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Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History
Stephan Talty · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the most important rescue mission not just of the Vietnam War, but the entire Cold War: one American aviator, who knew our most important secrets, crashed behind enemy lines and was sought by the entire North Vietnamese and Russian military machines. One Navy SEAL and his Vietnamese... |
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The Story of Egypt : The Civilization That Shaped the World
Joann Fletcher · Pegasus Books
Pages: 496
Format: Print book
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The story of the world's greatest civilization -- spanning 4,000 years of history -- full of epic stories, spectacular places, and an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes, villains, and pioneers. The story of the world's greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that has shaped... |
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The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
Karl Rove · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove comes a fresh look at President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American... |
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The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Rob Dunn · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heartThe Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which... |
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Hidden History of Nantucket
Frank Morral · History Press (SC)
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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The celebrated history of Nantuckets great whaling days often overshadows the fascinating changes that took place in the years following. Discover the story behind the Nantucket Civil War Monumentand learn about some named on it, some left off and some who may not belong. Meet the Cold... |
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The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan
Graeme Smith · Counterpoint
Pages: 298
Format: Print book
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With a new foreword by the author, The Dogs are Eating Them Now is a highly personal narrative of our war in Afghanistan and how it went dangerously wrong. Written by a respected and fearless former foreign correspondent who has won multiple awards for his journalism (including an Emmy... |
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Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk
Amy S. Greenberg · Knopf
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk--a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk... |
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Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
Timothy F. Geithner · Crown Publishers
Pages: 580
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerWashington Post BestsellerLos Angeles Times BestsellerStress Test is the story of Tim Geithner's education in financial crises. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama's secretary of the Treasury, Timothy... |
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88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary
Robert L. Grenier · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The "first" Afghan War, a CIA war in response to 9/11, was directed by the CIA Station Chief in Islamabad. It put Hamid Karzai in power in 88 days. "If you want an insider's account of the first American-Afghan War, you can't do better than this ... Important reading... |
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Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii
James L. Haley · St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific.... |
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Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom
Lucia Jang · W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Pages: 280
Format: Print book
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An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive.Born in the 1970s, Lucia Jang grew up in a common, rural North Korean household -- her parents worked hard, she bowed to a photo of Kim Il-Sung every night, and the family scraped by on rationed... |
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Hallie Rubenhold · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge,... |
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Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar
Virginia Vallejo · Vintage
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
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A revealing memoir of Colombian television journalist Virginia Vallejo's affair with the "King of Cocaine," notorious Medellin drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. At 33, Virginia Vallejo was part of the media... |
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