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The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza
Max Blumenthal · Nation Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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On July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, followed by a ground invasion. The ensuing fifty-one days of war left more than 2,200 people dead, the vast majority of whom were Palestinian civilians, including over 500 children. During the assault, at least 10,000... |
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And the Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists
Helen Hunt · The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
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"Let me suggest, then, that the opening Chapter go farther back than 1848. . . . From the time of the first Convention on Women - in New York 1837 - the battle began." - Lucretia Mott, to Elizabeth Cady StantonA decade prior to the Seneca Falls Convention, black and white women... |
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The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown
Penny Junor · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the first in-depth biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded" - esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor tells the unlikely and extraordinary story of the woman reviled... |
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Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day
Carrie Gibson · Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria onto what is today San Salvador, in the Bahamas, and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In Empire's Crossroads, British... |
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Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City
Steve Early · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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The People vs. Big Oil - how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their communityHome to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town bankrolled by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class... |
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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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The Civil War: The Final Year Told by Those Who Lived It:
Aaron Charles Sheehan-Dean · The Library of America
Pages: 886
Format: Hardcover
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This final installment of the highly acclaimed four-volume series traces events from March 1864 to June 1865. It provides an incomparable portrait of a nation at war with itself, while illuminating the military and political events that brought the Union to final victory, and slavery and secession... |
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The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt
Daniel A Stolz · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
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An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy, imperial bureaucrats, traditionally educated Muslim scholars, and reformist Islamic publications, such as The Lighthouse, are linked to examine... |
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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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