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Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
JANET DEWART BELL · The New Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking collection based on oral histories that brilliantly plumb the leadership of African American women in the twentieth-century fight for civil rights - many nearly lost to history - from the latest winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize During the Civil Rights Movement,... |
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In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant AmbitionIn the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British... |
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Valley Forge
BOB DRURY · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return with an unforgettable and perhaps the most underappreciated chapter in American history - the inspiring, page-turning account of Valley Forge, the Continental Army winter camp where George... |
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Capitalism in America: A History
Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled... |
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Alexander Hamilton: The Illustrated Biography
Richard Eugene Sylla · Sterling Pub Co Inc
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Find out who lived and who died in the incredible story of the founding father who made America modern - and became the toast of Broadway. This richly illustrated biography portrays Alexander Hamilton's fascinating life alongside his key contributions to American history, including... |
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The Library Book
SUSAN ORLEAN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Susan Orlean, hailed as a "national treasure" by The Washington Post and the acclaimed bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved... |
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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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How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
MARY BEARD · Liveright
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed... |
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