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  • Four-Letter Nation

    The Long, Dirty History of American Profanity

    A fascinating history of American profanity that traces how taboo language has shaped US politics, religion, and pop culture, and how it has evolved into an expression of power and rebellion.For four hundred years, Americans have been told to watch their language. For four hundred years, they haven’t listened.From Puritan colonies where cursing could earn you a whipping to Civil War camps, jazz ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • New York at War

    Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham

    Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed -- and how it has stubbornly endured -- under threats both external and internal. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Four-Letter Nation

    The Long, Dirty History of American Profanity

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    A fascinating history of American profanity that traces how taboo language has shaped US politics, religion, and pop culture, and how it has evolved into an expression of power and rebellion.For four hundred years, Americans have been told to watch their language. For four hundred years, they haven’t listened.From Puritan colonies where cursing could earn you a whipping to Civil War camps, jazz ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • FDR

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  • The Glory and the Dream

    A New York Times–bestselling historian's in-depth portrait of life in America, from the Depression era to the early 1970s: "Magnificent" ( The New York Times).Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every ... Read more

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  • December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

    31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

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    December 1941 traces, day-by-day, the most important 31 days in the history of America's participation in WWII, which snuffed out the lives of millions and changed history forever.From December 1, 1941, until the morning of December 7, 1941, America was at peace and-with the exception of the stubborn and persistent high unemployment of the Great Depression-was a relatively happy country. By the ... Read more

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    McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

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    A SWEEPING TALE OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA AND THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCES THAT BROUGHT TWO MEN TOGETHER ONE FATEFUL DAYIn 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin’s bullet shattered the nation’s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known ... Read more

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  • Honorable Treachery

    A History of U.S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA

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  • City of Dreams

    The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

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  • A Patriot's History of the United States

    From Columbus's Great Discovery to America's Age of Entitlement, Revised Edition

    For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.”As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more ... Read more

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