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Ronald Reagan: The American Presidents Series: The 40th President, 1981-1989
Jacob Weisberg · Times Books
Pages: 185
Format: Print book
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The conservative icon who reshaped American politics and laid the groundwork for the end of the Cold WarIn the second half of the twentieth century, no American president defined his political era as did Ronald Reagan. He ushered in an age that extolled smaller government, tax cuts, and strong... |
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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
Cate Lineberry · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Be Free or Die makes you want to stand up and cheer. Cate Lineberry has done us all a great service by telling this incredibly moving, thrilling, and important story about an American hero who deserves to be remembered, and admired." -- Candice Millard, author of Hero of the EmpireFacing... |
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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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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X Kendi · Nation Books
Pages: 582
Format: Print book
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WINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IN RACE AND CIVIL RIGHTSFINALIST FOR THE 2016 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTIONTHE MOST AMBITIOUS BOOK OF 2016 - The Washington PostA BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2016A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE... |
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City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
Ben Rawlence · Picador
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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To the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort.Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement,... |
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My Father and Atticus Finch
Joseph Madison Beck · Center Point Pub
Pages: 500
Format: Large Print Library Binding
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"A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense in a 1938 Alabama trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird"-- |
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Fifty Weapons That Changed the Course of History
Joel Levy · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully presented guide to 50 weapons and their historical impact on civilization. Fifty Weapons that Changed the Course of History is a fascinating guide to the arms and armaments that have had the greatest impact on the development of human civilization. Like the other titles... |
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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
Carlotta Gall · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 329
Format: Hardcover
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Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government... |
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Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
Rebecca Romney · Harpercollins
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television's favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY's hit series Pawn Stars.Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been... |
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Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago
William Elliott Hazelgrove · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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Gangsters and Nymphs: The Fight for Chicago and the 1933 World's Fair is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest Gangsters and Nymphs: The Fight for Chicago and the 1933 World's Fair is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago... |
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Tong wars : the untold story of vice, money, and murder in new york's chinatown.
Scott D Seligman · Viking
Format: Print book : English
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A mesmerizing true story of money, murder, gambling, prostitution, and opium: the Chinese gang wars that engulfed New York's Chinatown from the 1890s through the 1930s.Nothing had worked. Not threats or negotiations, not shutting down the betting parlors or opium dens, not house-to-house... |
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In the Wake of the Butcher : Cleveland's Torso Murders (Ohio)
James Jessen Badal · Kent State University Press
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback
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On September 5, 1934, Frank LaGassie made a gruesome discovery. Partially buried was the lower half of a woman's torso, legs amputated at the knees. This "Lady of the Lake," as she was dubbed by the police and the press, was the first in a terrifying series of decapitation... |
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Somme 1916: Success and Failure on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme
Paul Kendall · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 442
Format: Print book
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What really happened on the first day of the Somme?Much controversy has surrounded the Somme offensive relating to its justification and its impact upon the course of the war. General Sir Douglas Haig's policies have been the subject of considerable debate about whether the heavy losses... |
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