Part travelogue, part historical perspective, this work is an inspiring walk through World War II history from the national bestselling author of "Biggest Brother."
"The Lady Queen" weaves the story of one of the most extraordinary (and unjustly overlooked) rulers of the Middle Ages. . . . Goldstone has produced [one of] the most compelling histories...
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Maier puts forth the dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.
"A loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end".--New York "Newsday". Illustrations.
WEALTH OF NATIONS In Wealth of Nations, you take on the role of a national leader. Your goal is to take your nation from humble beginnings to the status of a world economic superpower. Yo...
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Rose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilli...
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Europe in 1618 was divided between Protestants and Catholics, and Bourbon and Hapsburg - as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless independent states. After angry Protestants tossed thr...
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This 19th-century literary and philosophical masterpiece introduces the controversial doctrine of the Ubermensch, or "superman," a term later perverted by Nazi propagandists. A provocativ...
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Levi's haunting memoir about his ten months in the German death camp Auschwitz is an unforgettable chronicle of systematic cruelty and miraculous survival. First published in 1947, this b...
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This "New York Times" national bestseller recounts the forgotten story of the brutal massacre of 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese army. "Anyone interested in the relation between...
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Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company: they would enter the h...
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Military - World War II History - In the tradition of All Quiet on the Western Front and Hiroshima, this major new work about World War II exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow...
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How do scientists defend against disaster? How do creative geniuses factor into the success of the Academy Awards(R)? This 7 program series provides a "Behind the Scenes" look into the wo...
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Of the great figures in 20th-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Marable's new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement. Years in...
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Helen Keller's triumph over her blindness and deafness has become one of the most inspiring and well-known stories of our time, as well as the subject of movies and plays such as The Mira...
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A groundbreaking work with powerful echoes in today's news, Burrough's account of America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI is the definitive history of America's first war o...
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To what extent is the "Miracle on the Hudson" the result of extraordinary---but not widely known---advances in aviation and computer technology over the past twenty years? Noted journalis...
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From the co-author of "Call of Duty" comes a new collection of untold stories from the legendary Easy Company, the military unit immortalized in "Band of Brothers."
This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of...
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The prize-winning historian O'Brien reconstructs Louisa Adams's extraordinary passage through Europe in 1815, providing both an evocative history of the experience of travel in the days o...
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A foremost historian examines Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of World War II, giving readers the rich and turbulent interplay between West and East, the victor and the vanqu...
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When Suzette Kelo refused to sell her home to make way for a pharmaceutical plant, her city decided to exercise its power of eminent domain and launched one of the most extraordinary lega...
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In this bestseller, praised as "a magnificent achievement" ("Wall Street Journal"), the author of "Modern Times" offers a challenging reinterpretation of American history.
An award-winning journalist and historian offers the complete story of how the Mob infiltrated Havana in the 1950s, made a fortune--and lost it all to Fidel Castro. 16-page b&w photo insert.
In "The Worst Hard Time," Egan puts the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history. Now he performs the same alchemy with "The Big Burn," detailing the larges...
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Global Studies is a unique series designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. Each Global Studies...
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&_hash_;1 New York Times" bestselling author and radio and tv host Glenn Beck's ultimate handbook for tackling and winning life's most important arguments.
On april 14, 1912, just before midnight, the unsinkable titanic struck an iceberg. In less than three hours, it had plunged to the bottom of the sea, taking with it more than half of its ...
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In 1938, Hitler conceived the megalomaniac idea of creating the largest art center in Europe in his home town of Linz. At the beginning of the war, not only did his armies advance but als...
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Loosely adapted from a nonfiction book by Jon Ronson, Grant Heslov's directorial debut The Men Who Stare at Goats begins as heartbroken reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) heads off to im...
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H.G. Wells's spellbinding account of an invasion from outer space is the first and still the best of all such stories. Ten massive, super-intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victor...
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In a dark, compelling narrative of secrecy and betrayal, "New York Times"-bestselling author Marton trolls the archives of the Hungarian secret police to piece together her parents' impri...
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"The Storm of War" is a magisterial new history of World War II and the Axis strategy that lost the war, by one of Britain's finest historians and a "New York Times"-bestselling author.
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