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Richard III: England's Most Controversial King
CHRIS SKIDMORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England's most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain.Richard III is one of English history's best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare... |
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U.S. History For Dummies
Steve Wiegand · For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Print book
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Ace your next history test with this concise, easy-to-read guideU.S. History for Dummies, 3rd Edition fills the need to improve high school proficiency in history by providing a complete history of the United States, presented in an accessible, reader-friendly format designed to engage... |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
REBECCA SKLOOT · BROADWAY BOOKS
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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Soon to be an HBO® Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important... |
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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Peter Ackroyd · Thomas Dunne Books; 1st US Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first... |
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The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
Helen Russell · Icon Books Ltd
Pages: 389
Format: eBook
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'A hugely enjoyable romp through the pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land' PD Smith, Guardian
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic:... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space - a powerful, revelatory contribution that... |
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The Second Amendment: A Biography
Michael Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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Widely acclaimed at the time of its publication, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights. At a time of increasing gun violence in America, Waldmans book provoked a wide range of discussion. This book looks at history to provide some... |
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Wages of Rebellion
Chris Hedges · Nation Books
Format: Hardcover
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Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges—who has chronicled the malaise and sickness... |
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Culloden: Scotland's Last Battle and the Forging of the British Empire
Trevor Royle · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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A vigorous and authoritative history of last major battle fought between Scottish and English forces, ending all hope of the Stuarts reclaiming the throne and forming the bedrock for the creation of the British Empire. The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper
Pages: 513
Format: Hardcover
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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Living Hell
Michael C. C. Adams · Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Book
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Many Americans argues Michael C C Adams tend to think of the Civil War as more glorious less awful than the reality Millions of tourists flock to battlefields each year as vacation destinations their perceptions of the war often shaped by reenactors who work hard for verisimilitude but who cannot... |
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
Laurel Braitman · PublicAffairs
Format: Kindle Edition
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From Barnes & NobleA recent scientific study by international researchers indicated that dogs may have been domesticated as far back as 32,000 years ago. Cats became human pets much more recently, but even these relative newcomers are now generally regarded as family members or surrogate... |
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