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Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History
Tony Perrottet · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The surprising story of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the scrappy band of rebel men and women who followed them.Most people are familiar with the basics of the Cuban Revolution of 1956-1959: it was led by two of the twentieth century's most charismatic figures, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara;... |
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The Beekeeper:Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
Dunya Mikhail · New Directions
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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The true story of a beekeeper who risks his life to rescue enslaved women from DaeshSince 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won't convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women.The Beekeeper,... |
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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
Randall Sullivan · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 396
Format: eBook
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In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but when they reached a depth... |
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The Land We Love: The South and Its Heritage
Boyd D. Cathey · Scuppernong Press
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
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"The idea for this volume of essays on the South and Southern tradition and heritage came about because of requests from some respected friends and authors whose opinions and suggestions I greatly value. The forty-four items collected here cover a time frame from Spring 1983 until... |
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Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
Lucy Worsley · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era Perhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In Queen Victoria, Lucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light.... |
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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
James Holland · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into... |
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The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare
Iain Ballantyne · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of the submarine's evolution from its ancient beginnings to its culmination as the deadliest vessel ever invented.A fascinating and comprehensive account of how an initially ineffectual underwater boat -- originally derided and loathed in equal measure -- evolved... |
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The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
Garrett Peck · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath -- the Red Scare, race riots, women's suffrage, and Prohibition. The Great War's bitter outcome left the experience largely overlooked and forgotten... |
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Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
Kevin M. Kruse · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Two award-winning historians explore the origins of a divided America.If you were asked when America became polarized, your answer would likely depend on your age: you might say during Barack Obama's presidency, or with the post-9/11 war on terror, or the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s,... |
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Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary
Louis Hyman · Viking
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" --how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability of the workplace and the lives of millions of working men and women in postwar America.Every working person in the United... |
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