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Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack
Steve Twomey · Simon & Schuster Pages: 365 Format: Print book
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A fascinating look at the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - the warnings, clues and missteps - by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.In Washington, DC, in late November 1941, admirals compose the most ominous message in Navy history to warn Hawaii of possible... |
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the "Golden Age" of piracy in the Americas. Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising... |
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Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story
Matti Friedman · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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"Destined to become a classic text on the absurdities of war. . . A beautifully written account of a young Israeli soldier's experience. A stunning achievement." - Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Good Spy It was one small... |
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Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
Michael Kranish · Scribner Pages: 431 Format: Print book
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Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who - despite broad skepticism - could be the next president of the United States.Who is Donald J. Trump? Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of his life... |
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Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
Ann Shen · Chronicle Books Pages: 216 Format: Print book
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Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer. Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Joan Jett, godmother of punk. The 100 revolutionary women highlighted in this gorgeously illustrated book were... |
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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
SIMON WINCHESTER · Harper Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.The rise of manufacturing... |
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
Anthony Everitt · Random House Pages: 592 Format: Print book
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A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens... |
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
John McCain · Random House Trade Paperbacks Pages: 349 Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * John McCain's deeply moving memoir is the story of three generations of warriors and the ways that sons are shaped and enriched by their fathers. McCain's grandfather, a four-star admiral and one of the navy's greatest commanders, led the strongest... |
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War of the Whales: A True Story
Joshua Horwitz · Simon & Schuster Pages: 426 Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: "Horwitz's dogged reporting ... combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative ... . He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience" (PEN Award... |
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