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Victoria: A Life
A N Wilson · Penguin Books
Pages: 642
Format: Print book
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"[A] shimmering and rather wonderful biography." - The Guardian (London) When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her children's marriages.... |
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Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization
Robert Garland · Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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Ancient Greece comes alive in this vibrant portrait of the daily lives of ordinary people—men and women, children and the elderly, slaves and foreigners, rich and poor. Robert Garland presents a wealth of fascinating, sometimes surprising information about our spiritual, cultural,... |
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Realm of the Iroquois
Stephen G.Hyslop Dale Pollekoff · Time Life
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Book by Stephen G.Hyslop Dale Pollekoff |
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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
Peter Ackroyd · Thomas Dunne Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding of England's history, now tells the epic story of England itself.In Foundation, the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's... |
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Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe
Mark Mazower · Penguin Press
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover
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Draw ing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion-and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war. Mark Mazower forces us to set aside... |
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Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution
Richard Whittle · Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the birth of the Predator drone, a wonder weapon that transformed the American military, reshaped modern warfare, and sparked a revolution in aviationThe creation of the first weapon in history whose operators can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe... |
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Waiting for José: The Minutemen's Pursuit of America
Harel Shapira · Princeton University Press
Format: Book
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They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen?... |
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After Lincoln: How the North Won the Civil War and Lost the Peace
A. J. Langguth · Simon & Schuster; First Edition / First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant evocation of the post-Civil War era by the acclaimed author of Patriots and Union 1812. After Lincoln tells the story of the Reconstruction, which set back black Americans and isolated the South for a century.With Lincoln's assassination, his "team of rivals,"... |
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Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
Ethan J Kytle · The New Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me, a deeply researched book that uncovers competing histories of how slavery is remembered in Charleston, South Carolina - the heart of Dixie A book that strikes at the heart of the recent flare-ups over Confederate symbols in Charlottesville,... |
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1917: War, Peace, and Revolution
D Stevenson · Oxford University Press
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover
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1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War I David Stevenson examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed. He shows... |
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The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare
Iain Ballantyne · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of the submarine's evolution from its ancient beginnings to its culmination as the deadliest vessel ever invented.A fascinating and comprehensive account of how an initially ineffectual underwater boat -- originally derided and loathed in equal measure -- evolved into... |
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Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants
Alison Maloney · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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UPSTAIRS, an Edwardian home would have been a picture of elegance and calm, adorned with social gatherings and extravagantly envisioned dinner parties.DOWNSTAIRS, it was a hive of domestic activity, supported by a body of staff painstakingly devoted to ensuring the smooth running of the household.Brimming... |
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