Search this site    Civil War Front Pages Author: Wagman, John ISBN: 0-517-66572-7 Pages: 157+ Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Value Publishing Published: January 13, 1989 Condition: good shape, large book - 11"W X 14.25"H X 3/4"T Price: USD $6.99 A collection of 157 Vintage Newspaper Front Pages from the North and South. The New York Herald, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Republican, The Washington Evening Star, The Charleston Daily Courier, The Charleston Mercury, Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Richmond Daily Dispatch & The New Orleans Daily Picayune Newspapers are included. Western Civilization Images and Interpretations, Vol.1 Author: Dennis Sherman - Editor ISBN: 0-394-32659-8 Pages: Format: Publisher: Knopf Published: 1983 Condition: Price: USD $2.29 The Indian in America's Past Author: Forbes, Jack D. ISBN: 00unknown1 Pages: 181 Format: Paperback Publisher: Prentice-Hall Published: 1964 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 The Cold War A New History Author: Gaddis, John Lewis ISBN: 1-59420-062-9 Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The Published: December 29, 2005 Condition: Price: USD $3.99 From Publishers Weekly Starred Review:  If it's difficult to imagine a history of the Cold War that can be described as thrilling, that should add more luster to Yale historian Gaddis's crown. Gaddis, who's written some half-dozen studies of the Cold War, delivers an utterly engrossing account of Soviet-U.S. relations from WWII to the collapse of the U.S.S.R. The ideological clash between democratic capitalism and communism predated the war, of course, but the emergence of nuclear weapons created a new political situation. Suddenly, it was easy to imagine total war that might destroy not only the enemy but also the victor. Gaddis assesses what he sees as the positive contributions Thatcher, Reagan and Pope John Paul II made to furthering the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. and concludes with a sympathetic portrait of Gorbachev; his refusal to use force ultimately cost him both communism and his country, but, says Gaddis, it also made him "the most deserving recipient ever of the Nobel Peace Prize." The interpretations on offer are not startlingly original--we've read this before, mostly in other books by Gaddis himself--but a new, concise narration was Gaddis's aim here, and he succeeds royally. His synthesis is sure to reign with general history readers and in undergraduate classrooms. 8 maps not seen by PW. (Dec. 29) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From The Washington Post's Book World: When China's People's Liberation Army suddenly crossed the Yalu River during the Korean War, Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered atomic weapons to be dropped on the Chinese troops. The Soviet Union responded with nuclear attacks on the South Korean cities of Pusan and Inchon. The Americans countered by wiping out Vladivostok and two Chinese cities; the Soviets, in turn, bombed Frankfurt and Hamburg. All of the above is sheer fiction, of course; no country has used nuclear weapons in wartime since the United States destroyed Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. But in a couple of horrific paragraphs in John Lewis Gaddis's new book, The Cold War, this scenario is presented in straightforward fashion within the otherwise factual narrative, until eventually the author acknowledges the put-on. This is Gaddis's unconventional way of making an important point: The Cold War was historically significant as much for what didn't happen as for what did. Terrifying though the great global showdown sometimes was, the United States and the Soviet Union never waged a full-scale war. "Prior to 1945, great powers fought great wars so frequently that they seemed to be permanent features of the international landscape," Gaddis notes. But nuclear weapons meant that "for the first time in history no one could be sure of winning, or even surviving, a great war." And so the hot wars the superpowers and their proxies fought -- such as Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan -- were limited in scope. Gaddis, who teaches history at Yale University, is America's most prominent Cold War historian. He first emerged 34 years ago as a leader of the "post-revisionist" school of Cold War history. The earliest group of historians writing about the Cold War had blamed its origins largely on Joseph Stalin's desire for Soviet domination of Europe. In the late 1950s and '60s, a revisionist school, led by William Appleman Williams of the University of Wisconsin, argued that the Cold War was primarily an outgrowth of American economic interests, which led Moscow to react defensively to potential U.S. encroachment in its backyard. Enter Gaddis. Rejecting both contentions, his 1972 book, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, portrayed the origins of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union less as the lone fault of one side or the other and more as the result of a plethora of conflicting interests and misperceptions between the two superpowers, propelled by domestic politics and bureaucratic inertia. Gaddis has explored the Cold War in six other books since then, and, in the process, Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Author: Von Laue, Theodore H. ISBN: 0-397-47200-5 Pages: 227 Format: Paperback Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Published: June 1971 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 A Reappraisal of the Russian Revolution, 1900-1930, Second Edition The Enigma of Stonehenge Author: Fowles, John Brukoff, Barry ISBN: 0-671-43758-5 Pages: 128 Format: Paperback Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: November 1980 Condition: Price: USD $3.69 Humankind Author: Farb, Peter ISBN: 0-395-25710-7 Pages: 528 Format: Paperback Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Published: January 1978 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 Bibliography: p. 502-518. Includes index. Colonial American Writing Author: Pearce, Roy Harvey ISBN: 0-03-073015-5 Pages: 707 Format: Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Published: 1969 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Ivan the Terrible Author: Platonov, S.F. / Wieczynski, Joseph L. (Editor) ISBN: 0-87569-089-0 Pages: Format: Paperback Publisher: Academic Intl Pr Published: Condition: Price: USD $2.49 Ancient History The Great Civilizations Author: Rawlinson, George ISBN: 1-56619-317-6 Pages: 498 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Barnes Noble Books Published: October 1993 Condition: Price: USD $2.29 From Our Editors:  Encompassing more than the Greek and Roman worlds, this classic history of ancient civilizations covers the great cultures of three continents, spanning a period of time from the third millennia B.C. to 476 A.D. Written by a former professor of ancient history at Oxford University, this volume explores the ancient Asiatic and African kingdoms that flourished thousands of years before Rome; the great Persian empire, from the days of Cyrus the Great to its destruction by Alexander; the Greek city-states and the bitter conflicts between Athens and Sparta; and the phenomenon of ancient Rome, from its founding as a tiny hamlet in the Italian hills to its official demise with the deposing of the last Emperor, Romulus Augustus. One of the best single-volume treatments of ancient civilizations ever published. From the Publisher:  In Ancient History, George Rawlinson, former professor of that subject at Oxford University, has encompassed the full scope of the great civilizations of three continents from the third millennia B.C. to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. Unlike most books about ancient history Rowlinson's is not bound by the limits of the Greek and Roman worlds. For him the term "ancient" takes into account a wide range of societies and empires from the Indus River of India in the East to the Tiber River of Rome in the West. The Bassett Women Author: McClure, Grace ISBN: 0-8040-0877-9 Pages: 229 Format: Paperback Publisher: Swallow Press Published: August 1, 1985 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 From the Publisher: Grace McClure has created an even-handed account of the Bassetts. Drawing on interviews with surviving family, friends, and enemies, on memoirs, and on oral and written records from local libraries, newspapers and archives she presents believable, life-size characters who respond realistically to the demands of pioneer life. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics Author: Riordon, William L. / McDonald, Terrence J. (Editor) ISBN: 0-312-08444-7 Pages: 148 Format: Paperback Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Published: November 15, 1993 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description:  G.W. Plunkitt, the millionaire ward boss of New York's 15th district, gave this series of talks on the secrets of political success as practiced by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans. EVERYBODY is talkin' these days about Tammany men growin' rich on graft, but nobody thinks of drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft. There's all the difference in the world between the two. Yes, many of our men have grown rich in politics. I have myself. The Penguin History of the World Author: Roberts, J. M. ISBN: 0-14-013591-X Pages: 1040 Format: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Published: December 7, 1990 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Indian Tribes of North America Author: Sherman, Josepha / Quayle, Louise               Weinberg, Mark / Saenz, Anthony / Tod, Robert M. ISBN: 0-517-01505-6 Pages: 144 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Crescent Published: September 16, 1990 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 From the Publisher:  Now, in one complete volume, learn all about the different Native American tribes who once inhabited every major region in the United States. Written by an expert on pre-Columbian archaeology and North American native cultures, this book details the wondrous intricacies of tribal life and how many of the time-honored traditions have survived to this day. The Triumph of Politics Why the Reagan Revolution Failed Author: Stockman, David Alan ISBN: 0-06-015560-4 Pages: 422 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Harpercollins Published: May 1986 Condition: Price: USD $2.29 From Library Journal:  This memoir is a bitter review of Stockman's years in the Reagan Administration. It is a book with few heroes and many fools. The author claims naivete as his excuse. Although the narrative is somewhat confusing, overall, its backstage view of policymaking leaves one discouraged, even frightened by the superficiality. The book is a necessary library purchase for two reasons: the notoriety of the book and its author, and the insider's view of key policies still in place and key personalities still in power. Richard C. Schiming, Economics Dept., Mankato State Univ., Minn. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev and Kosygin The Transition Years Author: Strong, John W. ISBN: 0-442-28055-6 Pages: 277 Format: Paperback Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Published: January 1971 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 A Vast Conspiracy The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President Author: Toobin, Jeffrey ISBN: 0-7432-0413-1 Pages: 448 Format: Paperback Publisher: Touchstone Published: October 13, 2000 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Amazon.com What--another book about the messes Bill Clinton got himself into? Well, yes, but with a difference: Jeffrey Toobin's A Vast Conspiracy is the first to provide readers with comprehensive behind-the-scenes details of the machinations of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's team of prosecutors, lawyers for Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones, and congressional members as the president's "inappropriate relationship" snowballed into the country's first impeachment proceedings in over a century. Toobin's narrative is one of the most levelheaded versions of the 1998 scandal yet published, although he has very few kind words for anybody involved. "No other major political controversy in American history produced as few heroes as this one," he notes, and "in spite of his consistently reprehensible behavior, Clinton was, by comparison, the good guy in this struggle." While debunking Hillary Rodham Clinton's claims that she and her husband were the victims of a "vast right-wing conspiracy" (a claim that ignores Clinton's responsibility for his actions), Toobin does demonstrate how lawyers for Paula Jones collaborated with Linda Tripp and Lucianne Goldberg to build the most damaging case possible against the president. (He also suggests, not without cause, that Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff worked more closely with Tripp and Goldberg than he reported in his own book, Uncovering Clinton.) While for the most part discreetly judgmental, A Vast Conspiracy sometimes borders on cruel in its descriptions of Monica Lewinsky: after describing a 45-minute discussion between Clinton and his sometime sex partner, Toobin comments, "An actual conversation with Lewinsky may have been the thing that cured the president of his infatuation," and then later, "There were few better measures of Tripp's dedication to her book research and Clinton-hating than the simple fact that she tolerated Lewinsky's inane chatter for so long." Yet his portrayal of Lewinsky as "a genuine, if occasional, sexual partner as well as an obsessed, unhinged fan" is, thanks to his rich storytelling abilities, compelling. (Whether it's true remains to be seen; some readers of his previous book, The Run of His Life, believe that Toobin's portrayal of O.J. Simpson seriously underestimated the suspected killer.) And, although it will no doubt get overlooked amidst all the salacious details of the case, Toobin makes a good argument for how the whole brouhaha was an inevitable result of several decades of "legal activism," in which lawsuits were used to achieve broad political changes. Between Richard Posner's musings on the legal aspects of the impeachment hearings in An Affair of State and Toobin's narrative reconstruction of the events leading up to the impeachment, we have the beginnings of a calm consideration of just what exactly happened to American politics during Clinton's second term. --Ron Hogan  The New York Times Book Review: Thomas Powers ...the main and considerable pleasure of his book comes from watching the astonishing story unfold so it makes sense. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987 Author: Woodward, Bob ISBN: 0-671-60117-2 Pages: 543 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: October 1987 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 From Library Journal:  Woodward's books on Watergate, the Supreme Court, and John Belushi were not so controversial as Veil. His deathbed visit to William Casey, former CIA head, has been disputed by Casey's wife. What Woodward knew about Casey's Iran-contra role was apparently withheld from Congress. All this smoke has drawn attention from the fire. Woodward's tale of attempted murders, payoffs to foreign leaders, covert contra aid, covert aid to Britain in the Falklands War, and anti-terrorist squads is formidable. He presents Casey's CIA as a dangerously illegal loose cannon on the deck of U.S. foreign policy. Richard B. Finnegan, Stonehill Coll., North Easton, Mass. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Unforgettable Women of the Century Author: People Magazine / Staff of Time Life, Inc. ISBN: 1-883013-36-4 Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Time-Life Books Published: September 1998 Condition: Price: USD $3.29 When Lucille Ball stuffed conveyor-belt chocolates down her shirt, we remembered. When Barbara Walters asked the "What kind of tree would you be?" question, we remembered that, too. From Georgia O'Keefe to Margaret Thatcher -- from Gilda Radner to Princess Grace -- here are the real stories behind the female icons who won a permanent place in our hearts, as only People could tell it. Primitives: Our American Heritage Author: McNerney, Kathryn ISBN: 0-89145-102-1 Pages: 192 Format: Paperback Publisher: Collector Books Published: July 2001 Condition: Price: USD $3.49 Book Description: This release is not only an identification and value guide to hundreds of primitive tools, furniture and household items, it is also a look at life in days gone by. Loaded with information and filled with photographs on primitives, this book is a must for primitive collectors. 1998 values. REVIEW: This book pays tribute to our American heritage and shows how primitive collectibles changed and progressed from the frontiers into the 1890s. Not only are current values given for the items, but descriptions on what the items were used for, in an "old-timey" style, are given by the author. A very interesting look at our past. About the Author: Kathryn McNerney was well-known for her expertise in many fields of antiques and collectibles, including kitchen antiques, antique tools, primitives, blue & white stoneware, American oak and Victorian furniture, and antique iron. Her books saw many revised editions, and her books became standard references in the field. She left behind many followers who continue to consult her books and who have made them part of their permanent libraries. What A Year It Was! 1967 Author: Flickback Media; Inc. (Editor, Illustrator) ISBN: 0-922678-25-1 Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Flickback Media, Inc. Published: November 1, 2006 Condition: Price: USD $4.99 Product Description: What A Year It Was! 1967 is a lavish, 176-page hardcover "scrapbook" packed with stories, photos and artwork detailing the movies, music, shows, sports, fashion, news, people, places and events that made this year unique and memorable. A special dedication page completes a truly personal yearbook gift which will be treasured for years to come. The Perfect Gift for Birthdays, Anniversaries or Reunions! The Mysterious Maya Authors: Stuart, George E. / Stuart, Gene S. / Harvey, David / Imboden, Otis ISBN: 0-87044-233-3 Pages: 199 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Natl Geographic Society Published: June 1977 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Bibliography: p. 196. Includes index. The Greatest Generation Author: Brokaw, Tom ISBN: 0-375-50202-5 Pages: 412 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Published: November 30, 1998 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 Amazon.com: Veteran reporter and NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw went to France to make a documentary marking the 40th anniversary of D-day in 1984. Although he was thoroughly briefed on the historical background of the invasion, he was totally unprepared for how it would affect him emotionally. Flooded with childhood memories of World War II, Brokaw began asking veterans at the ceremony to revisit their past and talk about what happened, triggering a chain reaction of war-torn confessions and Brokaw's compulsion to capture their experiences in what he terms "the permanence a book would represent." After almost 15 years and hundreds of letters and interviews, Brokaw wrote The Greatest Generation, a representative cross-section of the stories he came across. However, this collection is more than a mere chronicle of a tumultuous time, it's history made personal by a cast of everyday people transformed by extraordinary circumstances: the first women to break the homemaker mold, minorities suffering countless indignities to boldly fight for their country, infantrymen who went on to become some of the most distinguished leaders in the world, small-town kids who became corporate magnates. From the reminiscences of George Bush and Julia Child to the astonishing heroism and moving love stories of everyday people, The Greatest Generation salutes those whose sacrifices changed the course of American history. --Rebekah Warren From School Library Journal YA-Brokaw defines "the greatest generation" as American citizens who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. The vehicle used to define the generation further is the stories told by a cross section of men and women throughout the country. The approximately 50 stories are listed in the table of contents under eight topics: Ordinary People; Homefront; Heroes; Women in Uniform and Out; Shame; Love, Marriage and Commitment; Famous People; and the Arena. The individuals are brought to life by photographs within each chapter. YAs will find this book to be a good resource for decade and World War II research. Unlike any era YAs have known, the 1940s are characterized by a people united by a common cause and values. Carol Clark, formerly at Fairfax County Public Schools, VA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Sea Hunters II Authors: Cussler, Clive / Dirgo, Craig ISBN: 0-399-14925-2 Pages: 446 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Putnam Adult Published: December 2, 2002 Condition: Price: USD $2.99 From Publishers Weekly: Well known for his series of action adventure novels starring Dirk Pitt, Cussler is also the founder of the nonprofit National Underwater and Marine Agency, a group that searches for shipwrecks of historical significance. The group does not salvage any artifacts; they simply note the wreckage location and turn their information over to appropriate agencies for further study and planning. In this fast-paced narrative that doesn't tinker with the earlier Sea Hunters' successful formula, Cussler and his teams search for 300 years' worth of wrecks as varied as La Salle's 17th-century flagship, a dirigible lost in a storm off the New Jersey coast in 1933 and the famous PT-109. Cussler traveled along the coast of Texas, up the Mississippi River and to the jungles of the South Pacific in search of historically important wrecks of all sorts. Cussler first provides the historical background for each tragedy (sometimes inventing dialogue when there are no survivors to interview), then dives into his own adventures. One of Cussler's unsuccessful searches took his team to the Maine wilderness, where they tried to locate the wreckage of a French airplane that crashed in 1927 on its way to Washington, having crossed the Atlantic nonstop, before Charles Lindbergh. On the other hand, his crew found the RMS Carpathia (the ship that rescued the survivors of the Titanic), which had been sunk by a German U-boat off the Irish coast in 1918. Cussler's artful writing style and varied experiences while searching for historical treasures make this a first-rate adventure book sure to please any student of history and the odd Pitt fan who takes the plunge. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: This is nonfiction, but it's still pretty thrilling: Cussler recounts the efforts of his organization, NUMAR the National Underwater and Marine Agency to dredge up lost ships with historical value. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. On the Trail of the Assassins My Investigation & Prosecution of the Murder of President Kennedy Author: Garrison, Jim ISBN: 0-941781-02-X Pages: 342 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Sheridan Square Press Published: November 1988 Condition: good Price: USD $17.99 Maps on lining papers. Bibliography: p. 309-329. Includes index. LIFE: The '60s Authors: Brokaw, Tom / Neary, John / O'Neil, Doris C. (Editor) ISBN: 0-8212-1752-6 Pages: 236 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Bulfinch Press Published: 1989 Condition: Price: USD $2.99 From Library Journal: This volume continues a series of decade-by-decade selections of photographs from the archives of Life . No matter how close to the 1960s or how distant one feels, the decade has already become the domain of historians. Particularly in its condensation of events, this selection of 250 captioned photographs is rather haunting. The images are divided into several categories--Civil Rights, The Kennedy Years, Music, Protest, Fads and Fashions, Space, 1968, and Vietnam--with each category introduced by an essay. Readers will recognize a number of the more familiar photographs, such as those of Woodstock, the Kennedy assassination, and the moon landing, which have become cultural icons representing the 1960s. A good summary of the decade for those too young to remember from a magazine that was at the time an integral part of American life. - Ann Copeland, formerly with Drew Univ. Lib., Madison, N.J. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Anthropology Decisions, Adaptation, and Evolution Authors: Plog, Fred / Jolly, Clifford J. ISBN: 0-394-32095-6 Pages: 564 Format: Hardcover