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Spain
Fernando Di?az-Plaja · Leon Amiel
Pages: 124
Format: Hardcover
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Maybe Esther: A Family Story
KATJA PETROWSKAJA · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving literary debut that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman's family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered... |
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The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them
Mina Holland · Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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Eat your way around the world without leaving your home in this mouthwatering cultural history of 100 classic dishes.Best Culinary Travel Book (U.K.) , Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsFinalist for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award"When we eat, we travel." So begins this irresistible... |
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Best Little Stories from World War I: Nearly 100 True Stories
C. Brian Kelly · Cumberland House
Format: Print book
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Behind the tangled alliances, feuding royals, and deadly battles are the nearly 100 riveting true stories of the men and women who lived, fought, and survived the first Great War. Based on the writings of soldiers, politicians, kings, nurses, and military leaders, Best Little Stories... |
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Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter
Tom Clavin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City.
In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO -- the first quick-draw duel on the frontier.... |
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Garrett M. Graff · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"This is history at its most immediate and moving ... A marvelous and memorable book." - Jon Meacham
"Remarkable ... A priceless civic gift ... On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken."... |
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Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art
Judith E Stein · Farrar
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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A man with a preternatural ability to find emerging artists, Richard Bellamy was one of the first advocates of pop art, minimalism, and conceptual art. The founder and director of the fabled Green Gallery on Fifty-Seventh Street, the witty, poetry-loving art lover became a legend of the avant-garde,... |
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris · It Books
Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized... |
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The Italians of Niagara Falls, Volume III
Michelle Ann Kratts · Michelle Kratts
Pages: 223
Format: Print book
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"The Italians of Niagara Falls, Volume III" is the third installment in a series of stories concerning the Italian families who made Niagara Falls, New York, their home. |
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Airborne in 1943: The Daring Allied Air Campaign Over the North Sea
Kevin Wilson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping account of the heroism of bomber planes in 1943 -- the year the "Dambusters" embarked on a campaign to try to win World War II in one quick stroke. The year 1943 saw the beginning of an unprecedented bombing campaign against Germany. Over the next twelve months,... |
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Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
ADRIAN TINNISWOOD · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II
Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house.... |
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Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen
Giles Tremlett · Bloomsbury
Pages: 624
Format: Print book
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In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal) , a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabella ascended the throne. At a time when successful queens regnant were few and far between, Isabella faced not only the considerable... |
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