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Devil's diary.
Robert Wittman · Harpercollins, 2015.
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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This exploration of the private wartime diary of Alfred Rosenberg - Hitler's "chief philosopher" and architect of Nazi ideology - interweaves the story of its recent discovery with the revelation of its never-before-published contents, which are contextualized by the authors:... |
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Eisenhower's Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II
Niall Barr · Pegasus Books
Pages: 548
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and dramatic behind-the-scenes history of 'the Atlantic Alliance' during World War II. The Anglo-American relationship from 1941-1945 proved to be the most effective military alliance in history. Yet there were also constant tensions and disagreements that threatened to pull... |
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Richard III: England's Most Controversial King
CHRIS SKIDMORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England's most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain.Richard III is one of English history's best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare... |
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Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
David Oshinsky · Doubleday
Pages: 387
Format: Print book
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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled... |
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Earth in Human Hands: The Rise of Terra Sapiens and Hope for Our Planet
David Grinspoon · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 496
Format: Print book
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For the first time in Earth's history, one species--humans--is knowingly altering our planet's evolution, exerting increasing influence and attempting stewardship. How we handle this juncture may very well determine the fate not just of our species, but of life, and the planet. Without... |
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Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami
Roben Farzad · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The wild, true story of the Mutiny, the hotel and club that embodied the decadence of Miami's cocaine cowboys heyday - and an inspiration for the blockbuster film, Scarface...In the seventies, coke hit Miami with the full force of a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers... |
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The End of White Christian America
Robert P Jones · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) , challenges us to grasp the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality - that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation.For most of our nation's history, White Christian America (WCA)... |
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Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal
Dick Lehr · PublicAffairs
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Now a major motion picture starring Johnny DeppA New York Times BestsellerA Boston Globe BestsellerAn ABA Indie BestsellerJames "Whitey" Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly... |
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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 353
Format: Print book
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house slave... |
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The Most Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory · Amistad
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
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NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith 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... |
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In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine
Tim Judah · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine. Ever since Ukraine's violent 2014 revolution, followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea, the country has been at war. Misinformation... |
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