Author: Beverly Swerling A sweeping epic of two families—one Dutch, one English—from the time when New Amsterdam was a raw and rowdy settlement, to the triumph of the Revolution, when...

David L Clack The richness and diversity of the Colorado Landscape is beautifully captured through the eyes of nature photographer Dave Clack. His work reflects the essense of the Colorado...

Cathy Travis Constitution Translated for Kids is a line-by-line, section-by-section simple translation of the entire United States Constitution, written at the 5th grade level. The book features the actual 1787...

**IN VERY DELICATE CONDITION**Henry AdamsAn instant bestseller when first published in 1880, Democracy is the quintessential American political novel. At its heart is Madeleine Lee, a young widow who comes...

Brian Doyle Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year AwardIn his first year in high school, Hubbo O'Driscoll is torn between his poor but fun friends and...

David Howard Bain A dramatic history of the construction of America's first transcontinental railroad chronicles three seminal decades in American history, describing the vast enterprise to build a railroad from...

Philip RothThere is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America....

Willian Strauss and Neil HoweHailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Generations has been heralded by reviewers as...

Richard Hofstadter Volume II gathers documents from the period of the Revolution through the Jacksonian era, up to the Civil War and the Emancipation. To fit both Colonial and Early...

Translated and Edited by Freda AhenakewA traditional Cree Indian story about how a mouse burned its teeth when it tried to free the sun from a snare.Published January 1, 1996

Susan SontagNational Book Award, Fiction, 2000The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's best-selling 1992 novel, retold the love story of Emma Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson with consummate power. In this enthralling...

Max McCoyThe events, triumphs, and tragedies of the opening of the American West are seen through the eyes of members of two different families--one white and one Lakota. Original. (A...