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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli · Riverhead Books
Pages: 86
Format: Print book
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Look out for Carlo Rovelli's next book, Reality Is Not What It Seems.Instant New York Times Bestseller"One of the year's most entrancing books about science." - The Wall Street Journal"Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics." - The New York... |
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The White Road: Journey into an Obsession
Edmund de Waal · Farrar
Pages: 401
Format: Print book
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An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted.Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling... |
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The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
Steven Pressfield · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover
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"A brilliant look into the psyche of combat. Where he once took us into the Spartan line of battle at Thermopylae, Steven Pressfield now takes us into the sands of the Sinai, the alleys of Old Jerusalem, and into the hearts and souls of soldiers winning a spectacularly improbable victory... |
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Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War
Ian Buruma · Penguin Press, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A family history of surpassing beauty and power: Ian Buruma's account of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world warsDuring the almost six years England was at war with Nazi Germany, Winifred and Bernard Schlesinger, Ian Buruma's grandparents, and the film... |
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Hannibal
Patrick Hunt · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees.Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the ancient world.... |
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The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
Somini Sengupta · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India -- the world's largest democracy at a moment of transition.Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different... |
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Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
Sarah Helm · Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
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A masterly and moving account of the most horrific hidden atrocity of World War II: Ravensbrück, the only Nazi concentration camp built for women On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 867 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - was marched through... |
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The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land--a True Detective Story
Patrick Bishop · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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One of Britain's most renowned military historians revisits a controversial murder: that of Zionist leader Avraham Stern, head of Israel's notorious Stern Gang, in Tel Aviv during WWII.Militant Zionist Avraham Stern believed he was destined to be the Jewish liberator of British... |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China
Jeffrey N Wasserstrom · Oxford University Press
Pages: 361
Format: Print book
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This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading... |
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Hear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Rich Musical Heritage & Lively Current Scene
Michael Murphy · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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By the author of Eat Dat and Fear Dat, a charmingly irreverent guide to the thriving, world-famous music scene in New Orleans "Where can I go to hear music?" is a question often asked by visitors to New Orleans. The question might better be asked, "Where can I go and not hear... |
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The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
Sean Wilentz · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 364
Format: Print book
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One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality."There are two keys to unlocking the secrets of American politics and American political history." So begins The Politicians... |
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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
Heather Cox Richardson · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet while visionary Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight... |
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