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Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation
John E Ferling · Bloomsbury Press
Pages: 436
Format: Paperback
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From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history. The decade of the 1790s has been called... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,... |
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The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas
Anand Giridharadas · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 319
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2015 NYPL Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. "Remarkable ... a richly detailed, affecting account ... Giridharadas seeks less to uplift than illuminate ... Which of these men is the '"true American'" of the title? That there is no simple... |
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A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
Stephen Kershaw · Running Press Book Publishers ; London
Pages: 402
Format: Print book
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From Gladiator to 300, the true history of the classical world is revealed here and will include everything you need to know including: Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? Who were the Spartans? Where does democracy come from? Despite centuries of history, the ancient world still has a powerful... |
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Sven Beckert · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEPULITZER PRIZE FINALISTThe epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding... |
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The Disinherited: A Story of Family, Love and Betrayal
Robert Sackville-West · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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In the small hours of the morning of June 3, 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. Only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later did the full story emerge. The man, Henry Sackville-West, had shot... |
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The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
Robert Gerwarth · Farrar
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I--conflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth centuryFor the Western allies, November 11, 1918 has always been a solemn date--the end of fighting that had destroyed a generation,... |
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Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture
Joshua Levine · William Morrow
Pages: 354
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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New York Times BestsellerThe epic true story of Dunkirk - now a major motion picture, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark RylanceIn 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk.... |
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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868
Cokie Roberts · Harper
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women... |
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Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
Michael Kranish · Scribner
Pages: 431
Format: Print book
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Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who - despite broad skepticism - could be the next president of the United States.Who is Donald J. Trump? Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of his life... |
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Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem
Robert Kaplan · Bloomsbury Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, acclaimed authors Robert and Ellen Kaplan. With... |
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Lawmen
Alton Pryor · Stagecoach
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
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Lawmen in the old west played a juggling act as far as the law was concerned. It was necessary for a successful lawman to be both tougher and smarter than the outlaw. In reality, the lawman was guilty of committing offenses that would be punishable if committed by the outlaw. The Earp Brothers... |
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