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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens
Andrea Wulf · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June 6, 1761, the world... |
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 886
Format: Hardcover
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Traces the development of the atomic bomb from Leo Szilard's concept through the drama of the race to build a workable device to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima |
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Paul Revere's Ride
David Hackett Fischer · Oxford University Press
Pages: 445
Format: Hardcover
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Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what... |
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Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking--150 Vegetarian Recipes
Michelle Rousseau · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A lush, modern vegetarian cookbook celebrating the bold flavors and unique ingredients of the Caribbean In Provisions, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau share 150 recipes that pay homage to the meals and market produce that have been farmed, sold, and prepared by Caribbean people--particularly... |
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The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
Andrew Roberts · Harper; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From Britains finest military historian The Economist comes a magisterial new history of World War II and the flawed axis strategy that led to their defeat. The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost 1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors... |
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