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America Discovered: A Historical Atlas of
North American Exploration by Derek Hayes $27.20 *
Using more than 280 original maps and dozens of historic illustrations, this remarkable atlas shows how geographical myths such as the Northwest Passage and the River of the West were slowly shattered. How rumored "seas" became great lakes, how apparent islands (such as California and Alaska) were found to be peninsulas, and how the full extent of the continent was finally revealed. From famous explorers such as Lewis and Clark to others more neglected by history, America Discovered tells the fascinating story of the men who put North America "on the map."
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle $17.50 *
This harrowing yet compulsively readable book is both a chronicle of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and a vibrant portrait of an entire age. It follows the waves of Jewish and Italian immigration that inundated New York in the early years of the century, filling its slums and supplying its garment factories with cheap, mostly female labor. It portrays the Dickensian work conditions that led to a massive waist-worker's strike in which an unlikely coalition of socialists, socialites, and suffragettes took on bosses, police, and magistrates. Von Drehle shows how popular revulsion at the Triangle catastrophe led to an unprecedented alliance between idealistic labor reformers and the supremely pragmatic politicians of the Tammany machine.
Americans: The National Experience Daniel J. Boorstin$11.20 *
Daniel J. Boorstin, one of America's great historians, focuses on American
ingenuity and emergent nationalism in this middle book of the Americans
trilogy, dealing with a period extending roughly from the Revolution to
the Civil War. Like its two companion volumes, The National Experience
is a sometimes quirky look at how certain patterns of living helped shape
the character of the United States. The book simply overflows with ideas,
all of them introduced in entertaining chapters on subjects such as the
New England ice industry and the boomtowns of the Midwest.
Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the
Classics in an Impoverished Age by Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce
S. Thornton $$9.60
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"Why do they hate us?" is the wrong question to ask after September 11,
writes Hanson; war and tragedy are to be expected, as the ancients knew.
Hanson's classicism informs this collection of essays that appeared mostly
on National Review Online, presented here chronologically, from September
(when, he argues, "we had no choice but to counterattack long and
hard") through December 2001, when he considers the implications of
that counterattack.
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris $24.50 *
In this lively biography, Edmund Morris returns to the gifted, energetic, and thoroughly controversial man whom the novelist Henry James called "King Theodore." In his two terms as president of the United States, Roosevelt forged an American empire, and he behaved as if it was his destiny
No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sampson $12.60 *
A compelling chronicle of a nation and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. With an uncanny feel for detail and a novelist's grasp of drama and depth, Doris Kearns Goodwin brilliantly narrates the interrelationship between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the United States. Goodwin paints a comprehensive, intimate portrait that fills in a historical gap in the story of our nation under the Roosevelts
Ancient World
The Twelve Caesars Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant11.20 *
As private secretary to the Emporer Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (along with carefully gathered eye-witness accounts ) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history. "The Twelve Caesars" chronicles the lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero, and the recovery and stability that came with his successors. A masterpiece of anecdote, wry observation and detailed physical description, this text presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn - and all too human - individuals.
Phoenix: Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii & Herculaneum
by Michael Grant13.97 *
"At a tavern in the Via di Nola, gladiators abandoned their...drinks and fled for their lives..." The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 quickly and completely buried all the materials of the inhabitants' daily lives under a sea of ash--ironically, preserving them intact for us to see today. Here is a picture of life in a Roman provincial town, from the graffiti on the walls to the fruit in the market stalls, from the arts to the trade, from the temples to the brothels...all frozen in death for 1,900 years.
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
by Robert B. Strassler (Editor), Victor Davis Hanson (Introduction)
$17.50
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Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the great books in the Western tradition, as well as its first true historical narrative. Editor Robert Strassler has annotated this classic text to make it more accessible to modern readers and added dozens of maps for easy reference. A helpful introduction places Thucydides in proper historical context and a series of short appendices focus on particular aspects of life and war during the period. But the bulk of the book itself, where Thucydides chronicles the long struggle between Athens and Sparta, enjoys an unexpected freshness on these pages--partly due to Strassler's magnificent editorial labors, but mostly because it's a great story resonant with heroes, villains, bravery, desperation, and tragedy. Every library should have a copy of Thucydides in it, especially libraries on military history, and The Landmark Thucydides is without question the best version available
Americans: The National Experience
Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the
Classics in an Impoverished Age
Theodore Rex 
No Ordinary Time 
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America 
