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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly …
Franklin & Washington
"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the Revolution." —Gordon S. Wood From the …
To the Edges of the Earth
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) and "adrenaline-fueled" (Outside) entwined narrative of the most …
Scopes Trial
It was a big story in a small place. During the summer of 1925, the tiny hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the most controversial trials in American …
Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the Revolution. --Gordon S. Wood From the …
The Return Of George Washington
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn elegantly written account of leadership at the most pivotal moment in American history (Philadelphia Inquirer)Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. …
Trial and Error
Trial and Error traces the coverage or lack thereof, of evolution in textbooks used in American public schools from the mid-1800s to the present. While the teaching of Darwinian …
The Creation-evolution Debate
This book serves as an essential primer to Creation versus evolution. Few issues besides evolution have so strained Americans' professed tradition of tolerance. Few historians …
Evolution's Workshop
More than any other place on Earth, the Galápagos Islands are the workshop of evolution. Isolated and desolate, they were largely overlooked by early explorers until Charles Darwin …
American Inheritance
New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the …
Franklin & Washington Lib/E: The Founding Partnership
Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the Revolution. --Gordon S. Wood From the …
Summer for the Gods
In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings …