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The Hermit King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un
Chung Min Lee · All Points Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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North Korea is poised at the crossroads of history. Which direction will its leader take?Throughout the world, oppressive regimes are being uprooted and replaced by budding democracies, but one exception remains: The People's Republic of North Korea. The Kim family has clung to power... |
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Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
Jack Hartnell · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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With wit, wisdom, and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions.Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous... |
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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Erica Armstrong Dunbar · 37 Ink
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history - Harriet Tubman - a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most... |
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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
Erika Lee · Basic Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impactThe United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, Erika... |
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Scientists Who Changed History
DK · DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book.The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists Who Changed History profiles trailblazing... |
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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
Hillary Rodham Clinton · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your... |
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Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America
Kate Pickert · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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In this "powerful and unflinching page-turner" (New York Times) , a healthcare journalist examines the science, history, and culture of breast cancer. As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance,... |
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Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
S. C. Gwynne · Scribner
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War.The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of that era's most compelling... |
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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Gregory Zuckerman · Portfolio
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardJim Simons is the greatest money maker... |
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