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The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between
Michael Dobbs · Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape Nazi Germany, and an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930's and 40's. This book complements the exhibition The Americans and the Holocaust... |
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Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People
Jerry Borrowman · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Invisible Heroes of World War II, documents ten fascinating true stories of a diverse group of soldiers and noncombatants from all over the world, including African Americans, women, and Native Americans, who fought with the Allies during World War II. These heroes made significant contributions... |
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Rick Atkinson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply... |
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler · Penguin Press
Pages: 480
Format: eBook
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From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive changeDrawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo... |
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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
Jared Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world.Eight... |
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Death in Ten Minutes: The Forgotten Life of Radical Suffragette Kitty Marion
Fern Riddell · Quercus
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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WOMEN WERE NEVER GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE . . . THEY TOOK IT BY FORCE, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.BUT WHY HAS THE RADICAL LEGACY OF THE SUFFRAGETTES BEEN ERASED FROM HISTORY? In Death in Ten Minutes, historian Fern Riddell uncovers the story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion, told through... |
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Lincoln's Confidant: The Life of Noah Brooks
Wayne C. Temple · University of Illinois Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed as one of the great Lincoln scholars, Wayne C. Temple offers the long-awaited first biography of Noah Brooks, the influential Illinois journalist who championed Abraham Lincoln in state politics and became his almost daily companion during the Civil War. Best remembered as one of the president's... |
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The Last Prussian: A Biography of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Charles Messenger · Pen and Sword Military
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953) was one of the foremost German commanders of the Second World War. After service on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during 1914-1918 he rose steadily through the ranks before retiring in 1938. Recalled to plan the attack on Poland, he played... |
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