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The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America
Jake Sherman · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The inside story of the battle to control Congress and the unsparing fight for advantage in the 2018 midterm electionsWith control of both the House and Senate up for grabs in 2018 and the direction of the nation resting on the outcome, never has a more savage, unrelenting fight been waged... |
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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
Jared Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world.Eight... |
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Solitary
Albert Woodfox · Grove Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement -- in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana -- all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary... |
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer · Flatiron Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence... |
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The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution
Julius S. Scott · Verso
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraThe Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World. Having delved deep into the gray obscurity of official... |
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The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Susan Page · Twelve
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political history. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.3px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff}... |
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They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims
Jay Milbrandt · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history.Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries... |
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An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000... |
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