Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History, Hardcover - Don Brown

Reducere. The most famous duel in American history dramatized by leading nonfiction picture book illustrator, Don Brown.Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton wer...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of Aaron Burr and His Duel with Alexander HamiltonBased on his early achievements, Aaron Burr Jr. should have become a...

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Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Secretariat's life and races *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Secretariat's life and races *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a...

Reducere. In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the mos...

Reducere. Harriet Tubman served a pivotal role in leading slaves to freedom in the decade before the Civil War. This biography offers a demythologized chroni...

See the times as they were, the people, the places, the food, the importance of events as they happened. From Columbus boyhood to his discovery voy...

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"I would like . . . to help dreamers, they find it hard to get on in life." -- Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel, born in Sweden in 1833, was a brilliant i...

If you want to discover the captivating life of Harriet Tubman, then keep reading...Harriet Tubman was known as a "conductor" on the "Underground R...

One of NPR's Best Books of the Year An Amazon Best History and Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 So Far "Gripping. . . R]eads like a crime novel in the ...

DescriptionThe story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the ent...

How queerness and radical politics intersected--earlier than you thought. Well before Stonewall, a broad cross section of sexual dissidents took ad...

Reducere. At 3: 17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created ...

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DescriptionA brand-new narrative account of one of World War II's most exciting chase stories, the pursuit of the legendary German battleship, Bism...

Reducere. The Cambridge History of the American Civil War provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the American Civil War. With contributions from...

Reducere. It was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that hundreds gained their freedom. The teeming wharves were once a major station on the Underground Railroad, a...

DescriptionFrom the Sibert honor-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes a graphic novel of one of the darkest episodes in Ameri...

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DescriptionLord Horatio Herbert Kitchener is most famous today as the face of the poster that led Britain's recruitment drive during the early part...

Reducere. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case refer...

Reducere. Shane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vesti...

DescriptionAward-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas series Machines That Think explores machin...

Reducere. Shrouds have long held a special place among the sacred relics of Christendom. In the Middle Ages, shrouds, like holy relics, were the prize posses...

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Reducere. From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations fro...

Reducere. Jonathan Pollard, an intelligence analyst working in the U.S. Naval Investigative Service's Anti-Terrorist Alert Center, systematically stole highl...

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A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America The financial crisis that exploded in 200...

The final meeting of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr took place in in 1804. It ended with Burr mortally wounding Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton and...

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Reducere. The gripping, atmospheric true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused o...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Notre-Dame de Paris, then keep reading...It was with horror and sadness that the people of the w...

Reducere. A Stunning Look At The Worlds Most Famous Nuclear Disasters And Atomic Accidents In History An Atomic Accident is defined as any event that brought...

Reducere.  Entering the 1978-1979 season, the Boston Bruins had been one of the best teams in the National Hockey League for more than a decade. Yet they co...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography "The many rumors regarding the flying ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Hellenistic World, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Hellenis...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Hellenistic World, then keep reading... Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Helleni...

Reducere. What secrets does the Giza Plateau really hold? Who is trying to unlock them... and what are their motives?The multitude of popular works that have...

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* ``A complete visual package.`` --Booklist, starred review On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions ...

Reducere. The story of the 'Siren of the Shenandoah' in her own wordsIsabella Maria Boyd (1844-1900) was one of the most famous and notorious female Confeder...

Reducere. Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed, Hardcover

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes correspondence between the spy ring and explains the results of their activities *Includes a bibliography for further ...