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Surprise Attack: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi
Larry Hancock · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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Surprise Attack explores sixty plus years of military and terror threats against the United States. It examines the intelligence tools and practices that provided warnings of those attacks and evaluates the United States' responses, both in preparedness - and most importantly - the effectiveness... |
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A History of New York in 101 Objects
Sam Roberts · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The vibrant story of Americas great metropolis, told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, all reproduced in luscious, full color. A wooden water barrel and an elevator brake. A Checker taxicab and a conductors baton. An oyster and a mastodon tusk. Inspired... |
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They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of #blacklivesmatter
Wesley Lowery · Little
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The first book to go behind the barricades of #blacklivesmatter to tell the story of the young men and women who are calling for a new America. In a closely reported book that draws on his own experience as a young biracial journalist, "Washington Post "reporter Wesley Lowery... |
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Karen Abbott · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating... |
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The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans
Janelle Moore · Government Institutes; Second Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next—even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork—can... |
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A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America
Jacqueline Jones · Basic Books
Format: Book
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In 1656, a Maryland planter tortured and killed an enslaved man named Antonio, an Angolan who refused to work in the fields. Three hundred years later, Simon P. Owens battled soul-deadening technologies as well as the fiction of “race” that divided him from his co-workers in a Detroit... |
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A Working People: A History of African American Workers Since Emancipation
Steven A Reich · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover
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In this book, historian Steven A. Reich examines the economic, political and cultural forces that have beaten and built America's black workforce since Emancipation. From the abolition of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement and Great Recession, African Americans have faced a unique... |
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His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute
Maya Angelou · Random House
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honors the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa... |
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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
MICHAEL KORDA · Liveright
Pages: 525
Format: Hardcover
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Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War Two and the great events that led to Dunkirk.An epic of remarkable originality, Alone captures the heroism of World War II as movingly as any book in recent memory. Bringing to vivid life... |
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