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The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and Saving Europe During WWI
PETER HERNON · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Published in commemoration of the centennial of America's entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europe - a unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at this epic time.When war broke out in Europe... |
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The Stone Crusher: The True Story of a Father and Son's Fight for Survival in Auschwitz
Jeremy Dronfield · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was arrested by the Nazis. Along with his sixteen-year-old son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany, where a new concentration camp was being built. It was the beginning of a six-year odyssey almost without parallel. They... |
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The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family
Nina Sankovitch · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scientists and artists flourishing in the 1900s. For the first time,... |
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The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and Other Ancient Monuments
Lynne Kelly · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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The discovery of a powerful memory technique used by our Neolithic ancestors in their monumental memory places -- and how we can use their secrets to train our own minds In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals... |
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Lincoln and Churchill: Statesmen at War
LEWIS E LEHRMAN · Stackpole Books
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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Lewis E. Lehrman, renowned historian and National Humanities Medal winner, gives new perspective on great statesmen and their leadership in wars of national survivalAbraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, as commanders in chief, led their nations to victory in wars of national survival - Lincoln... |
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American Runway: 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row
BOOTH MOORE · Abrams
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
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New York Fashion Week has served many purposes throughout its long history, but it has always remained at the center of the American fashion world. During World War II, Fashion Week challenged the dominance of French couture; in the 1970s and 1980s, it was a showcase for American sportswear... |
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The Holocaust: A New History
LAURENCE REES · PublicAffairs
Pages: 552
Format: Hardcover
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n June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war--the Nazis... |
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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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Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861–1865
Thomas W Cutrer · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Though its most famous battles were waged in the East at Antietam, Gettysburg, and throughout Virginia, the Civil War was clearly a conflict that raged across a continent. From cotton-rich Texas and the fields of Kansas through Indian Territory and into the high desert of New Mexico, the trans-Mississippi... |
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The Lives of the Surrealists
DESMOND MORRIS · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Life histories of the Surrealists, known and unknown, by one of the last surviving members of the movement -- artist and best-selling author Desmond MorrisSurrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment... |
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In a Manner of Speaking: The Story of Spoken English
CHARLIE HAYLOCK · Amberley Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Why do we have so many dialects in England? Why do we not all speak in standard English? How has our history shaped and influenced the language we speak today? 'In a Manner of Speaking' is a fun and fascinating exploration of spoken English that will answer these questions and many... |
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Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees: A Travelogue of Vietnam
C. L. Hoang · Willow Stream Publishing
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever wondered what Vietnam is like some forty years after the war has ended? Then come along with the author as he returns to visit his ancestral homeland for the first time after a decades-long absence.Retrace his steps with him around his former hometown of Saigon in the south,... |
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Rebel Threads: Clothing of the Bad, Beautiful & Misunderstood
Roger K Burton · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring over 1300 examples of rare vintage clothing, from the swing, counterculture and blank generation eras, detailed photographs and factual stories of the clothes origins, alongside many previously unseen fashion and film stills. The book traces how these distinct street punk styles... |
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The Story of Israel: From the Birth of a Nation to the Present Day
Martin Gilbert · Andre Deutsch
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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A leading historian, and Winston Churchill's official biographer, tells the complete story of Israel's birth and development as a nation. Just over 100 years ago, Theodor Herzl launched the Zionist movement. Fifty years later, after the Holocaust, the State of Israel came into... |
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