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| American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
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David O. Stewart.
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| Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781439157183. Daedalus Item Code: 22203 |
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| In this vivid biography of an enigmatic founding father, David Stewart depicts Aaron Burr, the third vice president, as a daring, perhaps deluded figure who shook the nascent United States. In 1805 ... (Read More)
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| The American Future: A History
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Simon Schama.
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| Publisher: Ecco. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780060539238. Daedalus Item Code: 14049 |
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| In this perspective on the 2008 presidential campaign and its importance for reclaiming America's original ideal, National Book Critics Circle Award–winning historian Simon Schama looks at the ... (Read More)
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| American Indians/American Presidents: A History
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Clifford E. Trafzer, ed.
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| Publisher: Smithsonian. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780061466533. Daedalus Item Code: 30885 |
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| When the American colonies defeated Britain during the War for Independence, Native American leaders began to establish diplomatic relations with the new nation. This book, illustrated throughout ... (Read More)
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| The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
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Gordon S. Wood.
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| Publisher: Penguin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780143035282. Daedalus Item Code: 30298 |
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| (A 2004 New York Times Notable Book of the Year) We all know Benjamin Franklin, or think we do, as the genial polymath, aphorist, and self-made man—the quintessential American. The ... (Read More)
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| Amos and Boris
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William Steig.
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| Publisher: Square Fish Books. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780312535667. Daedalus Item Code: 38671 |
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| (National Book Award finalist) Originally published in 1971, this book by the Caldecott Medal–winning author of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and Shrek! was inspired in part by ... (Read More)
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| Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-Girl Dance Band
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Alicia Castro, Ingrid Kummels & Manfred Schafer. Steven T. Murray, trans.
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| Publisher: Atlantic Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781843542421. Daedalus Item Code: 03464 |
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| Havana, 1932. To help her bankrupted father Matias Castro support his 13 children, eldest daughter Cuchito decides to start an all-girl orchestra to bring in some cash. Dubbed Anacaona, the group ... (Read More)
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| Ancient Architecture: History of World Architecture
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Seton Lloyd & Hans Wolfgang Muller.
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| Publisher: Electa. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781904313281. Daedalus Item Code: 10618 |
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| This book traces the earliest known history of architecture at its birthplace in ancient Mesopotamia (largely in modern Iran and Iraq) and Egypt. Profusely illustrated with drawings and black and ... (Read More)
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| And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris
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Alan Riding.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780307268976. Daedalus Item Code: 23494 |
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| On June 14, 1940, German tanks rolled into a silent and deserted Paris. Eight days later, a humbled France accepted defeat along with foreign occupation. Yet Paris remained undamaged, and soon a ... (Read More)
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| Andean Express
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Juan de Recacoechea. Adrian Althoff, trans.
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| Publisher: Akashic. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781933354729. Daedalus Item Code: 03114 |
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| "In this leisurely, character-driven study set in 1952 from Bolivian author [Juan] de Recacoechea (American Visa), a train ride across the high Andean plain serves as the stage for a ... (Read More)
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