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Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless
Dan Albert · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive.Robot-controlled cars have already logged millions of miles. These technological marvels promise cleaner air, smoother traffic, and tens of thousands of lives saved. But even if robots turn into responsible drivers, are we ready... |
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Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
John C. McManus · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die"This eloquent and powerful narrative is military history written the way it should be." - James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "Out... |
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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of two American giants - Henry Ford and Thomas Edison - whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically. In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist... |
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Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff
Anthony McCann · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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An "epic exploration" of the 2016 right-wing Oregon Occupation-"an excellent microcosm by which we might better understand our difficult national history and distressing political moment" (Maggie Nelson) .In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors... |
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The Great Connecting: The Emergence of Global Broadband and How That Changes Everything
Jim Cashel · Radius Book Group
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when affordable broadband finally reaches the half of the planet that has little or no Internet access? Google, Facebook, SpaceX, and many others have major initiatives underway to connect the rest of the planet over the next few years. For the first time, even the poorest... |
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Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome
Stephen Dando-Collins · Turner
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula. In this book about Rome's most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins' chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor,... |
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