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The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
Peter Englund · Knopf; First American Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this masterly, highly original narrative history, Peter Englund takes a revelatory new approach to the history of World War I, magnifying its least examined, most stirring component the experiences of the average man and woman—not only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity... |
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Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America
Andrew Ferguson · Atlantic Monthly Press; 1ST edition
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A journalist embarks on a cross-country odyssey in search of Abraham Lincoln's place in modern-day America and discovers the often surprising legacy of his personality, philosophy, and mythology. |
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Writing the Gettysburg Address
Martin P. Johnson · University Press of Kansas; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Four score and seven years ago . . . . Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation's history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising story of how Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address has never been fully told. Until now.... |
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The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
G.J. Meyer · Delacorte Press; Later prt. edition
Format: Hardcover
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For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.In 1485, young Henry Tudor,... |
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World War II: A 50th Anniversary History
Associated Press · Henry Holt & Co; 1st edition
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
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YA-- The 50th anniversary has sparked the publication of several new histories of World War II. This one has particular interest because key personalities have been detailed, giving their motivations and strategies and stressing their importance to the war effort. The realities of the war and a humanistic... |
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America's First Ladies: Private Lives of the Presidential Wives
Diana Dixon Healy · Atheneum; Book Club Edition edition
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
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While the roles played by First Ladies vary, most of them have succeeded in helping their husbands because "the majority of American presidents married above themselves, either socially, financially, or academically," notes Healy. Unpaid and unelected, our First Ladies, from Martha... |
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The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory · Amistad
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King,... |
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Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History
ROY ADKINS · Viking
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain's Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France - an overlooked key to the British loss in the American RevolutionFor more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded,... |
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Dean King · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover
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In 1815, twelve American sailors washed up on the shore of North Africa. Captured and sold into slavery, they were then dragged along on an insane journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara-a region no Westerners had ever explored. Rain was expected once every six years and it was so hot that... |
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The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
Douglas Brinkley · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaska's wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaska's wildlife,... |
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