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The Un-Discovered Islands: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes
MALACHY TALLACK · Picador
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map.Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map.... |
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Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America
Ioan Grillo · Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint... |
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The Mayor of Mogadishu: A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia
Andrew Harding · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: eBook
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**One of Book Concierge's Best Books of 2016**In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud "Tarzan" Nur - an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly... |
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Joe Gould's Teeth
Jill Lepore · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called "The Oral History of Our Time." Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant... |
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The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England
GRAHAM ROBB · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history.Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a place of legend called the Debatable Land, an independent territory that once served as a buffer between Scotland and England.... |
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Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed
John Prendergast · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling and award-winning NOT ON OUR WATCH, John Prendergast co-writes a compelling book with Fidel Bafilemba--with stunning photographs by Ryan Gosling--revealing the way in which the people and resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo have... |
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Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink
Anthony McCarten · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister - soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill... |
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US Special Ops: The History, Weapons, and Missions of Elite Military Forces
Fred J Pushies · Voyageur Press (MN)
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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It's the inside scoop on US military special operations. From weapons, gear, missions, and commandos, learn every military secret from the eighteenth century to today. Few aspects of the US military pique people's interest more than special ops. Due to the clandestine nature of their... |
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Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch: 30 Daring Designs to Celebrate Strong Women
Anna Fleiss · Running Press
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover
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Trailblazing women take center stage in Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch, a collection of stylish patterns and capsule biographies that celebrates some of our favorite lady heroes. Feminism is back in the spotlight, and powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai to Gloria... |
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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
Norman Ohler · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
STUART KELLS · Counterpoint
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"If you think you know what a library is, this marvellously idiosyncratic book will make you think again. After visiting hundreds of libraries around the world and in the realm of the imagination, bibliophile and rare-book collector Stuart Kells has compiled an enchanting compendium... |
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The Russian Revolution: A New History
Sean McMeekin · Basic Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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In The Russian Revolution, historian Sean McMeekin traces the origins and events of the Russian Revolution, which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and changed the course of world history. Between 1900 and 1920, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation:... |
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the "Golden Age" of piracy in the Americas. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising... |
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