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Consequence: A Memoir
Eric Fair · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A man questions everything--his faith, his morality, his country--as he recounts his experience as an interrogator in Iraq; an unprecedented memoir and "an act of incredible bravery" (Phil Klay) "Remarkable... Both an agonized confession and a chilling expose of one of the darkest... |
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The Spanish Armada
Robert Hutchinson · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe, including Spain. In October 1585, King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans, leading to an intense intelligence... |
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Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Daniel Gordis · Ecco
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem.Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's... |
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The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
Rebecca Fraser · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.The voyage of the Mayflower and the founding of Plymouth Colony is one of the seminal events in world history.... |
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Black Chicago's First Century: Volume 1, 1833-1900
Christopher Robert Reed · University of Missouri; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Black Chicagos First Century, Christopher Robert Reed provides the first comprehensive study of an African American population in a nineteenth-century northern city beyond the eastern seaboard. Reeds study covers the first one hundred years of African American settlement and achievements... |
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Clinton Romesha · Dutton Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of "Black Hawk Down "by Mark Bowden and "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. "'It doesn't get better. ' To us, that... |
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New York City: A Food Biography
Andrew F. Smith · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover
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New York City's first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted.... |
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American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why
Mark Stein · Palgrave MacMillan
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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In American Panic , New York Times bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequences of American political panics through the years. Virtually every American, on one level or another, falls victim to the hype, intensity, and propaganda that accompanies political panic, regardless... |
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Gorbachev: His Life and Times
WILLIAM TAUBMAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 852
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the transformational world leader by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev.When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of perestroika and glasnost... |
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Political Suicide: Missteps, Peccadilloes, Bad Calls, Backroom Hijinx, Sordid Pasts, Rotten Breaks, and Just Plain Dumb Mistakes in the Annals of American Politics
Erin McHugh · Pegasus Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A collection of entertaining and cautionary tales of political missteps in American history, from the birth of the nation through the present day. Just in time for the presidential election of 2016 comes Political Suicide, a history of the best and most interesting missteps, peccadilloes,... |
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What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
Laura Shapiro · Viking
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A beloved culinary historian's short takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking - what they ate and how their attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their lives.Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives - social and cultural, personal... |
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