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The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo: 1826-1851
Isobel Charman · Pegasus Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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Set in the heart of swirling, Dickensian London, the wondrous history of a unique institution and the incredible characters -- human and animal -- that populated it. The founding of a zoo in Georgian London is a story of jaw-dropping audacity in the Age of Empire. It is the story of diplomats,... |
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The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
Cathal J Nolan · Oxford University Press
Pages: 728
Format: Print book
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History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt-all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations... |
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NO TURNING BACK : life, loss, and hope in wartime syria
RANIA ABOUZEID · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 400
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Extending back to the first demonstrations of 2011, No Turning Back dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict. As protests ignited in Daraa, some citizens were brimming with a sense of possibility. A privileged young man named Suleiman posted videos... |
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Bosch: The 5th Centenary Exhibition
Hieronymus Bosch · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
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A comprehensive look at the work of Jheronimus Bosch, published to coincide with the 5th centenary of the artist's death and in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museo del PradoJheronimus van Aken (1450-1516) was born and lived in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)... |
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The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Biography
Michael J Hogan · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 315
Format: Hardcover
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In his new book, Michael J. Hogan, a leading historian of the American presidency, offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife in American memory. The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy considers how Kennedy constructed... |
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The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution
Robert P Watson · Da Capo Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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Moored off the coast of Brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck without light or fresh air, the disease-ridden prisoners were scarcely given food and water. More Americans... |
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Jennifer Wright · Henry Holt
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues -- from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio -- and a celebration of the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon... |
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The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Plutarch. · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 393
Format: Print book
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A brilliant new translation of five of history's greatest lives from Plutarch, the inventor of biography.Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt... |
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Paris Fashion: A Cultural History
Valerie Steele · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
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This beautifully illustrated new edition of Paris Fashion examines the history and culture of style in the fashion capital from the 14th century through to the present day.Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture,... |
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Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia
STEVEN STOLL · Hill and Wang
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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How the United States underdeveloped AppalachiaAppalachia -- among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America -- has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original... |
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The Bowery: The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street
Stephen Paul DeVillo · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: eBook
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From peglegged Peter Stuyvesant to CBGB's, the story of the Bowery reflects the history of the city that grew up around it. It was the street your mother warned you about - even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery... |
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The Israeli Republic: An Iranian Revolutionary's Journey to the Jewish State
JalaÌ„l AÌ„l AhÌ£mad · Restless Books
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
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The Israeli Republic "suggests how the Iranian and Israeli leaders who feel such intense mutual hostility today actually mirror one another in certain ways, particularly in their foundational attitudes toward religious authority, political and economic populism and the West. That a writer... |
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West Point History of the Revolutionary War
Clifford J Rogers · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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This is the definitive concise military history of the Revolutionary War and the fourth volume in the West Point History of Warfare series is packed with essential images, exclusive tactical maps, and expert analysis commissioned by The United States Military Academy at West Point to teach... |
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The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria
JANINE DI GIOVANNI · Liveright
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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A New York Post Best Book of 2016 Winner of the 2016 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award Winner of the 2016 Hay Festival Medal for Prose "Destined to become a classic." -- Lisa Shea, ElleA masterpiece of war reportage, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most... |
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