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 | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance.
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, read...
Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
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 | A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, Afri...
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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 | Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel's classic history of the Great Depression. In this unique re-creation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. The book is...
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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 | The Art of Seduction
This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest seducers, from Cleopatra to JFK, as well as the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and Ovid t...
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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 | How the States Got Their Shapes
Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake? We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire state of Ma...
Manufacturer: Collins
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 | American Rifle: A Biography
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, h...
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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 | The Irony of American History
“[Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. I take away [from his works] the compelling idea that there’s serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. And we should be humble and modest in our belief we can eliminate those things. But w...
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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