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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Corsica
Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Corsica will lead you straight to the best attractions this unique European island has to offer. Explore its beautiful beaches, ports, and mountains, visit the birthplace of Napoleon, and even discover the wildlife. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel... |
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Diana: Her True Story--in Her Own Words
ANDREW MORTON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death.When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy.... |
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Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless
Dan Albert · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive. Robot-controlled cars have already logged millions of miles. These technological marvels promise cleaner air, smoother traffic, and tens of thousands of lives saved. But even if robots turn into responsible drivers,... |
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Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France
Peter Caddick-Adams · Oxford University Press
Pages: 1072
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called the "standard history of this climactic confrontation in the West." Sand and Steel... |
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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
STEPHEN GREENBLATT · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Greenblatt -- Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World -- investigates the life of one of humankind's greatest stories. Bolder, even, than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall... |
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster - and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.
Early in the morning... |
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The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr
Leanda de Lisle · PublicAffairs
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times bestselling author comes the tragic story of Charles I, his devoted and resilient French queen, England's civil war, and the trial for his life.Barely forty years after England's golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself, split between... |
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
Bridgett M. Davis · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A singular memoir highlighting "the outstanding humanity of black America" that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and the life they lead in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s (James McBride)
In 1958, the very same year that an unknown... |
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Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down
Bill Press · Threshold Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The prominent liberal syndicated radio and television host concisely explains the many ways President Obama has failed to live up to either his promises or his progressive potential, leaving Democrats disillusioned on the issues that matter most.Bill Press - a progressive champion and former... |
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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
Patrick Phillips · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers,... |
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