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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 606
Format: Print book
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A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation,... |
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
Walter R. Borneman · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous,... |
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American Heroes in Special Operations
Chuck Holton · Fidelis; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam (a New York Times best seller), Oliver North moves from the frontline to the world of shadow warriors, introducing readers to the brave, noble work of Navy Seals, Rangers, and Green Berets in American Heroes in Special... |
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Manzanar
John Armor · Vintage Books
Pages: 167
Format: Paperback
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Book by John Armor, Peter Wright |
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New World Coming : The 1920s and the Making of Modern America
Nathan Miller · Scribner
Pages: 433
Format: Hardcover
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A history of the 1920s documents such events as voting rights for women, the Jazz Age, the release of the Model T Ford, and Lindberg's flight over the Atlantic, noting its most significant contributors, its social movements, and the terms of three conservative presidents. 40,000 first... |
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In The Shadow of the Angel: Three Critical Decades in Mexico's History
Kathryn Blair · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 594
Format: Paperback
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"In the Shadow of the Angel," which has been called Mexico's "Gone with the Wind," takes place during three transformational decades in Mexican history: 1900-1931, as mirrored by the life of an extraordinary Mexican woman, Antonieta Rivas Mercado.The daughter of the architect... |
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The Danish Texans
John L Davis · Univ of Texas Inst of Texan
Pages: 166
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Barely a trace of wear and light rub to jacket and sticker shadow on front and rear panels. 166 pages with Index. Illustrated. |
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Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
Dan Hampton · William Morrow
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation - a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the trailblazing aviators of World... |
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Corregidor: The Rock Force Assault, 1945
E. M. Flanagan · Presidio Pr; 1ST edition
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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"The two-week battle for Corregidor was complicated by the American's gross underestimation of enemy strength: expecting a few hundred demoralized defenders, they encountered more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers and marines deployed in tunnels and caves, every man dedicated to the Bushido... |
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Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France
Fronia W Simpson · Portland Museum of Art
Pages: 135
Format: Paperback
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It has long been observed that Impressionists and their followers heeded Charles Baudelaire's call to paint "modern life." "Paris and the Countryside" explores modernity, a cultural notion, with a parallel emphasis on the development of modernism, an art historical... |
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The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas
Stew Magnuson · Court Bridge Publishing; First edition
Format: Book
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Descending 1,885 miles straight down the center of the United States from Westhope, North Dakota, to Brownsville, Texas, is U.S. 83, one of the oldest and longest of the federal highways that hasn’t been replaced by an Interstate. Award-winning author Stew Magnuson takes readers... |
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An Accidental Tragedy: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots
Roderick Graham · Birlinn Ltd
Pages: 476
Format: Hardcover
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Based on contemporary documents and histories, Roderick Graham paints a unique picture of Mary that sees her neither as a Catholic martyr, nor as a husband-murdering adulteress, but as a young girl adrift in the dangerous seas of sixteenth-century politics. Mary Stuart had none of the ruthlessness... |
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
John Lloyd Stephens · Smithsonian Inst Pr
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
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Drawing on trips to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in 1839 and 1842, the author describes his findings of a dozen archaeological sites |
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