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The Great Halifax Explosion
JOHN U BACON · William Morrow
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: in 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped... |
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Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink
Anthony McCarten · Harper Perennial
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister - soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman."He was speaking to the nation, the world,... |
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Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
MALCOLM HARRIS · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A Millennial's groundbreaking investigation into why his generation is economically worse off than their parents, creating a radical and devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America.Millennials have been called lazy, entitled, narcissistic, and immature, but when you push... |
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A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812
James L Haley · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The second installment of the gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring Commander Bliven Putnam, chronicling the build up to the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain after the Revolution - the War of 1812.At the opening of the War of 1812,... |
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God: A Human History
REZA ASLAN · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine, and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling... |
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The Written World: How Literature Shaped Civilization
MARTIN PUCHNER · Random House
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to Don Quixote and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of the world. |
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