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1	Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-Of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine more books like this by Glenn Beck (Read by) add to wishlist "If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and "Common Sense" above all -- then I ask you to read this book...." In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. ... see all copies from £7.32! new only from £8.02!
2	1776 more books like this by David McCullough (Read by) add to wishlist David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the ... see all copies from £3.86! new only from £3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Drums of Autumn more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist This fourth installment in the adventures of Jamie Fraser, Scottish warrior, and Claire Randall, 20th-century woman, involves their daughter, Brianna, who is safely ensconced in the future until she crosses time to meet her unknown father. see all copies from £2.54! new only from £6.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Federalist Papers more books like this by Charles Rossiter (Editor), Charles R Kesler (Introduction by) add to wishlist Three of the founding fathers defend their revolutionary charter--the Constitution of the United States--in these essays. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788, this edition includes copies of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Original. see all copies from £3.85! new only from £3.85! \| first editions
5	His Excellency: George Washington more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist This biographical study of George Washington, the founding father who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," reexamines the personal and public sides of the man who set this nation on its course and became its first president. Joseph Ellis draws on voluminous research, and especially on the archives in the ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Outlander more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist While sightseeing, Claire Randall is whisked back through time to the Scottish Highlands of 1743. She marries a fierce Scottish soldier for survival's sake and finds a love that transcends time. see all copies from £4.02! new only from £6.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Lord John and the Private Matter more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist In this historical novel Lord John Grey is shocked to discover that the man engaged to his beloved niece might have an incurable venereal disease. While investigating the man's past, Lord John is also called upon by the crown to investigate the murder of a soldier who may have been a spy. The character of Lord John Grey first appeared in Diana ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Tale of Two Cities more books like this by Charles Dickens add to wishlist Dickens's one serious, un-comic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion. The beautiful Lucy Manette marries Charles Darnay, the descendant of an aristocratic French family denounced by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. When Darnay is ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 more books like this by George C Herring add to wishlist The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here George C. Herring ... see all copies from £14.78! new only from £15.11!
10	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts add to wishlist Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene. see all copies from £3.09! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Wideacre more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier more books like this by John F Ross add to wishlist Terror marked America's earliest frontier 250 years ago--and a poorly-educated farmer's son responded by innovating a new American type of warfare so effective that it forms the core of special operations efforts today. see all copies from £13.93! new only from £15.41!
13 view cover	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist A biography of Thomas Jefferson, written by a professor of history at Mount Holyoke. see all copies from £6.05! new only from £9.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough add to wishlist His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ... see all copies from £4.58! new only from £6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession more books like this by Andrea Wulf add to wishlist One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram, his new contact in the American colonies. But it was not reels of wool or bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds...Over the next forty years, Bartram would send hundreds of ... see all copies from £6.09! new only from £6.09! \| first editions
16 view cover	Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington more books like this by Mary Higgins Clark add to wishlist The role of leader came naturally to George Washington, the first president of the United States, and the man revered as the father of his country. But when it came to the social aspects of life in the mid 18th century, he was both awkward and insecure, and finally it was only through the love of a woman that he found happiness. see all copies from £3.09! new only from £5.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 more books like this by Gordon S Wood add to wishlist The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of the nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most esteemed historians, Gordon S. Wood, offers a ... see all copies from £17.92! new only from £17.92! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Favored Child more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist Gregory's stunning sequel to "Wideacre." In "The Favored Child, " she is at the height of her storytelling abilities, weaving a spellbinding tale of evil, obsession, madness and sensuality that will leave readers gasping--and waiting with bated breath for the third and final book in the Wideacre trilogy. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.37! \| first editions
19 view cover	Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals more books like this by Immanuel Kant add to wishlist Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words its aim is to search for and establish the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. Kant argues that ... see all copies from £6.73! new only from £6.74!
20 view cover	Lord John and the Hand of Devils more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade" and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. see all copies from £1.85! new only from £3.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Dragonfly in Amber more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist For twenty years, Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the majesty of Scotland's mist-shrouded hills. Here, Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones, about a love that transcends the boundaries of time, ... see all copies from £2.17! new only from £6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Rise to Rebellion more books like this by Jeff Shaara add to wishlist More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the American Revolution, "Rise to Rebellion" is a fictionalized account of history's most pivotal events: The Boston Tea Party, the battle of Concord, and of Bunker Hill. The author of the bestselling "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" reveals with new immediacy how ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Voyager more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist This is an epic historical novel following on from the bestselling "Dragonfly in Amber." Their passionate encounter happened two centuries ago when the gallant renegade Jamie Fraser sent her back to her own time, pregnant with his child, believing he would be killed in the bloody Battle of Culloden in 1746. Now their daughter has grown up and ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 more books like this by Robert Middlekauff add to wishlist The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	A Breath of Snow and Ashes more books like this by Diana Gabaldon add to wishlist In the sixth installment of the blockbuster time-traveling romantic saga known as the Outlander series, Scotsman Jamie Fraser attempts to cheat fate as the American Revolution approaches. In 1772, as unrest grows in the 13 colonies, the governor of North Carolina asks Jamie to secure the colony for the British. Thanks to his 20th-century American ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions

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