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The U.S. Navy: A Concise History
Craig L Symonds · Oxford University Press
Pages: 149
Format: eBook
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This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks... |
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The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History
ELIZABETH NORTON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The turbulent Tudor Age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it truly like to be a woman during this era? The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress; of palace intrigue and dramatic politics. But if you were a woman, it was also... |
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH · Random House
Pages: 331
Format: Hardcover
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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"A landmark." - Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth CenturyFor more than... |
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · Harper
Pages: 449
Format: Hardcover
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Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century... |
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Service Etiquette: 5th Edition
Cherlynn Conetsco · Naval Institute Press; 5th edition
Pages: 562
Format: Hardcover
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This all-new 5th edition of the venerable Service Etiquette cements the guide's reputation as the definitive resource of military protocol. International protocol experts Cherlynn Conetsco and Anna Hart have totally rewritten the book, expanding its scope and intended readership from military... |
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India: A Short History
Andrew Robinson · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Indias unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day India has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants... |
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
Neal Bascomb · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 378
Format: Print book
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From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, an epic adventure and spy story about the greatest act of sabotage in all of World War II. It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to be the first to build a weapon unlike any known before. They... |
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Shoes: An Illustrated History
Rebecca Shawcross · Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Format: Hardcover
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From chopines to stilettos, Louis XIV to Louboutin, Shoes: An Illustrated History is the definitive guide to footwear. Shoes have always been more than just a practical necessity. They reveal the culture of the times in which they were worn – the sexual morals, the social power play,... |
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The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
Mark Booth · Overlook Hardcover; 1ST edition
Format: Book
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They say that history is written by the victors. But what if history--or what we come to know as history--has all along been written by the wrong people? What if everything we've been told is only part of the story? What if it's the wrong part? In this groundbreaking new work,... |
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The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
Dana Goldstein · Doubleday
Pages: 349
Format: Print book
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In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today.Teaching is a wildly contentious profession in America, one attacked and admired in equal measure. In The Teacher Wars, a rich,... |
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