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History classes reduce America's story into a dry litany of dates, names, and places. That's Not in My American History Book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. This book explains why July 4th isn't really Independence Day, reveals 19th century mudslinging that labels Andrew Jackson a "murderer," and even unveils the only vice president with a number-one pop hit. With insight, wit, and irreverence,...

The Education of Henry Adams is among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. Henry Adams was the grandson of a President and the great-grandson of another one. He was also the son of the American Ambassador to England, and his secretary. As such he rubbed elbows, literally, with Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and with many of the great figures of his time. This book contains thousands of memorable one-liners...

Boswell's biography of the writer Samuel Johnson.

The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. Biographer Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk--a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate--became the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional...

Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! You may know that singing sensation Taylor Swift has won over fans of both pop and country music. But did you know that Taylor:

used to help out on her family's Christmas tree farm by pulling bugs off the trees? Yuck!

won a national poetry contest in fourth grade with her poem "Monster in My Closet"?

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Leonardo pasó los primeros años de su vida en Florencia, su madurez en Milán y los últimos tres años de su existencia en Francia. El maestro de Leonardo fue Verrocchio. Primero fue orfebre, luego pintor y escultor: como pintor, fue representante de la escuela científica del dibujo; más famoso como escultor con la estatua Colleoni en Venecia, Leonardo fue además un hombre de gran atractivo físico, encantador en sus modales y conversación...

"Cowboy is a Verb is like the land itself, spreading out from Mount Wrightson on the west to the Mustangs and Whetstones on the east, Sonoita to Patagonia then south to the Mexican border. From the big picture to the smallest details, these pages describe the geology, history, and interdependency of land, water, native and introduced plants and animals. Embedded in the land are the rancher, cowboy, and the local communities. At first glance this book...

Adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo
Winner of the 2024 International Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Book Award
Finalist for the 2022 Oklahoma Book Award
Finalist for the 2021 National Indie Excellence Award
Finalist for the 2021 Best Book Award from American Book Fest
Set in 1884, Hell on the Border...