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Nixon and Kissinger
$32.50With the publication of his magisterial biography of John F. Kennedy, An Unfinished Life, Robert Dallek cemented his reputation as one of the greatest historians of our time. Now, in…
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Not Fade Away
$16.99Some people are born to lead and destined to teach by the example of living life to the fullest, and facing death with uncommon honesty and courage. Peter Barton was…
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Penny’s Worth of Minced Ham
$15.95Hastings experienced the rural and small town side of an event that touched all who weathered it—the economic crash of 1929 and its 10-year aftermath.The author grew up in Marion,…
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Pocahontas
$15.99In striking counterpoint to the conventional account, Pocahontas is a bold biography that tells the extraordinary story of the beloved Indian maiden from a Native American perspective. Dr. Paula Gunn…
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Ravenscar House
$40.00Many exciting new buildings have arisen from the rubble of post-earthquake Christchurch but none, perhaps, is as remarkable as Ravenscar House in the heart of the city’s heritage precinct. ‘Ravenscar…
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Scotty
$24.95When President Kennedy finished a difficult meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the first person he talked to was not one of his advisers, his vice president, or his wife….
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Six Generations Here
$19.95Six Generations Here: A Farm Family Remembersby Marjorie L. McLellan, with an essay by Kathleen Neils Conzen and a foreword by Dan FreasDiscover the story of the Krueger family, as…
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The Bradbury Chronicles
$16.99Accomplished journalist Sam Weller met the Ray Bradbury while writing a cover story for the Chicago Tribune Magazine and spent hundreds of hours interviewing Bradbury, his editors, family members, and…
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The Chicago Diaries of John M. Wing 1865-1866
$20.00The personal—and often intimate—diaries of fledgling journalist and entrepreneur John Mansir Wing create a unique portrait of a rough-and-tumble Chicago in the first few years following the Civil War. Wing…
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison
$16.99Larry Ellison started the high-flying tech company Oracle with $1,200 in 1977 and turned it into a billion-dollar Silicon Valley giant. If Bill Gates is the tech world’s nerd king,…
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