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The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War
James Oakes · W W Norton
Pages: 207
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian illuminates the strategy for ending slavery that precipitated the crisis of civil war. Surrounded by a ring of fire, the scorpion stings itself to death. The image, widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War, captures their long-standing strategy... |
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A History of Food in 100 Recipes
William Sitwell · Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting narrative history of food as seen through 100 recipes, from ancient Egyptian bread to modernist cuisine.We all love to eat, and most people have a favorite ingredient or dish. But how many of us know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them, and how they were... |
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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
Max Hastings · Knopf
Pages: 628
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles - the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg - that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe 1914,... |
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Crime and Justice since 1750
Barry Godfrey · Routledge
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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This book provides a comprehensive, introductory text for students taking courses in crime and criminal justice history. It covers all of the key historical topics central to an understanding of the current criminal justice system, including the development of the police, the courts and the mechanisms... |
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Edward VII: The Prince of Wales and the Women He Loved
Catharine Arnold · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Edward Prince of Wales, better known as "Bertie," was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Charming and dissolute, he was a larger-than-life personality with king-size appetites. A lifelong womanizer, Bertie conducted his countless liaisons against the glittering backdrop of London... |
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King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb
ZAHI HAWASS · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb -- the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known -- now in a compact editionThe tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilliantly illustrated volume... |
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Bull by the Horns
Sheila Bair · Free Press
Format: Kindle Edition
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“When Sheila Bair took over as head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, the agency was probably better known for the ‘FDIC’ logo on the doors of the nation’s banks than for anything it did. Now Bair is at the center of the financial crisis, speeding... |
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Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War
Richard A. Serrano · Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Richard Serrano, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, pens a story of two veterans. In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota,... |
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The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
A J BAIME · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely, small-town former farmer and haberdasher had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Heroes are often defined as ordinary... |
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Native Universe: Voices of Indian America
Gerald McMaster · National Geographic
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"This Magnificent celebration of Native American cultures and Civilizations combines a wide-ranging and engrossing text by many of our foremost Indian scholars, writers, and leaders with a spectacular collection of illustrations showcasing the art and cultures of the indigenous peoples... |
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The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story
Farida Khalaf · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Named a "Best Book of the Year" by New York Post "Farida Khalaf's story is harrowing but crucial - especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does." - Glamour "As gripping as it is appalling ... a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary... |
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