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Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Published: 2017-06-06
Type: BOOK
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award A Publishers Weekly Holiday Guide History Pick “A book so gripping it can scarcely be put down.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018-05-29
Type: BOOK
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award A Publishers Weekly Holiday Guide History Pick “A book so gripping it can scarcely be put down.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-04-27
Type: BOOK
Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in an masterful story of honor and power.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-02-04
Type: BOOK
But until now, the full story of what happened, what it tells us about human nature and about America's westward expansion, remained shrouded in myth.
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2013-09-30
Type: BOOK
“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the ...
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2004-06-08
Type: BOOK
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited ...
Publisher: New Africa Books
Published: 2004
Type: BOOK
History of the author's family who emigrated from China in 1911 and settled in South Africa. Their family name was Fok. It was probably changed by immigration officials when they arrived.
Publisher: a Halycon
Published: 1997
Type: BOOK
The Reno Gazette-Journal and the Nevada Humanities Committee present Frank Mullen's account of the Donner Party, accompanied by hundreds of historical illustrations and Marilyn Newton's photographs of the trail today.
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 1994
Type: BOOK
"A notorious bit of historical esoterica, this 1845 handbook for travelers heading westward from the civilized United States for the freedom of the wild, unsettled frontier is remembered today mainly for its small role in one of the most ...
Publisher: Storybook Meadow Pub
Published: 2007-10
Type: BOOK
This book offers hope and an eternal perspective for readers of all ages. Awarded "Book-of-the-Year" in 2008 by the Christian Small Publishers Association.
