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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2013
JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON: THE RIVALRY THAT FORGED A NATION
by John Ferling
"From hammering out constitutional liberties and building the nation's banking system to jockeying in early elections, Ferling draws crisp, sharp delineations between his two subjects."
Two antithetical but complementary Founding Fathers, duly and exhaustively compared and contrasted. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2013
ONE SUMMER: AMERICA, 1927
by Bill Bryson
"A distinctively drawn time capsule from a definitive epoch."
A popular chronicler of life and lore vividly charts a particularly pivotal season in American history. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2013
HERE COME THE BLACK HELICOPTERS!: UN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE LOSS OF FREEDOM
by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann
"More proof that biting conservative arguments have lost their teeth."
Fox News commentator Morris and his wife, McGann (co-authors: Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy--and How Our Leaders Help Them Do It, 2012, etc.), seize on the U.N. as the epitome of global government intrusion in this repetitive new work of unbridled paranoia. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2013
MR. PRESIDENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE MAKING OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST OFFICE
by Harlow Giles Unger
"A highly focused book concentrating on a small but significant part of the evolution of American government."
What starts out as a hagiographic testimony to George Washington matures into the thorough treatment readers expect from prolific history writer Unger (John Quincy Adams, 2012, etc.). Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2013
SPYMASTER: THE ASTOUNDING COLD WAR CONFESSIONS OF A SOVIET KGB OFFICER
by Tennant H. Bagley
"A respectful, introspective exposé of a great emissary who became a friend."
A retired spy-service veteran reflects on the life of an espionage specialist. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 19, 2013
MY PROMISED LAND: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL
by Ari Shavit
"Thoughtful, sobering reflections on a seemingly intractable conflict."
Israel has betrayed its best, truest self, argues Haaretz journalist and peace activist Shavit in this wrenching dissection of the nation's past and present. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2023
Kirkus Star THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DIXIE: THE CIVIL WAR AND THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION THAT TRANSFORMED THE SOUTH
by Bruce Levine
"A sensitive, informed rendering of the wrenching reformation of the South."
Levine (History/Univ. of Illinois; Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War, 2005, etc.) examines how the slaveholder republic of the Confederacy collapsed. Read full book review >