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1	Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt more books like this by H W Brands Drawing on archival materials, public speeches, personal correspondence, and accounts by family and close associates, acclaimed bestselling historian and biographer Brands offers a compelling and intimate portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life and career. see all copies from £19.48! new only from £19.48! \| first editions
2	Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times more books like this by H W Brands Historian H.W. Brands narrates the colorful life of "Old Hickory," who left an enduring mark as the seventh president of the United States, and whose name is forever associated with the concept of democracy. Cut from a different cloth from the Founding Fathers, the rough-and-tumble Jackson was just a youth during the Revolution, though he absorbed ... see all copies from £8.82! new only from £10.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin more books like this by H W Brands This biography of Ben Franklin sees him as both a representative of the new man--the American--and an agent of historical change, whose participation was central to the debates that shaped the new nation. This book was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream more books like this by H W Brands A noted historian and biographer explores the central figures and events of the California Gold rush, and assesses its significance as a turning point in American history. see all copies from £3.03! new only from £3.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	America Past and Present, Volume I (Chapters 1-16) more books like this by Professor Robert A Divine, T H Breen, R Hal Williams America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Writing in a lively narrative style by six award-winning historians, America Past and Present tells the story of all Americans- ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £28.69! \| first editions
6	The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar more books like this by H W Brands From the first days of the United States, a battle raged over money. On one side were the democrats, who wanted cheap money and feared the concentration of financial interests in the hands of a few. On the other were the capitalists who sought the soundness of a national bank - and the profits that came with it. In telling this exciting story, H.W ... see all copies from £6.26! new only from £7.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	America Past and Present, Volume II (Chapters 16-33) more books like this by Professor Robert A Divine, T H Breen, R Hal Williams America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Writing in a lively narrative style by six award-winning historians, America Past and Present tells the story of all Americans- ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.48! \| first editions
8	The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War more books like this by H W Brands In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kremlin behind developments at home and across the globe. The FBI was obsessed with the threat posed by American communist party-yet party membership had sunk so low, writes H.W. Brands, that it could have fit "inside a high-school gymnasium," and it ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.45! \| first editions
9	The American Story, Volume II: Since 1865 more books like this by Professor Robert A Divine, T H Breen, George M Fredrickson The American Story presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, integrating social and political history into a coherent and compelling narrative. Acknowledging the nation's rich diversity of class, race, gender, and ethnicity, this edition tells the story both of the people who, ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.32!
10	Woodrow Wilson more books like this by H W Brands, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (Editor) An acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist offers a clear, comprehensive, and timely account of Wilson's unusual route to the White House, his campaign against corporate interests, and his decline in popularity and health following the rejection by Congress of his League of Nations. see all copies from £6.90! new only from £12.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The American Story, Volume I (Penguin Academic Series) (Chapters 1-16) more books like this by Professor Robert A Divine, T H Breen, R Hal Williams The American Story presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, integrating social and political history into a coherent and compelling narrative. Acknowledging the nation's rich diversity of class, race, gender, and ethnicity, this edition tells the story both of the people who, ... see all copies from £7.61! new only from £19.73! \| first editions
12 view cover	T. R.: A Life more books like this by H. W. Brands A new biography of Theodore Roosevelt, based on new documentation and a much fuller examination of the private man behind the public hero.. In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Theodore Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so ... see all copies from £6.99! new only from £36.01! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Immortal Cell: One Scientist's Quest to Solve the Mystery of Human Aging more books like this by Dr. Michael West, H W Brands THE IMMORTAL CELL tackles one of the most controversial practices of modern medicine: stem cell research. West, a physician and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, traces the origins of this practice and outlines its practical and lifesaving applications, while countering popular arguments against its usage. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	T. R.: The Last Romantic more books like this by H W Brands A new biography of Theodore Roosevelt, based on new documentation and a much fuller examination of the private man behind the public hero.. In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Theodore Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so ... see all copies from £2.82! new only from £3.85! \| first editions
15 view cover	Wages of Globalism: Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power more books like this by H W Brands One episode dominates the memory of Lyndon Johnson's presidency: the Vietnam War. The war has so darkened Johnson's reputation that it is difficult for many to recall his policies in a positive light-- especially his foreign policy. Now historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in ... see all copies from £7.70! new only from £11.55! \| first editions
16 view cover	Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - And Changed America more books like this by H W Brands A richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras inAmerican history--the Texas Revolution--and its bloody and precarious journeyto statehood, written by bestselling historian Brands. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Strange Death of American Liberalism more books like this by H W Brands In this provocative book, H. W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not trust the federal government to improve their lives and to heal major social ills. How is it that government has come to be seen as the source of many of our problems, rather than the potential means of their solution? How has ... see all copies from £5.73! new only from £10.50! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s more books like this by H W Brands Just as we do today, Americans of the 1890s faced changes in economics, politics, society, and technology that led to wrenching and sometimes violent tensions between rich and poor, capital and labor, white and black, East and West. In The Reckless Decade, H. W. Brands demonstrates that we can learn a lot about the contradictions that lie at the ... see all copies from £8.44! new only from £11.62! \| first editions
19 view cover	America Past and Present: Brief Edition, Volume II (Chapters 16-33) more books like this by Professor Robert A Divine, T H Breen, R Hal Williams America Past and Present, Brief presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship. This edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organization, ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £14.37!
20 view cover	Inside the Cold War: Loy Henderson and the Rise of the American Empire, 1918-1961 more books like this by H W Brands This is a biography of the American diplomat Loy Henderson, a key foreign service officer whose career spanned the period 1920 to 1960. Henderson's involvement in many critical decisions of his time presents insight into the course of the development of American foreign policy over four decades. As the USA started to become enmeshed in world ... see all copies from £2.06! new only from £7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	American Stories: A History of the United States more books like this by H W Brands, T H Breen, R Hal Williams Based on the idea that you can't cover (and don't "want "to) everything in a survey course, H.W. Brands and a team of award-winning historians present the story of American history in a refreshing new way." " "American Stories: A History of the United States "concentrates on the topics most commonly taught in an American history survey course, ... see all copies from £16.74! new only from £25.41! \| first editions
22 view cover	What America Owes the World more books like this by H W Brands For two hundred years, Americans have believed that they have an obligation to improve the lot of humanity. This belief has consistently shaped US foreign policy. Yet within this consensus, two schools of thought have contended: the 'exemplarist' school (Brands' term) which holds that what America chiefly owes the world is the benign example of a ... see all copies from £6.78! new only from £8.48! \| first editions
23 view cover	Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines more books like this by H W Brands From the day Commodore Dewey's battleships destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila to the closing of the Subic Bay naval base in 1992, America and the Philippines have shared a long and tangled history. It has been a century of war and colonialism, earnest reforms and blatant corruption, diplomatic maneuvering and political intrigue, an era colored ... see all copies from £6.01! new only from £26.73! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt more books like this by Theodore Roosevelt, H W Brands (Editor) Roosevelt biographer Brands presents an illuminating collection of letters penned by the president and explorer, recounting his political and military careers, his family life, and his groundbreaking expeditions. see all copies from £6.02! new only from £7.69! \| first editions
25 view cover	Lone Star Nation: The Texas Revolution and the Triumph of American Democracy more books like this by H W Brands, Chuck Montgomery (Read by) "Lone Star Nation" is the gripping story of Texas's precarious journey to statehood, from its early colonization in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo; from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by Comanche to its day of liberation as an upstart Republic. Abridged. 8 CDs. see all copies from £13.86! new only from £24.72! \| first editions

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