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  • The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party

    Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • The Fate of Their Country

    Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    "Holt's fascinating study of partisan politics and the territorial slavery issue shows again why he is one of America's finest pre-civil war historians." —William W. Freehling, author of The Road to DisunionWhat brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this brilliant and succinct book, Holt ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • By One Vote

    The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    With electoral votes disputed in three states, a Democrat winning the popular vote, and the Supreme Court stepping in to overrule Florida court decisions, the presidential election of 1876 was an eerie precursor to that of 2000. Rutherford Hayes’s defeat of Samuel Tilden has been dubbed the “fraud of the century”; now one of America’s preeminent political historians digs deeper to unravel its real ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Franklin Pierce

    The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery.Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in a landslide against the imploding Whig Party, he proved a dismal failure in office.Michael F. Holt, a leading ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Australian Political & Religious Leaders Treason, Treachery & Sabotage

    by Dick Yardley ...
    Narrated by Michael Holt ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 16 min

    Dick Yardley is a farmer, and the Author of Australian Political & Religious Leaders Treason, Treachery & Sabotage. In this 500+ page book he documents the many treasonous crimes committed by the political parties that led senior legal experts like Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs to conclude that “the current legal and political system in use in Australia and its States Territories has no basis in law. ... Read more

    $19.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Valdosta

    by Michael O. Holt ...
    Series series Images of America
    Valdosta, located in Lowndes County in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia, was founded in 1860, when the county seat was moved 4 miles east from Troupville to meet the railroad that would connect the region with Savannah. The town was named for the residence of former governor George Troup, who named his home after the Valle d�Aosta region of northern Italy. The town took some time to begin ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Election of 1860

    "A Campaign Fraught with Consequences"

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    Because of its extraordinary consequences and because of Abraham Lincoln’s place in the American pantheon, the presidential election of 1860 is probably the most studied in our history. But perhaps for the same reasons, historians have focused on the contest of Lincoln versus Stephen Douglas in the northern free states and John Bell versus John C. Breckinridge in the slaveholding South. In The ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party

    Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War

    by Michael F. Holt ...
    Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Prologue to Conflict

    The Crisis & Compromise of 1850

    by Holman Hamilton ...
    This account of the failed Compromise of 1850 a decade before the Civil War "has all the suspense of a novel . . . incisive and provocative" ( The Journal of American History).In 1850, America was expanding rapidly westward as countless citizens went in search of land, opportunity—and, thanks to the gold rush in California, fortune. With settlements growing into towns and towns growing into cities ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Distribution Revolution

    Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television

    Edited by Michael Curtin, Jennifer Holt, Kevin Sanson ...
    Distribution Revolution is a collection of interviews with leading film and TV professionals concerning the many ways that digital delivery systems are transforming the entertainment business. These interviews provide lively insider accounts from studio executives, distribution professionals, and creative talent of the tumultuous transformation of film and TV in the digital era. The first section ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Biothermodynamics Part A

    Edited by Michael L. Johnson, Jo M. Holt, Gary K. Ackers ...
    Series Book 455 - Methods in Enzymology
    In the past several years, there has been an explosion in the ability of biologists, molecular biologists and biochemists to collect vast amounts of data on their systems. This volume presents sophisticated methods for estimating the thermodynamic parameters of specific protein-protein, protein-DNA and small molecule interactions. The use of thermodynamics in biological research is used as an ... Read more

    $173.69 USD

  • Biothermodynamics, Part B

    Edited by Michael L. Johnson, Jo M. Holt, Gary K. Ackers ...
    Series Book 466 - Methods in Enzymology
    The use of thermodynamics in biological research can be equated to an energy book-keeping system. While the structure and function of a molecule is important, it is equally important to know what drives the energy force. These methods look to answer: What are the sources of energy that drive the function? Which of the pathways are of biological significance? As the base of macromolecular ... Read more

    $173.69 USD