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HISTORY LINCOLN ON THE CIVIL WAR Selected Speeches Abraham Lincoln Combines the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual. The speeches present a clear historical arc of the Civil War: crisis, outbreak, peak, victory, reconstruction. 978-0-14-311970-8 $13.00 ($14.00 Can) 4 x 7 ISBN 978-0-14-311970-8 51300 9 780143 119708 Penguin Trade Paperback SLINGING MUD Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics Rosemarie Ostler Mudslinging has been an American tradition for the last two centuries—during the first election, President Washington’s enemies called him a cheapskate, hyena, horse beater, spoiled child, and tyrannical monster. Collected here are the most entertaining words and expressions ever slung. 978-0-399-53691-5 $13.95 ($16.50 Can) 5 A x 7 A ISBN 978-0-399-53691-5 51395 9 780399 536915 Perigee Trade Paperback THE GREAT PEARL HEIST London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace Molly Caldwell Crosby In the London summer of 1913, two brilliant minds from opposite sides of the law are pitted against each other in the hunt for the most precious necklace in the world. 978-0-425-25280-2 $25.95 ($27.50 Can) 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-425-25280-2 52595 9 780425 252802 Berkley Hardcover DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials Francis Hill Brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nation’s history. 978-1-59020-728-4 $14.95 ($16.00 Can) 5 2 /5 x 7 9 /10 ISBN 978-1-59020-728-4 51495 9 781590 207284 overlook Trade Paperback THE WAR OF 1812 Writings from America’s Second War of Independence Donald R. Hickey On the bicentennial of a conflict that shaped the future of a continent, here is the first comprehensive collection of eyewitness accounts in over a century. 978-1-59853-195-4 $40.00 ($42.00 Can) 4 4 /5 x 7 7 /5 ISBN 978-1-59853-195-4 54000 9 781598 531954 The Library of America Hardcover Available february 2013 26 Penguin gROuP gift BOOks 2013 THE EXTRAORDINARY CATALOG OF PECULIAR INVENTIONS The Curious World of the DeMoulin Brothers and their Fraternal Lodge Prank Machines—from Human Centipedes and Revolving Goats to Electric Carpets and Smoking Camels Julia Suits Collected here are hundreds of pranks, as well as trivia and other artifacts of America’s original hazing culture. 978-0-399-53693-9 $15.95 ($18.50 Can) 7 H x 9 G ISBN 978-0-399-53693-9 51595 9 780399 536939 Perigee Trade Paperback

A PATRIOT’S HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD From America’s Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945 Larry Schweikart and Dave Dougherty A sweeping history of America’s unique role in the modern world that provides fresh insights into its dramatic influence on world politics, military affairs, international culture, consumer tastes, and business practices. 978-1-59523-089-8 $29.95 ($31.50 Can) 6 G x 9 B ISBN 978-1-59523-089-8 52995 9 781595 230898 Sentinel Hardcover A PATRIOT’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen “This book has taught me more about our history than any I’ve read in years. A Patriot’s History of the United States should be required reading for all Americans.” —Glenn Beck 978-1-59523-001-0 $45.00 ($56.00 Can) 6 G x 9 B ISBN 978-1-59523-001-0 54500 9 781595 230010 Sentinel Hardcover 978-1-59523-032-4 $25.00 ($31.00 Can) 6 G x 9 B ISBN 978-1-59523-032-4 52500 9 781595 230324 Sentinel Trade Paperback MAN OF WAR My Adventures in the World of Historical Reenactment Charlie Schroeder A. J. Jacobs meets Tony Horwitz in “a hilarious romp through 3,000 years of history” (J. Maarten Troost, author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals). 978-1-59463-091-0 $25.95 ($27.50 Can) 6 x 9 ISBN 978-1-59463-091-0 52595 9 781594 630910 Hudson Street Press Hardcover 978-0-142-19680-9 $16.00 ($17.00 Can) 5 J x 8 ISBN 978-0-142-19680-9 51600 9 780142 196809 Plume Trade Paperback Available June 2013 booksellers.penguin.com GROVER CLEVELAND’S RUBBER JAW & OTHER UNUSUAL, UNEXPECTED, UNBELIEVABLE BUT ALL-TRUE FACTS ABOUT AMERICA’S PRESIDENTS Stephen Spignesi James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other. Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things got too rowdy. This book collects these and more strange yet true stories of our nation’s leaders. 978-0-399-53743-1 $14.00 ($15.00 Can) 4 A x 8 ISBN 978-0-399-53743-1 51400 9 780399 537431 Perigee Trade Paperback HISTORY 27

HISTORY<br />

LINCOLN ON THE<br />

CIVIL WAR<br />

Selected Speeches<br />

Abraham Lincoln<br />

Combines the classic and obscure, the<br />

lyrical and historical, the inspirational<br />

and intellectual. The speeches present<br />

a clear historical arc of the Civil War:<br />

crisis, outbreak, peak, victory, reconstruction.<br />

978-0-14-311970-8<br />

$13.00 ($14.00 Can) 4 x 7<br />

ISBN 978-0-14-311970-8 51300<br />

9 780143 119708<br />

<strong>Penguin</strong> Trade Paperback<br />

SLINGING MUD<br />

Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous<br />

Slogans, and Insulting Slang from<br />

Two Centuries of American Politics<br />

Rosemarie Ostler<br />

Mudslinging has been an American tradition<br />

for the last two centuries—during<br />

the first election, President Washington’s<br />

enemies called him a cheapskate, hyena,<br />

horse beater, spoiled child, and tyrannical<br />

monster. Collected here are the most<br />

entertaining words and expressions<br />

ever slung.<br />

978-0-399-53691-5<br />

$13.95 ($16.50 Can) 5 A x 7 A<br />

ISBN 978-0-399-53691-5<br />

51395<br />

9 780399 536915<br />

Perigee Trade Paperback<br />

THE GREAT PEARL HEIST<br />

London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland<br />

Yard’s Hunt for the World’s<br />

Most Valuable Necklace<br />

Molly Caldwell Crosby<br />

In the London summer of 1913, two<br />

brilliant minds from opposite sides of the<br />

law are pitted against each other in the<br />

hunt for the most precious necklace in<br />

the world.<br />

978-0-425-25280-2<br />

$25.95 ($27.50 Can) 6 x 9<br />

ISBN 978-0-425-25280-2 52595<br />

9 780425 252802<br />

Berkley Hardcover<br />

DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL<br />

A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials<br />

Francis Hill<br />

Brings to life the Salem witch trials, one<br />

of the most uncanny times in our nation’s<br />

history.<br />

978-1-59020-728-4<br />

$14.95 ($16.00 Can) 5 2 /5 x 7 9 /10<br />

ISBN 978-1-59020-728-4 51495<br />

9 781590 207284<br />

overlook Trade Paperback<br />

THE WAR OF 1812<br />

Writings from America’s Second<br />

War of Independence<br />

Donald R. Hickey<br />

On the bicentennial of a conflict that<br />

shaped the future of a continent, here<br />

is the first comprehensive collection of<br />

eyewitness accounts in over a century.<br />

978-1-59853-195-4<br />

$40.00 ($42.00 Can) 4 4 /5 x 7 7 /5<br />

ISBN 978-1-59853-195-4 54000<br />

9 781598 531954<br />

The Library of America Hardcover<br />

Available february 2013<br />

26 <strong>Penguin</strong> gROuP gift BOOks 2013<br />

THE EXTRAORDINARY<br />

CATALOG OF PECULIAR<br />

INVENTIONS<br />

The Curious World of the DeMoulin<br />

Brothers and their Fraternal<br />

Lodge Prank Machines—from<br />

Human Centipedes and Revolving<br />

Goats to Electric Carpets and<br />

Smoking Camels<br />

Julia Suits<br />

Collected here are hundreds of pranks,<br />

as well as trivia and other artifacts of<br />

America’s original hazing culture.<br />

978-0-399-53693-9<br />

$15.95 ($18.50 Can) 7 H x 9 G<br />

ISBN 978-0-399-53693-9<br />

51595<br />

9 780399 536939<br />

Perigee Trade Paperback

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