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Bruegel: The Master
Elke Oberthaler · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This stunning compilation of the work Pieter Bruegel, the 16th century's most famous Netherlandish artist, is being published in anticipation of the 450-year anniversary of the artist's death. Nearly 450 years after his death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is widely regarded as the 16th... |
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Under a Darkening Sky: The American Experience in Nazi Europe: 1939-1941
Robert Lyman · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid social history of the American expatriate experience in Europe between 1939 and 1941, as the Nazi menace brings a shadow over the continent, heralding the storms of war. A poignant and powerful portrait of Europe in the years between 1939 and 1941 -- as the Nazi menace... |
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Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
JAMES M SCOTT · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific. By early 1945, the war against Japan was at its height and General Douglas MacArthur began to fulfill his vow of liberating the Philippines. He was already planning his own victory parade down... |
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Stephen R Platt · Knopf
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of the Opium War--a vivid narrative of the earliest Western efforts to open China to trade and the resulting war that ensured the decline of imperial China.When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest... |
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The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and Saving Europe During WWI
PETER HERNON · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Published in commemoration of the centennial of America's entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europe - a unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at this epic time. When war broke... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Berlin: 2020
DK Travel · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Berlin is your in-depth guide to the very best of Berlin.Experience the greatest of all this city has to offer, from its remarkable Pergamon Museum and historic Berlin Wall to its energetic contemporary arts scene and legendary nonstop nightlife.Discover DK Eyewitness... |
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See You Again in Pyongyang: A Journey into Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Travis Jeppesen · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From ballistic missile tests to stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations, news from North Korea never fails to dominate the global headlines. But what is life there actually like?
In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen culls from his experiences living,... |
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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
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From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era.
New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings... |
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They Knew Lincoln
John E Washington · Oxford University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Originally published in 1942 and now reprinted for the first time, They Knew Lincoln is a classic in African American history and Lincoln studies. Part memoir and part history, the book is an account of John E. Washington's childhood among African Americans in Washington, DC, and of the black... |
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Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
Mcrae. · Oxford University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Why do white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful? Elizabeth Gillespie McRae argues that the answer lies with white women.
Examining racial segregation from 1920s to the 1970s, Mothers of Massive Resistance explores the grassroots workers who maintained the system... |
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Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves
Marie Jenkins Schwartz · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia, where slaves worked and suffered throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier... |
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