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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
RUSSELL SHORTO · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today. With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which... |
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Dog Company: A True Story of Battlefield Courage, Taliban Spies, and Soldiers on Trial
Roger Hill · Center St, 2015.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Two decorated American war heroes survive combat in Afghanistan only to find themselves on an unfamiliar battlefield - the courtroom - in this true story by the commander of Delta Company, 1/506th a.k.a. Dog Company. The deaths of two of his men is agony for Captain Roger Hill and the agony... |
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America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War
Norman Demarais · Casemate
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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This is a comprehensive look at how France influenced the American Revolutionary War in a variety of ways; intellectually, financially, and militarily. It raises the crucial question of whether America could have won its independence without the aid of France. The book begins with an overview... |
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The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us
Paul Tough · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The best-selling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States
Does college work? Does it provide real opportunity for young people who want to improve themselves and their prospects?... |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land
H. G. M. Williamson · Oxford University Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible,... |
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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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How Technology Works
DK · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever asked yourself how the inventions, gadgets, and devices that surround us actually work? Discover the hidden workings of everyday technology with this graphic guide.
How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple... |
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
H. W. Brands · Basic Books
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, a sweeping history of the American West
In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas... |
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Tom Clavin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The instant New York Times bestseller! Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding... |
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Moses: A Human Life
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg · Yale University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention... |
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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 bestseller -WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION
-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK
-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION... |
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Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity
Nick Bunker · Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.
From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin... |
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