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Jedediah PurdyBeing AmericaLiberty, Commerce and Violence in anAmerican World

“Incisive and timely. . . . Purdy stands as acalm and articulate voice, able to putmuch of the current world situation intothoughtful and pragmatic historical context.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Michael GecanGoing PublicAn Organizer’s Guide to Citizen Action

An inspiring story of how to reclaim thefull benefits of citizenship, Going Publicoffers unforgettable lessons: What is thebest way to talk to politicians? Whatresources do all communities need to cre-ate change? What kinds of public actionreally work?

ANCHOR | PAPERBACK1-4000-7649-8 | 224 PAGES | $12.00

Chris HedgesWar Is a Force that Gives UsMeaning

“[A] powerful chronicle of modern war. . . . A persuasive call for humility and real-ism in the pursuit of national goals byforce of arms . . . a potent and eloquentwarning.” —The New York Times

ANCHOR | PAPERBACK1-4000-3463-9 | 224 Pages | $12.95

Randall Kennedy NiggerThe Strange Career of a TroublesomeWord

“Should be required reading. . . . This littlebook deserves to be read especially if weseek better understanding of ourselves andothers.” —The Dallas Morning News

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Nuha al-Radi Baghdad Diaries

In this often moving, sometimes wryaccount of life in Baghdad during the firstwar on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educatedartist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects ofwar on ordinary people.

VINTAGE | PAPERBACK1-4000-7525-4 | 224 PAGES | $12.00

Mourid Barghouti Ahdaf Soueif (trans.)I Saw Ramallah

“The most eloquent statement in Englishof what it is like to be a Palestinian today.. . . No other book so well explains thebackground to recent events in Palestine/Israel.” —The Times Literary Supplement


Marjane Satrapi PersepolisThe Story of a Childhood

Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s wise,funny, and heartbreaking memoir ofgrowing up in Iran during the IslamicRevolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, she tells thestory of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the

overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the IslamicRevolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.

PANTHEON | PAPERBACK0-375-71457-X | 160 Pages | $11.95

Marjane Satrapi Persepolis 2The Story of a Return

PANTHEON | HARDCOVER0-375-42288-9 | 192 Pages | $17.95

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THE MIDDLE EAST

Saira Shah The Storyteller’s Daughter

“This book will speak not only to themany people who admire the Afghan people and pity their ordeals, but to thoselike Saira Shah who owe allegiance to twocultures. . . more and more of them now inthe world. This is such a good book. Thereis not likely to be a better one aboutAfghanistan.”—Doris Lessing

KNOPF | HARDCOVER0-375-41531-9 | 272 PAGES | $24.00

Paperback Available October 2004

T. R. FehrenbachComanchesThe History of a People

“The author has mastered an extensiveand complex subject: he is flexible, well-organized, and sensitive.” —LarryMcMurtry


NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY

Deborah LarsenThe White

This novel is based on the true story of 16-year-old Mary Jemison who in 1758 wascaptured by a Shawnee raiding party nearGettysburg, given to two Seneca sisters,renamed Two-Falling-Voices and raised inSeneca culture.


Bernard BailynTo Begin the World AnewThe Genius and Ambiguities of theAmerican Founders

“A group of unimpeachable assessments.. . . A gem of a book, rich in understand-ing. . . . A thoroughly urbane account ofthe provincial wellsprings of our nation’slife.” —The New York Times


Mary Beth Norton In the Devil’s SnareThe Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

“The freshest and most detailed account. . . that we have had in a decade. . . . A

landmark achievement. It may well heralda new golden age in American history.”—Los Angeles Times



COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARYAMERICA

Gordon S.Wood The American RevolutionA History

“An elegant synthesis done by the leadingscholar in the field, which nicely integratesthe work on the American Revolution overthe last three decades but never loses con-tact with the older, classic questions thatwe have been arguing about for over twohundred years.” —Joseph J. Ellis

MODERN LIBRARY | PAPERBACK0-8129-7041-1 | 224 Pages | $11.95

Alfred F. YoungMasqueradeThe Life and Times of Deborah Sampson,Continental Soldier

The remarkable story of the woman whofought in the American Revolution asRobert Shurtliff—and got away with it.

KNOPF | HARDCOVER0-679-44165-4 | 432 Pages | $26.95

James Alexander ThomSign-TalkerThe Adventure of George Drouillard onthe Lewis and Clark Expedition

A fictional account of the Lewis and Clarkexpedition as told from the point of viewof George Drouillard, the actual historicalfigure who was raised among the Shawneeand who became the eyes and ears on thisunforgettable odyssey.

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De Anne Blanton and Lauren M. CookThey Fought Like DemonsWomen Soldiers in the Civil War

“A compelling book that belongs in everyCivil War library.”—Publishers Weekly


Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage

First published in 1895, America’s greatestnovel of the Civil War strikes the readerwith its undeniable realism and with itsmasterful descriptions of the moment-by-moment riot of emotions felt by menunder fire.

BANTAM CLASSICS | PAPERBACK0-553-21011-4 | 160 Pages | $3.95

S.T. Joshi (ed.)Civil War MemoriesNineteen Stories of Glory and Tragedy

This unique anthology gathers nineteenworks of fiction by a renowned group ofwriters—from Mark Twain, to Louisa MayAlcott to Ambrose Bierce and others—who lived and worked in the Civil War era.

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H.W. BrandsThe Age of GoldThe California Gold Rush and the NewAmerican Dream

“A fine, robust telling of one of the greatest adventure stories in history.”—David McCullough


Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America

This edition contains the complete texts ofVolumes I and II. With notes and suggest-ed reading list.

BANTAM | PAPERBACK0-553-21464-0 | 976 Pages | $7.95

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19TH - CENTURY AMERICATHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

James M. McPhersonHallowed GroundA Walk at Gettsyburg

“The country’s most distinguished CivilWar historian. . .offers this compact andincisive study of the Battle of Gettysburg.”—Publishers Weekly

CROWN | HARDCOVER0-609-61023-6 | 144 Pages | $16.00

Erik LarsonThe Devil in the White CityMurder, Magic, and Madness at the Fairthat Changed America

“Larson skillfully balances the grislydetails with the far-reaching implicationsof the [1893 Chicago’s] World’s Fair.”—USA Today

VINTAGE | PAPERBACK0-375-72560-1 | 464 Pages | $14.95Booklist Editors’ Choice

William H. Rehnquist Centennial CrisisThe Disputed Election of 1876

“It’s impossible to read Chief JusticeRehnquist’s fascinating Centennial Crisiswithout realizing the historic role heplayed in determining the outcome of the2000 election. As a historian Rehnquist isfirst-rate. . . . And this is the most literate,judicious, and wise retelling of [the Hayes-Tilden] election ever written.”—Douglas Brinkley


20TH - CENTURY AMERICA

Lillian SchlisselWomen’s Diaries of theWestward Journey

This fascinating evocation of the westeringexperience is “important for anyone whowants a clearer understanding of the people, and particularly the women, whoshaped a good part of the nation.”—The New York Times

SCHOCKEN | PAPERBACK0-8052-1176-4 | 288 PAGES | $14.95

T.J. StilesJesse JamesLast Rebel of the Civil War

“Stiles forcefully sets Jesse James in thecontext of his times, firmly identifyinghim as a violent and effective Confederatepartisan. Jesse James is so carefullyresearched, persuasive and illuminatingthat it is likely to reshape permanently ourunderstanding of its subject’s life andtimes.” —New York Times Book Review

VINTAGE | PAPERBACK0-375-70558-9 | 544 Pages | $16.00ALA Notable Book

Dayton Duncan and Ken BurnsHoratio’s DriveAmerica’s First Road Trip

The companion volume to thePBS documentary film aboutthe first—and perhaps mostastonishing—automobile tripacross the United States.

KNOPF | HARDCOVER0-375-41536-X | 192 PAGES| $24.95

James M. McPherson The Negro’s Civil WarHow American Blacks Felt and ActedDuring the War for the Union

“McPherson shatters the belief that[blacks] were passive about their freedom.His evidence is telling and, what is more, itis absorbingly retold.”—The New York Times

VINTAGE | PAPERBACK1-4000-3390-X | 400 Pages | $14.00

Beverly LowryHer Dreams of DreamsThe Rise and Triumph of Madam C.J.Walker

“This beautifully written biography of . . .the African-American cosmetic million-aire from Louisiana—puts the HoratioAlger story to shame. With crystal-clearprose, lively anecdotes and dutiful researchBeverly Lowry tells how Walker, against allodds, became a pioneer businesswomanand civil rights activist extraordinaire.”—Douglas Brinkley



AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

Kathleen Dalton Theodore RooseveltA Strenuous Life

“A fresh look at TR. . . . More than anyother president, he embodied the virtuesof energy, vitality and self-improvement.”—The Washington Post


Richard Kluger Simple JusticeThe History of Brown v. Board ofEducation and Black America’s Strugglefor Equality

“The definitive account. . . of the strugglefor black equality in America.”—The Nation


Anne MoodyComing of Age in Mississippi

A deeply personal story but also a portraitof a turning point in the nation’s destiny,this autobiography lets us see history inthe making, through the eyes of one of thefootsoldiers in the civil rights movement.

DELTA | PAPERBACK0-385-33781-7 | 432 Pages | $14.00

Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-GreenleeAnd If I PerishFrontline U.S.Army Nurses in World War II

“Battle by battle, in vivid, newsreel-likefashion, the authors dramatically portraythe heroic efforts of courageous womenwho experienced the war at its most hor-rific and heartrending levels.” —Booklist

KNOPF | HARDCOVER0-375-41514-9 | 512 PAGES | $30.00

Julie OtsukaWhen the Emperor WasDivine

This commanding novel paints a portraitof the Japanese internment camps duringWorld War II unlike any we have ever seenand is a haunting evocation of a family inwartime and provides a resonant lessonfor our times.


Booklist Editors’ ChoiceTeacher’s Guide Available

David FromkinThe Way of the WorldFrom the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eveof the Twenty-first Century

“Mr. Fromkin recounts ‘the greatest storyever told’ exceedingly well, aided by a deepknowledge and an elegant prose style.”—The Wall Street Journal


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WORLD HISTORY

Jane Dunn Elizabeth and MaryCousins, Rivals, Queens

The first dual biography of two of theworld’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen ofScots—by one of Britain’s “best biogra-phers.” (The Sunday Times)


Martin GilbertWinston Churchill’s War Leadership

Sir Martin Gilbert, Churchill’s officialbiographer, looks at the public figure andwartime propaganda, to reveal a veryhuman, sensitive, and often tormentedman, who nevertheless found the strengthto lead his nation forward from the dark-est and most dangerous of times.

VINTAGE | PAPERBACK1-4000-7732-X | 112 Pages | $11.00

William I. HitchcockThe Struggle for EuropeThe Turbulent History of a DividedContinent 1945 to the Present

“Shrewd, comprehensive, elegantly writ-ten, always convincing in its arguments, itis without question the most successfulanalytical synthesis of recent Europeanhistory now available.”—John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University


David Fromkin Europe’s Last SummerWho Started the Great War in 1914?

In gripping narrative eerily parallelingevents in our own time, historian DavidFromkin presents a dramatic reassessmentof the causes of World War I.


Anne Applebaum GulagA History

2004 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“Drawing on newly opened Gulag andsecret police archives, Applebaum hasbeen able to fill in many of the gaps. . . .Applebaum’s superb account pulls nopunches in its often traumatic descrip-tions of the daily battle for survival, butgoes some way to explaining the inexpli-cable.” —History Today


Booklist Editors’ Choice

RiusMarx for Beginners

A cartoon book about Marx that coversthe origins of Marxist philosophy, history,economics; of capital, labor, the classstruggle, and socialism in an accurate,understandable, and very, very funny way.

PANTHEON | PAPERBACK0-375-71461-8 | 160 Pages | $11.00

Dalton Conley The Pecking Order

The Pecking Order is the first statistic-driven study to look at both between-family differences (education, race, eco-nomic opportunity) and within-familydifferences (gender, birth-order) to give usa greater understanding of how socialsorting works in America.

PANTHEON | HARDCOVER0-375-42174-2 | 320 Pages | $24.00

EDUCATORS’ BOOKSHELF

Ann HulbertRaising AmericaExperts, Parents, and a Century of Adviceabout Children

Ann Hulbert blends biography and criticalanalysis to probe the personal dramas, thescientific claims, and the social visions of asuccession of experts who during thetwentieth century aimed to make a scienceof child rearing.


David LipskyAbsolutely AmericanFour Years at West Point

“A superb description of modern militaryculture, and. . . university life I have read.How teenagers get turned into leaders isnot a simple story, but it is wonderfullytold in this book.” —David Brooks, TheNew York Times Book Review


Diane RavitchThe Language PoliceHow Pressure Groups Restrict WhatStudents Learn

“[N]ot only hair-raisingly readable butdeeply reasonable. It should be requiredreading not only for parents, teachers andeducators, but for everyone who caresabout history, literature, science, cultureand indeed the civilization in which welive.” —Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times



Mark EdmundsonTeacherThe One Who Made the Difference

“Edmundson’s message of the world-changing importance of good high schoolteaching is more than ever one we need to hear. It’s rarely delivered with such passion, good humor and sympathy.”—The New York Times Book Review


Mark SalzmanTrue NotebooksA Writer’s Year at Juvenile Hall

“An engrossing and eye-opening accountof youth who are typically forgotten. . . .True Notebooks includes thought-provok-ing samples of the students’ writing thatoffer a view of their progress, as well astheir inner lives.”—Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times

KNOPF | HARDCOVER0-375-41308-1 | 352 Pages | $24.00Paperback Available August 2004

Sally Shaywitz, M.D.Overcoming DyslexiaA New and Complete Science-Based Programfor Reading Problems at Any Level

From one of the world’s leading experts onreading and dyslexia, the most compre-hensive, up-to-date, and practical book yetto help us understand, identify, and over-come the reading problems that plagueAmerican children today.


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