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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
MONICA HESSE · Liveright
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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One of NPR's Best Books of 2017 A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year "A brisk, captivating and expertly crafted reconstruction of a community living through a time of fear. . . . Masterful." -- Washington PostThe arsons started on a cold November midnight... |
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Bill O'Reilly · Large Print Press
Pages: 626
Format: Large Print
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Readers around the world have been enthralled by Killing England, Killing the Rising Sun, and Killing Reagan--riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. In Killing Patton, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard recount the dramatic final... |
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Presidents of War
Michael Beschloss · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print
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From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising saga of America's wartime chief executives  Ten years in the research and writing,  Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation... |
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Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space
Gary Kitmacher · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A rich visual history of real and fictional space stations, illustrating pop culture's influence on the development of actual space stations and vice versaSpace stations represent both the summit of space technology and, possibly, the future of humanity beyond Earth. Space Stations:... |
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Smithsonian: History of the World Map by Map
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
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More than 140 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the space race.Custom regional and global maps present the history of the world in action, charting how events traced patterns on land and ocean--patterns of exploration,... |
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An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere
Mikita Brottman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An Unexplained Death is an obsessive investigation into a mysterious death at the Belvedere -- a once-grand hotel -- and a poignant, gripping meditation on suicide and voyeurism"The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word 'Missing,' printed... |
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French Vintage Decor: Easy and Elegant DIY Projects for Any Home
JAMIE LUNDSTROM · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Chic and elegant French décor never goes out of style. Crafters will delight in the easy yet stunningly sophisticated projects that take a minimal amount of time and will transform your home. Jamie Lundstrom's classic French style is effortless to achieve with these 60 incredible projects,... |
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Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business
Maynard Webb · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field -- from a leading executive, investor, and business founderMore than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When,... |
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
ANDREW ROBERTS · Viking
Pages: 1088
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark reconsideration of the iconic war leader, based on extensive new material--from private letters to war cabinet meetings-- by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War.When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind is Winston... |
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Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton
PHILIP NORMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Shout!, comes the definitive biography of Eric Clapton, a Rock legend whose life story is as remarkable as his music, which transformed the sound of a generation.For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos,... |
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Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
RUBY LAL · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire.When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in her parents' mausoleum on the banks of the Yamuna River that inspired her stepson's Taj Mahal.... |
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Mass Hysteria: America's Insanity from 1492 to the Present
Kantonrechter Alphen aan den Rijn. · Center Street
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In his new book, MASS HYSTERIA, #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we must look to history to understand the present, and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.The defeat of "shoo-in" Hillary... |
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The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee
SAM KASHNER · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else - Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill - from the authors of Furious Love.When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger... |
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In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty
Mark Ribowsky · Liveright
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The story of America's most sacred and carefully constructed football dynasty is revealed in this unflinching family portrait.For generations, American athletes have enjoyed the ever-escalating celebrity lavished upon them when they combine on-the-field talent with off-the field charisma,... |
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John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him
E Lawrence Abel · Regnery History
Pages: 454
Format: Hardcover
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When John Wilkes Booth died - shot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincoln - all he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women. They were not ordinary women. Four of them were among... |
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