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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain
DK. · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 672 Format: Paperback
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With superb photography, illustrations, and maps, this comprehensive travel guide will help you plan your trip to Spain.This guide will show you the best of Barcelona--such as Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell--to the spectacular castles of Castile, the golden beaches of Costa... |
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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
REBECCA TRAISTER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies - whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" - comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability... |
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The Library Book
Susan Orlean · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336 Format: Paperback
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Susan Orlean's bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is "a sheer delight ... as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library" (USA TODAY) - a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation... |
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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,... |
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The Handy American History Answer Book
David L. Hudson · Visible Ink Pr
Pages: 448 Format: Paperback
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Early civilizations, Native Americans, the English colonies, slavery, the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights begin the journey and lay the foundation for the United States of today. The Handy American History Answer Book takes a walk through the economic,... |
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Smithsonian: Battles That Changed History
DK. · DK
Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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This illustrated guide to history's most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.
Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings,... |
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Africa 2019-2020
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 392 Format: Paperback
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The World Today Series: Africa provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends. Each country is examined through the following sections: Basic... |
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The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification
Paul Roberts · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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It's something most of us have sensed for years--the rise of a world defined only by "mine" and "now." A world where business shamelessly seeks the fastest reward, regardless of the long-term social consequences; where political leaders reflexively choose short-term... |
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
William H. McRaven · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces. Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having... |
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Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
Andrew Cockburn · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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An essential and page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld, exploring how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination.... |
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