacations to ... Read more

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This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930–2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their families in both intimate and domestic settings: at home; attending the theatre; going on vacations to
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Understandable Economics

Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know

by Howard Yaruss ...

Winner of Axiom Business Book Award's 2023 Bronze Medal for EconomicsIncomes are stagnating, middle-class jobs are disappearing, economic growth is slowing, and the meager gains are mostly going to those who are already wealthy. More Americans than ever are frustrated by the direction in which we are headed. Understandable Economics aims to replace this frustration with a practical understanding ... Read more

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Winner of Axiom Business Book Award's 2023 Bronze Medal for EconomicsIncomes are stagnating, middle-class jobs are disappearing, economic growth is slowing, and the meager gains are mostly going to those who are already wealthy. More Americans than ever are frustrated by the direction in which we are headed. Understandable Economics aims to replace this frustration with a practical understanding
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American Grammar

Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation

by Jarvis R. Givens ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAAH STONE BOOK AWARDA new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAAH STONE BOOK AWARDA new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few
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Pox Romana

The Plague That Shook the Roman World

by Colin Elliott ...

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A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of ... Read more

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A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of
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Lone Wolf

Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • WINNER OF THE 2026 BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK COMPETITION • A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2025 • One of The Telegraph’s Best Nature Books of 2025An intimate account of an epic walking journey through a tense and shifting Europe in the footsteps of one extraordinary wolf.**In the winter of 2011, a young wolf, named Slavc by the scientists ... Read more

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • WINNER OF THE 2026 BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK COMPETITION • A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2025 • One of The Telegraph’s Best Nature Books of 2025An intimate account of an epic walking journey through a tense and shifting Europe in the footsteps of one extraordinary wolf.**In the winter of 2011, a young wolf, named Slavc by the scientists
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American Struggle

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes ... Read more

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes
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The Idea Machine

How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

by Joel J. Miller ...

Books are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones— they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world. And they still have lessons to teach us.Polls indicate reading is on the decline, but as we ... Read more

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Books are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones— they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world. And they still have lessons to teach us.Polls indicate reading is on the decline, but as we
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Great Novels

The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained

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Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry found in the realist novels of the 19th century, to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from around the world and through time.Tilt at windmills with Don Quixote, experience heartbreak with Tolstoy, ... Read more

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Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry found in the realist novels of the 19th century, to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from around the world and through time.Tilt at windmills with Don Quixote, experience heartbreak with Tolstoy,
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