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The Nazis (World War II, Vol. 21)
Robert Edwin Herzstein · Time-Life Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Photographs help document the rise of the Nazi party, Hitler's private life, and the political intrigues of party members |
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William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
James Lee Mcdonough · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 832
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented... |
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Rust: The Longest War
Jonathan Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ** A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year It has been called "the great destroyer" and "the evil." The Pentagon refers to it as "the pervasive menace." It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house... |
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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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Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
Ann Shen · Chronicle Books
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer. Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Joan Jett, godmother of punk. The 100 revolutionary women highlighted in this gorgeously illustrated book were... |
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
MARY BEARD · Liveright
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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"A modern feminist classic." -- The GuardianFrom the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power. At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack... |
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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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The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Don Brown · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs - on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 - the pilots continued... |
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Untitled
ANONYMOUS. · Scribner
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates for All Fifty States
Samuel Etinde Crompton · Visible Ink Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book
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How did colonies, territories, and land purchases shape the United States of America? What differences - and similarities - are there between the states? What does each state bring to the union? From sea to shining sea, The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates... |
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American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
Hannah Nordhaus · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning journalist and author of The Beekeeper's Lament attempts to uncover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, Julia--whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe - in this spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West.The dark-eyed... |
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