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Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War
James Wright · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement. Or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically recounting the steps that led to the war, this book does not excuse... |
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris · It Books
Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized... |
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann · Doubleday
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - AMAZON EDITORS' PICK FOR THE BEST BOOK OF 2017 "Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul." - Dave Eggers, New York Times Book ReviewFrom New Yorker staff writer David Grann, #1 New York Times best-selling... |
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Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms
Nicholas Johnson · Prometheus Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Chronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, this book presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre—Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their families... |
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Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
Larrie D Ferreiro · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain, and places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against England. In this groundbreaking,... |
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The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
Jonathan Dimbleby · Oxford University Press, 2016.
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill's fears were well-placed-the casualty rate in the Atlantic was higher than in any other theater of the entire... |
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The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of US History, 1790-1900
Allison Dolan · Family Tree Books
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
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Journey Into the Past!Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from... |
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1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History
Jay Winik · Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Pages: 639
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt.It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that... |
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Biloxi memories
Barbara Sillery · Pelican Publishing Company
Pages: 159
Format: Print book
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Return to the beach in these vintage images and stories
Based on the acclaimed documentary Biloxi Memories and the Broadwater Beach Hotel, produced and written by Barbara Sillery, this illustrated celebration of the community on the Mississippi Gulf Coast looks at its history from the first... |
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Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
Lawrence Wright · Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
David Fisher · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each... |
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"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
Annette Gordon-Reed · Liveright Publishing Corp, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded... |
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The 40s: The Story of a Decade
The New Yorker Magazine · Random House; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Including contributions by W. H. Auden Elizabeth Bishop John Cheever Janet Flanner John Hersey Langston Hughes Shirley Jackson A. J. Liebling William Maxwell Carson McCullers Joseph Mitchell Vladimir Nabokov Ogden Nash John OHara George Orwell V. S. Pritchett Lillian Ross... |
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