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What We're Reading
"Big Chief Elizabeth," "The Dark Valley," "The Ice Master" 
Schamarama
An interview with Simon Schama 
Truth Made Memorable
An essay by Jacques Barzun 
Bestsellers
New in Paperback
American histories "The American Century," "The Great Republic" and "Lies 
Across America" 
Editor's Choice
"Founding Brothers" 


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WHAT WE'RE READING 
[IMAGE]"Big Chief Elizabeth" 
by Giles Milton
The follow-up to his best-selling "Nathaniel's Nutmeg," Giles Milton's "Big 
Chief Elizabeth" is a sprawling, ambitious tale of how the aristocrats and 
privateers of Elizabethan England reached and colonized the "wild and 
barbarous shores" of the New World. [IMAGE]Read more 

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[IMAGE]"The Dark Valley" 
by Piers Brendon
The 1930s were a time of worldwide economic crisis and political 
instability--and the gestation period of World War II. Piers Brendon examines 
each of the major powers of the conflict in turn as they move from breadlines 
to battlefields in "The Dark Valley," an elegantly written study of those 
difficult days. [IMAGE]Read more 

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[IMAGE]"The Ice Master" 
by Jennifer Niven
Twenty-five people set sail aboard the Karluk in search of an arctic 
continent in June 1913. Trapped in the ice in an unsuitable vessel, the party 
was forced to fight their way across the treacherous pack ice to survive. 
Jennifer Niven tells their "Endurance"-esque tale of survival in "The Ice 
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SCHAMARAMA: AN INTERVIEW WITH SIMON SCHAMA 
[IMAGE]Combining the resources of the BBC with Simon Schama's literary 
panache, "A History of Britain" is a beautifully written, handsomely crafted 
book on the sceptered isle. Schama took time out from his busy schedule ("TV 
eats your life") to talk to Amazon.com History editor Sunny Delaney about the 
book and History Channel series, Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury, and 
"Braveheart." [IMAGE]Read more 

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TRUTH MADE MEMORABLE: AN EXCLUSIVE ESSAY BY JACQUES BARZUN 
[IMAGE]Cultural critic and historian Jacques Barzun examines a variety of 
revolutions that have swept the Western world over the past 500 years in 
"From Dawn to Decadence." Whether he's examining the scientific revolution or 
religious experimentation, Barzun succeeds in revealing how the events of the 
past are reflected in the present. In this exclusive essay for Amazon.com, 
Dr. Barzun explains how he came to write "The Book"--more than 50 years after 
he set out to do so. [IMAGE]Read more 

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BESTSELLERS 
The top five bestselling history books over the past four weeks. 

[IMAGE]"Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental 
Railroad 1865-1869" 
by Stephen Ambrose

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[IMAGE]"Flags of Our Fathers" 
by James Bradley and Ron Powers

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[IMAGE]"From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to 
Present" 
by Jacques Barzun

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[IMAGE]"In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" 
by Nathaniel Philbrick

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[IMAGE]"Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" 
by Alfred Lansing

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NEW IN PAPERBACK: AMERICAN HISTORIES  
Three distinctly different approaches to American history. 

[IMAGE]"The American Century" 
by Harold Evans
Harold Evans's tight, journalistic prose marks the significant events and 
personages in America's rise to superpower status in this sprawling yet 
eminently readable history of the 20th century. Filled with photographs and 
contemporary editorial cartoons, "The American Century" is an excellent 
one-volume chronicle of a momentous 100 years. [IMAGE]Read more 

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[IMAGE]"The Great Republic: A History of America" 
by Sir Winston Churchill and Winston S. Churchill
Everyone knows Winston Churchill as the great statesman who helped sail 
Britain's ship of state through World War II. Less noticeable have been 
Churchill's contributions as a historian and author. Many of his numerous 
histories contain information on the United States--from America's discovery 
to the nation's founding and up to the mid-20th century. Grandson Winston S. 
Churchill has edited this work into one volume, titled "The Great Republic," 
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[IMAGE]"Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong" 
by James W. Loewen
Little seems to delight historian James W. Loewen more than picking apart the 
cherished myths of American history. Few Americans study history after high 
school--instead, Loewen writes, they turn to roadside historical markers, 
guidebooks, museums, and tours of battlefields, childhood homes, and massacre 
sites. After finishing Loewen's alternately angry and bemused expos,, readers 
will likely never trust a roadside historical marker or tour guide 
again--which may prompt them to turn to history books to check things out for 
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EDITOR'S CHOICE: "FOUNDING BROTHERS" 
[IMAGE]"Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" 
by Joseph J. Ellis
In retrospect, it seems as if the American Revolution was inevitable. But was 
it? In "Founding Brothers," Joseph J. Ellis reveals that many of those truths 
we hold to be self-evident were actually fiercely contested in the early days 
of the republic. [IMAGE]Read more 

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