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Where the Wild Goose Goes

by James H. McCommons

When people think of endangered animals, the Canada goose does not come to mind. In fact

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Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that the land's natural resources,

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Westering Women: A Celebration of Sisterhood on the Overland Trail

by Sandra Dallas

Sandra Dallas, author of the recently released novel, Westering Women, offers her thoughts on the

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Featured Excerpt: The Phantom

by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Germans knew U.S. Marine Pete Ortiz as Das Fantom. They had placed a half a million

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Carve Out Time for October’s New History Reads

As the weather cools and the days grow shorter, there is no better time to settle

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Featured Excerpt: An Inconvenient Woman

by Keri Leigh Merritt

A key figure in the early civil rights movement, Lillian Smith devoted her life to ending

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Featured Excerpt: Alexander

by Edmund Richardson

Alexander the Great was a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of

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Featured Excerpt: Confronting America

by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer

In Confronting America, Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer argue that Americans have lost sight of

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Featured Excerpt: Ash and Honor

by Jeffrey Robinson

From the secret service agent keeping President Bush safe to the fighter jet pilots on a

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Featured Excerpt: Cicero’s Tongue

by Catharine Edwards

When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and

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New Books Hitting the Shelves This September!

From the classical age of Alexander the Great and Roman statesman Cicero to the United States

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Where the Wild Goose Goes

Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Westering Women: A Celebration of Sisterhood on the Overland Trail

19th century

Featured Excerpt: The Phantom

by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Carve Out Time for October’s New History Reads

Featured Excerpt: An Inconvenient Woman

by Keri Leigh Merritt

Featured Excerpt: Alexander

by Edmund Richardson

Featured Excerpt: Confronting America

by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer

Featured Excerpt: Ash and Honor

by Jeffrey Robinson

Featured Excerpt: Cicero’s Tongue

by Catharine Edwards

New Books Hitting the Shelves This September!

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