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Diana: Her True Story--in Her Own Words
ANDREW MORTON · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death.When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy.... |
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The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943: The War in the West, Volume Two
James Holland · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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James Holland's The Rise of Germany, the first volume in his War in the West trilogy, was widely praised for Holland's impeccable research and narrative skills. With a wealth of characters from across the western theatre of World War II, Holland told a captivating story while calling on new research... |
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Glenn Beck · Threshold Editions; First Edition/First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck the powerful follow-up to his national bestseller Miracles and Massacres which was praised as moving provocative and masterful Michelle Malkin bestselling author of Culture of CorruptionEveryone has heard of a Ponzi... |
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Eric H. Cline · Princeton University Press
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover
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In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance,... |
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Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense
Caroline E Light · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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A history of America's Stand Your Ground gun laws, from Reconstruction to Trayvon MartinIn the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, conservative legislators and school administrators shocked some observers when they proposed armed "public school patrols"... |
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The Kingdom of Speech
Tom Wolfe · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,... |
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Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements
Clifton Ross · PM Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Bringing together voices from the movements behind the wave of change that swept Latin America at the turn of the 21st century, this unique collection of interviews features five dozen leaders and grassroots activists from 15 countries, presenting their work and debating pressing questions... |
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The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
CROWN. · Crown
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa's greatest houses - and the lives of its occupants When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, returning to the land his mother... |
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The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
Toby Wilkinson · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult.Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads... |
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
Manal al-Sharif · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive.Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold.... |
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It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear
Gregg Easterbrook · PublicAffairs
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever?Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental... |
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