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Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United States
Edward G Gray · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Tom Paine's political blueprint for the United States.In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having "a better hand at pulling down than building." Adams's... |
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
Radley Balko · PublicAffairs
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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This is a tale of two tragedies. At the heart of the first is Dr. Steven Hayne, a doctor the State of Mississippi employed as its de facto medical examiner for two decades. Beginning in the late 1980s, he performed anywhere from 1,200 to 1,800 autopsies per year, five times more than is recommended,... |
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Inventing Joy: Dare to Build a Brave & Creative Life
Joy Mangano · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From visionary entrepreneur and inventor, Joy Mangano, comes a powerful and inspirational blueprint for living with more success, confidence, and happiness in work and life.A true American original, Joy Mangano carved her own path to fame and fortune with courage, creativity, and sheer... |
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A Chronology of Art
Iain Zaczek · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh take on the history of art, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections and influences between artworks and artistic movementsMost surveys of the history of art are divided into historic periods, artistic schools, and movements. In reality, movements and artists'... |
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2
John Romer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades... |
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December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World
Craig Shirley · Thomas Nelson; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, eyes in America were focused on the war in Europe or distracted by the elevated mood sweeping the country in the final days of the Great Depression. But when planes dropped out of a clear blue sky and bombed the American naval base and aerial... |
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In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir
Patricia Gucci · Crown Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Book
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The gripping family drama and never-before-told love story surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could... |
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Rethink: The Surprising History of New Ideas
Steven Poole · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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A brilliant and groundbreaking argument that innovation and progress are often achieved by revisiting and retooling ideas from the past rather than starting from scratch - from The Guardian columnist and contributor to The Atlantic.Innovation is not always as innovative as it may seem.... |
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What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution
Mike Wright · Presidio Press
Format: Illustrated]
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This is not the American history that you learned in your high school and college history classes, full of dates, names, and places. What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution is full of the amazing facts, the little known events, and most importantly the human side... |
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The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America
Dr. William J. Bennett · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book
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365 reasons to love America! The fife and drum of history mark the time of each passing day. And within their cadence, personalities, conflicts, discoveries, ideas, and nations peal and fade. American history is no different. From the starving time of Jamestown during the Winter of 1609,... |
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The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
Robert Gerwarth · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover
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A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I -- conflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth centuryFor the Western Allies, November 11, 1918, has always been a solemn date -- the end of fighting... |
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The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
Patricia O'Toole · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover
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By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) . The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American... |
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