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The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
A C Grayling · Bloomsbury
Pages: 351
Format: Print book
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The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy... |
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Company confessions : the cia, secrecy and memoir writing
Christopher R Moran · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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"A fascinating, readable work. -Robert Wallace, coauthor of" Spycraft "and" The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception"Spies are supposed to keep quiet, never betraying their agents or discussing their operations. Somehow, this doesn t apply to the CIA, whose... |
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When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
Molly Guptill Manning · Mariner Books
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Heartwarming. — New York Times Whether or not youre a book lover, youll be moved. — Entertainment Weekly A readable, accessible addition to World War II literature and a book that will be enjoyed by lovers of books about books. — Boston Globe Four stars... |
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery
Noel Rae · The Overlook Press
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes readers from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America,... |
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion
George M. Taber · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of BerlinA USA Today "New and Notable"... |
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Spies of Revolutionary Connecticut: From Benedict Arnold to Nathan Hale
Mark Allen Baker · The History Press
Format: Print book
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Covert intelligence played a critical role in the American Revolution. Connecticut produced an extraordinary number of spies on both sides of the conflict, from the infamous traitor and Norwich-born Benedict Arnold to Patriot Nathan Hale, executed by the British for espionage. Spying during... |
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One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
Asne Seierstad · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A harrowing and thorough account of the massacre that upended Norway, and the trial that helped put the country back togetherOn July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded... |
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
LESLIE PEIRCE · Basic Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empireIn Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave traders from her Ruthenian... |
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Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist
Linda B. Forgosh · Brandeis University Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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Louis Bamberger (1855-1944) was the epitome of the merchant prince as public benefactor. Born in Baltimore, this son of German immigrants built his business - the great, glamorous L. Bamberger & Co. department store in Newark, N.J. - into the sixth-largest department store in the country.... |
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Elena Favilli · Timbuktu Labs
Pages: 212
Format: Print book
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"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" is a children's book packed with 100 BEDTIME STORIES about the life of 100 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 FEMALE ARTISTS from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy... |
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The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
Andrew Pettegree · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 445
Format: Print book
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Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought... |
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A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
Walter Alvarez · W W Norton
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the domain of historians.... |
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Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist
Stephen Kurkjian · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history.In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks... |
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