What Hath God Wrought

The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

Daniel Walker Howe

$35.00

hardback, Sep 2007

ISBN13: 9780195078947ISBN10: 0195078942

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for History!

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The Pact

Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation

Steven M. Gillon

$24.95

hardback, May 2008

ISBN13: 9780195322781ISBN10: 0195322789

A superb portrait of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, of the tumultuous politics of the 1990s, and of the secret alliance that might have changed America

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The Oxford Companion to the American Musical

Theatre, Film, and Television

Thomas S. Hischak

$39.95

hardback, May 2008

ISBN13: 9780195335330ISBN10: 0195335333

A vividly written resource on the American musical-- the first to cover Broadway, film, and TV in one volume

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The Anti-Intellectual Presidency

The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush

Elvin T. Lim

$24.95

hardback, May 2008

ISBN13: 9780195342642ISBN10: 019534264X

A fascinating analysis of the "dumbing down" of presidential rhetoric

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Sustaining Life

How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity

Eric Chivian

$34.95

hardback, Apr 2008

ISBN13: 9780195175097ISBN10: 0195175093

The first book to fully explore how the loss of biodiversity endangers human health. With over 200 color illustrations.

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Petrostate

Putin, Power, and the New Russia

Marshall I. Goldman

$27.95

hardback, Apr 2008

ISBN13: 9780195340730ISBN10: 0195340736

The first book to document Russia's stunning rebirth as a world power, fueled by her phenomenal growth as an oil producer and exporter

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Always On

Language in an Online and Mobile World

Naomi S. Baron

$29.95

hardback, Mar 2008

ISBN13: 9780195313055ISBN10: 0195313054

"My choice for most influential and seminal language book of the year is Always On by Naomi S. Baron. She is a scholar who can write in real time with real words." --William Safire, New York Times Times