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South Africa: the art of a nation
John Giblin · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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A unique insight into South Africa's history, from iconic pre-colonial artifacts to the country's vibrant contemporary art scene South African archaeology preserves some of the earliest evidence of artistic thought and production anywhere in the world. Today, South Africa has an established... |
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Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
Jan Ru?ger · Oxford University Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, thirty miles off the German coast, which for generations had stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict: Heligoland. A long tradition of rivalry was to come... |
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
Winifred Gallagher · Penguin Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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The definitive history of the US Postal Service, the least appreciated and analyzed of America's great institutions, and an examination of how this remarkable organization created America. The post office, Winifred Gallagher argues, has been not just a witness to but a foundational influence... |
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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Nathalia Holt · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover
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"If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt's lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls." --Entertainment WeeklyThe riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In... |
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Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
Kinshasha Conwill · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Dream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading scholars, curators, and authors with objects from the museum's collection to present... |
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Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America
Daniel Blake Smith · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In the early years after the Revolution, Americans were on the move, seeking to establish a new way of life. And, more than the church or the school or the courthouse, it was the family that nurtured the American Dream.In this novel-like narrative, Daniel Blake Smith vividly brings to life... |
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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
Josh Levin · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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"THE QUEEN is an invaluable work of nonfiction." -- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Slate editor Josh Levin's masterful account of the life and crimes of America's original "welfare queen" On the South Side... |
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The End of White Christian America
Robert P Jones · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) , challenges us to grasp the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality - that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation.For most of our nation's history, White Christian America (WCA)... |
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918
Simon Sebag Montefiore · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 744
Format: Print book
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas,... |
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Rick Atkinson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply... |
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China in Ten Words
Yu Hua · Vintage
Format: Print book
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From one of China’s most acclaimed writers: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words uses personal stories and astute analysis to reveal as never before the world’s... |
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