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George Marshall
David L. Roll
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The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America's most distinguished soldier–statesman since George Washington—whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. "Well-researched, well-written... |
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The Vagabonds
Jeff Guinn
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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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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
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"Extraordinary...A nonfiction literary masterpiece...I can't remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as Three Women." —Elizabeth Gilbert "The most in-depth look at the female sex drive that's been published in decades." —New York "[An] instant feminist classic...Utterly... |
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The Code
Margaret O'Mara
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The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest... |
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The Man Who Sold America
Joy-Ann Reid
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMSNBC'S Joy-Ann Reid calculates the true price of the Trump presidency"The host of AM Joy on MSNBC argues that President Trump's administration is characterized by grift and venality that demeans the office and diminishes America." —New York Times Book Review,... |
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One Giant Leap
Charles Fishman
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The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic mission to reach the moon.President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group... |
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First on the Moon
Rod Pyle
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book—featuring stunning photographs and many rarely seen images and documents—tells the incredible story of the first men on the Moon. Acclaimed science author Rod Pyle (Missions to the Moon)... |
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Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense
Dan Abrams
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Mental Floss Book to Read in Summer 2019"Gripping.... Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense is a must-read." —NPRA President on Trial. A Reputation at Stake.ABC News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt's last... |
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Spying on the South
Tony Horwitz
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The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz. With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape... |
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Sacred Duty
Tom Cotton
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An ode to excellence. An inspiring read for every American." —Robert M. GatesAn extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of "The Old Guard," the revered... |
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