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The Gene: An Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 910
Format: Large Print Hardcover |
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of "The Emperor of All Maladies" a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to read and write our own genetic information? The extraordinary... |
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The Novel: A Biography
Michael Schmidt · Belknap Press
Pages: 1172
Format: Hardcover |
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The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Geographically and culturally boundless, with contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, the Caribbean, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages;... |
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise
Lucinda Hawksley · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover |
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The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate,... |
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The Story of the World in 100 Species
Christopher Lloyd · Bloomsbury
Pages: 415
Format: Print book |
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In the retitled paperback edition of his book What on Earth Evolved?, Christopher Lloyd leads us on an extraordinary journey, from the birth of life to the present day, as he explains, in a jargon-free way, the phenomenon we call "life on Earth." Lloyd starts with the Earth "before... |
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Kidnap in Crete: The True Story of the Abduction of a Nazi General
Rick Stroud · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover |
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This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased across the mountains as they headed for the coast and a rendezvous with a Royal Navy launch waiting to spirit... |
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Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine
Elizabeth A Wood · Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; New York
Pages: 147
Format: Print book |
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In February 2014, Russia initiated a war in Ukraine, its reasons for aggression unclear. Each of this volume's authors offers a distinct interpretation of Russia's motivations, untangling the social, historical, and political factors that created this war and continually reignite... |
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Robert Parris Moses: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots
Laura Visser-Maessen · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 456
Format: Print book |
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One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , Moses presented himself as a mere... |
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Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution
Giles Milton · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover |
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In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II--a dramatic and explosive act marking that Vladimir Lenin's communist revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a global revolt that... |
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Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
Jack Kelly · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking... |
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