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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

by Jon Meacham

Published: 2006-04-04

Hardcover: 416 pages

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The American Gospel–literally, the good news about America–is that religion shapes our public life without controlling it. In this vivid book, New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately c...

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American Gypsy: A Memoir

by Oksana Marafioti

Published: 2012-07-03

Paperback: 384 pages

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A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming AmericanFifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means touring with the family band from the Mongolian deserts to the Siberian tundra. It means getting your hair cut in ?the Lioness.? It also means enduring sneering rac...

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The American Heiress: A Novel

by Daisy Goodwin

Published: 2011-06-21

Kindle Edition: 496 pages

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"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin’s The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." -...

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American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans

by Eve Laplante

Published: 2004-03

Hardcover: 336 pages

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American Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop

by Caroline de Margerie

Published: 2012-11-08

Hardcover: 256 pages

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The fascinating story of one of the grand dames of Georgetown society and a true Washington insiderAn American aristocrat?a descendant of founding father John Jay?Susan Mary Alsop (1918?2004)with husband, Joe Alsop, brought together the movers and shakers of not just the United States, but...

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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-making, and the Crime of the Century (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene)

by Howard Blum

Published: 2009-01-07

Hardcover: 509 pages

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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

by Jon Meacham

Published: 2008-11-11

Hardcover: 512 pages

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The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's

by Henry Steele Commager

Published: 1959-09-10

Paperback: 490 pages

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In a book written out of a passionate belief in the staying powers of the democratic principles, a noted historian has written a major work that may be described as an interpretation of American thought and character since the 1880s. "Impressive in its inclusive sweep."-Joseph Wood Krutch, New York...

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American Music (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Jane Mendelsohn

Published: 2011-06-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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The celebrated author of I Was Amelia Earhart brings us a brilliant, kaleidoscopic story of human connection that soars with imagination, spirit, and Mendelsohn's distinctive mesmerizing style. Honor is a physical therapist with a mysterious patient in Milo, the Iraq war veteran whose dest...

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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

by Colin Woodard

Published: 2012-09-25

Paperback: 384 pages

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An endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven nations that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard North America is made up of eleven distinct nations each with its own unique historical roots In American Nations he takes...