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The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Rick Perlstein · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Nixonland a dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s. In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term—until... |
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Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Sonia Shah · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 271
Format: Print book
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Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how?Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged, appearing in territories where they've never been seen before.... |
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Troubled refuge : struggling for freedom in the Civil War
Chandra Manning · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army's escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States. Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root... |
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12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Doug Stanton · Pocket Books
Pages: 576
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling "spellbinding true-life story" (USA TODAY) of a United States Special Forces team deployed to the war-ravaged Afghanistan mountains in the weeks immediately following 9/11, overcoming great odds to become heroes of our era - now a major motion... |
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In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant AmbitionIn the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British... |
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Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World
Suzy Hansen · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Suzy Hansen left her country and moved to Istanbul and discovered AmericaIn the wake of the September 11 attacks and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist for a high-profile New York... |
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Chester B. Himes: A Biography
Lawrence P Jackson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally.In his Chester B. Himes (1909-1984) , Lawrence P. Jackson depicts the improbable life of the controversial writer whose novels confront sexuality, racism, and social... |
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How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
Kevin Ashton · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity's greatest... |
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The Unknowns
PATRICK O'DONNELL · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives... |
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The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
JARED BROCK · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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This sweeping biography about the man who was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is an epic tale of courage and bravery in the face of unimaginable trials.The Road to Dawn tells the improbable story of Josiah Henson-a dynamic, driven man with exceptional... |
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