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The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family

Roger Cohen · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and profoundly moving Jewish family history - a story of displacement, prejudice, hope, despair, and love.In this luminous memoir, award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them...
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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A fast-paced narrative that discovers a surprising perspective on World War II: Nazi Germany's all-consuming reliance on drugs The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated...
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American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church

Alex Beam · PublicAffairs
Pages: 354
Format: Book

On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois. Clamorous and angry, they were hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their otherwise quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. They wanted blood.At thirty-nine years...
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The Radical King

Cornel West · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm XThe radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic...
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The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China

Philip Ball · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China's culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history....
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Blood Royal: The Wars of the Roses: 1462-1485

Hugh Bicheno · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The concluding volume to this rousing two-part history of the Wars of the Roses, England's longest and bloodiest civil war, narrated by a master historian. England, 1462. The Yorkist Edward IV has been king for three years since his victory at Towton. The former Lancastrian King Henry VI languishes...
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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock

Lucy Worsley · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to the cosy crimes of the Golden Age, renowned historian Lucy Worsley explores the evolution of the traditional English murderand reveals why we are so fascinated by this sinister subject. Murdera dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate...
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 672
Format: Print book

The epic history of the crossroads of the world - the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise...
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Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune

John Merriman · Basic Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century—before culminating in horrific violence.Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically...
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Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty

STEPHEN BRUMWELL · Yale University Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining...
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In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's

Joseph Jebelli · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Alzheimer's is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide -- there are more than 5 million people diagnosed in the US alone. And as our population ages, scientists are working against the clock to find a cure.Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli is among them. His beloved...
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John Singer Sargent and His Muse: Painting Love and Loss

Karen Corsano · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent’s art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, telling her story for the first time. In a score of paintings...
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The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria

Helon Habila · Columbia Global Reports
Pages: 108
Format: Print book

On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained...
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From the Army to College: Transitioning from the Service to Higher Education

Jillian Ventrone · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

Today's soldiers are highly motivated to serve, but face numerous challenges, especially considering the sacrifices they have made over the past decade of war. As the service branches face budget cuts and draw downs, soldiers need to be aware of the resources and options available to help...
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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War

Helen Thorpe · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 397
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" (The New Yorker) , and "masterful" (BOOKLIST ) writer comes a groundbreaking account of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and how their military service affected their friendship, their personal lives,...
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