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Sea Stories
Sea Stories

William H. Mcraven

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven...
 
 
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

Rick Atkinson

From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply...
 
 
The Shadow War
The Shadow War

Jim Sciutto

Are we losing a war few of us realize we're fighting? Poisoned dissidents. Election interference. Armed invasions. International treaties thrown into chaos. Secret military buildups. Hackers and viruses. Weapons deployed in space. China and Russia (and Iran and North Korea) spark news stories...
 
 
The First Wave
The First Wave

Alex Kershaw

"Meet the assaulters: Pathfinders plunging from the black, coxswains plowing the whitecaps, bareknuckle Rangers scaling sheer rock... Fast-paced and up-close, this is history's greatest story reinvigorated as only Alex Kershaw can."—Adam Makos, New York Times bestselling author of Spearhead...
 
 
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
Surprise, Kill, Vanish

Annie Jacobsen

*The USA Today bestseller* Surprise... your target.Kill... your enemy.Vanish... without a trace.From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA's Special Activities...
 
 
The Guarded Gate
The Guarded Gate

Daniel Okrent

By the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call—the powerful, definitive, and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America close the immigration door to "inferiors" in the 1920s.A forgotten, dark chapter of American history with implications for the current...
 
 
Upheaval
Upheaval

Jared Diamond

A Bill Gates Summer Reading Pick A "riveting and illuminating" (Yuval Noah Harari) new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of the landmark bestsellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse. In his international bestsellers...
 
 
A Year in Paris
A Year in Paris

John Baxter

A NEW YORK TIMES "SUMMER READING" PICK!From the incomparable John Baxter, award-winning author of the bestselling The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city...
 
 
The Great Bridge
The Great Bridge

David McCullough

The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough.This monumental book is the enthralling...
 
 
The Mueller Report
The Mueller Report

U.S. Department Of Justice

This official report documents the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into the efforts made by Russia to interfere in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. This report, submitted by Attorney General William Barr, delves deep into allegations of conspiracy...