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Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives.
David Denby · Picador Usa
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape livesIt's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with... |
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
Charlie English · Riverhead Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Two tales of a city: The historical race to "discover" one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend."A... |
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Ghost Towns of the West
Philip Varney · Voyageur Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,... |
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World War II Shipbuilding in Duluth and Superior
Gerald Sandvick · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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World War II hinged on the Allies having enough ships to both fight the enemy and to carry millions of tons of war goods across the world's oceans. Shipyards on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts built thousands of vessels, but America's sometimes forgotten Fourth Coast, the Great... |
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The Wisconsin Capitol: Stories of a Monument and Its People
Michael Edmonds · Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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On the occasion of the Capitol's centennial in 2017, this book tells the remarkable story of the building - in all its incarnations - and the people who made history beneath its dome. The book covers the creation of the territorial capitol in 1837, the construction of the second capitol... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy's... |
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The Putin Interviews
Oliver Stone · Hot Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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WITH SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL NOT INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTARY Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews... |
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The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Don Brown · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs - on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 - the pilots continued... |
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The Women Who Flew for Hitler: A True Story of Soaring Ambition and Searing Rivalry
CLARE MULLEY · ST MARTIN'S Press
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan... |
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Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
MARK FELTON · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini's personal order. Within are some of the most senior officers of the Allied army, guarded by almost two hundred Italian soldiers and a vicious... |
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Understanding Trump
Newt Gingrich · Center Street
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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With this book, Newt Gingrich provides insight and inspiration for Americans as they embrace their new president in office. Donald Trump is a remarkable phenomenon. He is the only person ever elected president without holding office or serving as a general. Trump and "Trumpism "... |
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Bali: A Cultural History
Arthur Cotterell · Interlink Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A cultural history of this indonesian island idyllBali is unlike anywhere else. Despite the advent of international tourism, this Indonesian island remains an untarnished cultural gem set in an idyllic landscape. Spirit-haunted as is the rest of Southeast Asia, Bali boasts a unique mixture... |
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