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"They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide
Ronald Grigor Suny · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been reduced by ninety percent--more... |
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The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
Anne de Courcy · Harper; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover |
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From the author of the critically acclaimed biographies Diana Mosley and The Viceroy's Daughters comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining account of the Victorian women who traveled halfway around the world on the hunt for a husband.By the late nineteenth century, Britain's colonial... |
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Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word
· W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover |
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A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness.... |
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Wil Haygood · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover |
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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional... |
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Katrina: After the Flood
Gary Rivlin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover |
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Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana - on August 29, 2005 - journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting effects not just on the city's geography... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper
Format: Hardcover |
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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The Age of the Vikings
Anders Winroth · Princeton University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by medieval and modern myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and developed a vast trading network. They traveled far from their homelands in swift... |
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Read On ... Romance: Reading Lists for Every Taste
C. L. Quillen · Libraries Unlimited |
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With thousands of romance novels published each year, librariansespecially those unfamiliar with or indifferent to the genrecan benefit from this well-organized, reference that offers scores of appeals-based read-alike lists for some of the most popular, contemporary romance fiction. Describes... |
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