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West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express
JIM DEFELICE · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling narrative history of one of the most enduring icons of the American West, the Pony Express, from the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper - an exciting tale of daring young men pushing limits to the extremes across the vast, rugged, and unsettled American... |
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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
JAMES FALLOWS · Pantheon
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A unique, revelatory portrait of the civic and economic renewal already taking place across America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A surprisingly hopeful view of the country between its coasts.For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling... |
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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad
ASNE SEIERSTAD · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author Ã…sne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising a family... |
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Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
Serhii Plokhy · Basic Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died... |
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Robert Parris Moses: A Life in Civil Rights and Leadership at the Grassroots
Laura Visser-Maessen · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 456
Format: Print book
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One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , Moses presented himself as a mere... |
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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
Joel R Paul · Riverhead Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more... |
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American epic : when music gave america her voice.
Elijah Wald · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music - blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American - without which there would be no jazz, rock, country R&B, or hip hop today.Jack... |
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In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
MITCH LANDRIEU · Viking
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"An extraordinarily powerful journey that is both political and personal...An important book for everyone in America to read." --Walter Isaacson,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve JobsThe New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts... |
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Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West
James Pogue · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary inside look at America's militia movement that shows a country at the crossroads of class, culture, and insurrection.In a remote corner of Oregon, James Pogue found himself at the heart of a rebellion. Granted unmatched access by Ammon Bundy to the armed occupation... |
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The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
David I Kertzer · Random House
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Pope and Mussolini takes on a pivotal, untold story: the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signaled the birth of modern Europe. Days after his prime minister was assassinated in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope... |
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Fortress America: How We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracy
Elaine Tyler May · Basic Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian untangles the roots of America's culture of fear, and argues that it imperils our democracyFor the last sixty years, fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in gated communities,... |
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Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History
ROY ADKINS · Viking
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain's Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France - an overlooked key to the British loss in the American RevolutionFor more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded,... |
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Timothy Snyder · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized... |
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Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Waldo H Heinrichs · Oxford University Press
Pages: 711
Format: Hardcover
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On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day-shortened to "V.E. Day"-brought with it the demise of Nazi Germany. But for the Allies, the war was only half-won. Exhausted but exuberant American soldiers, ready to return home, were sent to join the fighting in the Pacific, which by the spring... |
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Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum
Kathryn Hughes · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 414
Format: Hardcover
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In Victorians Undone, renowned British historian Kathryn Hughes follows five iconic figures of the nineteenth century as they encounter the world not through their imaginations or intellects but through their bodies. Or rather, through their body parts. Using the vivid language of admiring... |
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery
Noel Rae · The Overlook Press
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes readers from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America,... |
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The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past
Shaun Walker · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again.Shaun... |
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