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Dallas 1963
Bill Minutaglio · Twelve; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research NonfictionNamed one of the Top 3 JFK Books by Parade Magazine. Named 1 of The 5 Essential Kennedy assassination books ever written by The Daily Beast. Named one of the Top Nonfiction Books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.In the months and weeks... |
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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
Joe Domanick · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning investigative reporter reveals the troubled history of the LAPD in a gripping story filled with hard-boiled, real-life characters that bring to life the ravages of the criminal justice system.Vividly drawn and character-driven, Blue is simultaneously a drama of cops, crime... |
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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail
Jonathan Chait · Custom House
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from... |
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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Gretchen Anna Bakke · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding... |
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Nam: A Photographic History
Leo J Daugherty · Barnes & Noble Books
Pages: 608
Format: Book
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The Vietnam War was the most controversial conflict ever entered into by the United States. Military and press photographers, camera-wielding soldiers, and civilians all took the opportunity to record the harrowing events of the 1960s and early '70s. NAM: A Photographic History features... |
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Story We Carry in Our Bones, The: Irish History for Americans
Juilene Osborne-McKnight · Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The ancient legends and ancestral legacy of the Emerald Isle. "We will know them in the deep genetic river of our ancestry, Irish at the marrow, carrying the story in our bones, in our very bones." -- from Part 4 |
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Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC
J.D. Dickey · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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Washington DC gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples a pulsing hub of political power and prowess But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen Before America became a world power in the twentieth century Washington City was an eyesore... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry · Harper
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates for All Fifty States
Samuel Etinde Crompton · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book
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How did colonies, territories, and land purchases shape the United States of America? What differences - and similarities - are there between the states? What does each state bring to the union? From sea to shining sea, The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates... |
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