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Journey to the Arctic: The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole
Euphemia Vale Blake · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
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An astonishing tale of being stranded in the Arctic Ice.“While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold… I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices,... |
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The life of Johnny Reb and the life of Billy Yank
Bell Irvin Wiley · Essential Classics of the Civil War/Book-of-the-Month Club
Pages: 444
Format: Print book
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A narrative that details, in seperate book sections, the daily life of common Union and Confederate soldiers, using letters, diaries and other primary documents as the main sources of information. |
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Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography
RICHARD BRANSON · Portfolio
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years after his iconic memoir Losing My Virginity, the world's ultimate entrepreneur is back with the rest of the story.Richard Branson's Losing My Virginity shared the outrageous tale of how he built Virgin from a student magazine into one of the greatest brands in history. No challenge... |
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Bodie: California Ghostown
Brian Leng · Authorhouse
Pages: 35
Format: Print book
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The town of Bodie, was to say the least was an exciting and exhilarating place in its hey- day where people were came with hopes and dreams of a better way of life. It's now a testament to what life was like during the California Gold Rush days. Hopefully it will remain a reminder of days... |
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ISIS: A History
Fawaz A Gerges · Princeton University Pres
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism... |
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Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
Alison Weir · Ballantine Books; 1st US Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed author Alison Weir has been prolific with her books on English royalty covering everything from the Houses of York and Lancaster to the reigns of the Tudors and beyond. Now this remarkable historian brings to life the extraordinary tale of the woman who was ancestor to them all Katherine... |
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Douglas Preston · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller! A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated... |
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The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
Robert Gerwarth · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover
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A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016An 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... |
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad
Eric Foner · W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Pages: 301
Format: Print book
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The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning... |
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The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog
Rien Fertel · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of the oral historians who tracked down and told the stories of America's original bluesmen, this is a journey into the southern heartland (the Pork Belt) to discover the last of the great roadside whole hog pitmasters who hold onto the heritage and the secrets of America's... |
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Gilbert King · Harper Perennial; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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* Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction* Nominated for a 2013 Edgar Award * Book of the Year (Non-fiction, 2012) The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow... |
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The Modern Explorers
Robin Hanbury-Tenison · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. This title deals with this topic. |
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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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