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  • Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the Personal Computer Revolution

    by Lamont Wood ...
    Forget Apple and IBM. For that matter forget Silicon Valley. The first personal computer, a self-contained unit with its own programmable processor, display, keyboard, internal memory, telephone interface, and mass storage of data was born in San Antonio TX. US Patent number 224,415 was filed November 27, 1970 for a machine that is the direct lineal ancestor to the PC as we know it today. The ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Thornton's Luck

    How America Almost Lost the Mexican-American War

    by Lamont Wood ...
    In April 1846, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico along the disputed border were high. About half of the U.S. Army, then tiny, was camped outside of Matamoros, Mexico, and rumors were flying that the much larger and better outfitted Mexican army was about to undertake efforts to remove the troops from their territory. Captain Seth Brett Thornton led his 2nd mounted dragoons on an expedition to ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Lincoln's Planner

    A Unique Look at the Civil War Through the President's Daily Activities

    by Lamont Wood ...
    Lincoln’s Planner follows our sixteenth president through the Civil War, showing what he did and wrote each day, as reflected in surviving records. You will experience the bombshell events much as Lincoln did, every day, rather than through story-line narratives often laid out in history books.In the process, you’ll see how Lincoln gradually dominated those around him through the sheer force and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans Who Invented the Personal Computer

    by Lamont Wood ...
    Forget Apple and IBM. For that matter forget Silicon Valley.The first personal computer, a self-contained unit with its own programmable processor, display, keyboard, internal memory, telephone interface, and mass storage of data was born in San Antonio TX. US Patent number 224,415 was filed November 27, 1970 for a machine that is the direct lineal ancestor to the PC as we know it today. The story ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 4.

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  • American Ulysses

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