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9781402784842 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, August 7, 2012, cover price $22.95
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9781402763908 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 4, 2012, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Civil War is shrouded in legend and mythology--but this new entry in The Real History series provides a clear, fresh view of the events for curious readers who want an intellectual, but not dryly academic, presentation of this inexhaustibly fascinating subject.
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9781402747687, titled "Profiles in Folly: Historys Worst Decisions and Why They Went Wrong" | Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 6, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Using the same engrossing anecdotal format that has proved so popular in Profiles in Audacity, Alan Axelrod now turns to the dark side of audacious decision-making: those choices that, in retrospect, were shockingly wrongheaded.
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9781402797781, titled "Profiles in Folly: History's Worst Decisions and Why They Went Wrong" | Reprint edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, April 3, 2012), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Using the same engrossing anecdotal format that proved so popular in Profiles in Audacity, bestselling author Alan Axelrod turns to the dark side of audacious decision-making and explores history's most tragic errors.
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9781402784835 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, March 6, 2012, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The newest in Alan Axelrod's celebrated CEO series examines Theodore Roosevelt--typically ranked among the top five US presidents by historians.
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9780312576561 | Thomas Dunne Books, December 6, 2011, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in early AmericaCombining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky’s Cod, popular historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal—the beaver—played in the creation of our nation.
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9781616084028 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, September 1, 2011, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Calling all Dapper Dans and Oomph Girls—take a ride through the American lexicon at its most inventive.
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9781402779060 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, July 5, 2011, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Â The next in Alan Axelrod's engaging and popular CEO series spotlights a perfect subject: Napoleon, the brilliant military strategist who also laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe.
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9781402740909 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 6, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In a refreshingly fearless, colloquial voice, acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod recounts the key events of World War II with unflagging humanity, drama, and straightforward explanations of their significance, weaving a story as engrossing and multifaceted as a great novel.
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9781402779992 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, June 14, 2011, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In a refreshingly colloquial voice, acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod recounts the key events of World War II with humanity and drama.
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9780292710764 | 1 edition (Univ of Texas Pr, May 1, 1983), cover price $27.50
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9780292729544 | Reprint edition (Univ of Texas Pr, April 1, 2011), cover price $25.00
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9781402781308 | Ill rep edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2011), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This exquisite edition of Sandburg's classic is now in paper!
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9781440515774 | Adams Media Corp, October 30, 2010, cover price N/A
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9781599215396 | Lyons Pr, September 1, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Patton’s Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war—who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past—became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured, territory taken, and people liberated, the greatest field commander of World War II.
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9781599210254 | Lyons Pr, June 1, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I and the participation of the United States Marine Corp.
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9781101439142 | Alpha Books, September 7, 2010, cover price $9.99
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9780816074143 | Facts on File, February 1, 2011, cover price $165.00
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9781402763021 | 1 edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, December 1, 2009), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The newest entry in Alan Axelrod’s engaging, successful Real History series—and the only current illustrated book on a misunderstood and mysterious topic.
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9781402740862 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, November 1, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An authoritative history of the American Revolution furnishes fresh insights into a seminal period in history, drawing on period quotes, rarely viewed illustrations, eyewitness accounts, pop culture, maps, statistics, and other sources to go beyond conventional views of the birth of the United States, the causes of the war, and more.
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9781402768163 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 1, 2009, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Ask most Americans why their forefathers started the Revolution, and they’ll likely mention “no taxation without representation” or the belief in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights.
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9781592578696, titled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History" | 5 original edition (Alpha Books, June 2, 2009), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The compact history of a giant country.
9781592574766, titled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History" | 4th edition (Alpha Books, March 7, 2006), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Discusses American history from prehistory through 2006, including brief biographical sketches of historical figures and events from popular culture.
9780028644646, titled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History" | 3rd edition (Alpha Books, January 1, 2003), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Discusses American history from prehistory through 2002, including brief biographical sketches of historical figures and events from popular culture.
9780028638508 | 2nd edition (Alpha Books, March 1, 2000), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses American history from prehistory through 1999, including brief biographical sketches of historical figures and events from popular culture.
9780028612751, titled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History" | Alpha Books, December 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses American history from prehistory through 1992, contains brief biographical sketches of historical figures, and notes pop/cultural events
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9781417788743, titled "Complete Idiot's Guide to American History" | Turtleback Books, March 7, 2006, cover price $31.85 | About this edition: This guide will give you an overview of American history from early, Native American history to modern times.
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9780230619593 | Palgrave Macmillan, March 3, 2009, cover price $12.99
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9781598697612 | Adams Media Corp, September 17, 2008, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: "Give me liberty or give me death.
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9780762427697 | Running Pr Book Pub, April 23, 2007, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Explores the events that shaped young George Washington's character, specifically focusing on the effect the Battle of Great Meadows during the French and Indian War had on the future president's military career.
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9780762432271 | Running Pr Book Pub, June 2, 2008, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: We all know George Washington as the Father of the American Nation; few know him as a 22-year-old Virginia lieutenant colonel who led three-hundred of his soldiers to fight a far-more-experienced French army-and paid a high price.
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9780786170234 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, May 1, 2007), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: History celebrates George Washington as the leader of the American Revolution and the father of his country.
9780786158973 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 23, 2007), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Explores the events that shaped young George Washington's character, specifically focusing on the effect the Battle of Great Meadows during the French and Indian War had on the future president's military career.
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9780786149247 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 23, 2007), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: History celebrates George Washington as the leader of the American Revolution and the father of his country.
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In this fascinating exploration of one of the most celebrated and innovative minds, best-selling author Alan Axelrod cuts through the myths and reverence surrounding Edison’s “genius” to show how the inventor was, in fact, an ordinary man who created extraordinary work. While many of us believe that creativity, like genius, is something that just happens by chance or destiny, Edison’s life demonstrates that creativity of the very highest order can indeed be summoned up at will, and even reduced to a reliable working method and set of principles.
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9780787994594 | Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, February 25, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In this fascinating exploration of one of the most celebrated and innovative minds, best-selling author Alan Axelrod cuts through the myths and reverence surrounding Edison’s “genius” to show how the inventor was, in fact, an ordinary man who created extraordinary work.
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9780470231395 | Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, May 16, 2008, cover price $24.95
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9781592577439 | Alpha Books, April 1, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A handbook that covers it all.
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9781426200526 | Natl Geographic Society, February 20, 2007, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Who are the pivotal figures in American history--the men and women who have helped shape who we are as a people and how we look at ourselves as Americans?
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9781426202155 | Reprint edition (Natl Geographic Society, February 19, 2008), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The author of 1001 Events that Made America offers a series of compelling profiles of the men and women, past and present, who have shaped American history, society, and culture, in a who's who of American politics, arts, science, religion, business, sports, and popular culture.
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9781402748615 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2010, cover price $12.95
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