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Captain Bligh & Mr. Christian: The Men and the Mutiny
Richard Alexander Hough · E. P. Dutton; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The mutiny on the Bounty has fascinated readers for more than two hundred years, but no other book on this extraordinary episode in maritime history tells the story as well as this masterly and thrilling account by Richard Hough. He has set down all the aspects of the extraordinary story... |
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The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
Anna Whitelock · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 462
Format: Hardcover
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From the private world of a beloved English queen, a story of intimacy, royalty, espionage, rumor, and subterfugeQueen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558, restoring the Protestant faith to England. At the heart of the new queen's court lay her bedchamber, closely guarded by the favored... |
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Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security
Todd Miller · City Lights Books
Pages: 355
Format: Paperback
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"In his scathing and deeply reported examination of the U.S. Border Patrol, Todd Miller argues that the agency has gone rogue since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, trampling on the dignity and rights of the undocumented with military-style tactics. . . . Miller's book arrives at a moment... |
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster - and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.
Early in the morning... |
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America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War
Norman Demarais · Casemate
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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This is a comprehensive look at how France influenced the American Revolutionary War in a variety of ways; intellectually, financially, and militarily. It raises the crucial question of whether America could have won its independence without the aid of France. The book begins with an overview... |
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My WWII Odyssey: Salerno to the Downfall of Nazi Germany
Jr. Dr. Alban E. Reid · Koehler Books
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
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My WWII Odyssey describes how one day--December 7, 1941--altered the course of Alban E. Reid Jr.'s life, transforming him from an unconcerned and indifferent youth into a ferociously committed Army officer willing to lay down his life to preserve the liberties he had taken for granted... |
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What Remains: Bringing America's Missing Home from the Vietnam War
Sarah E. Wagner · Harvard University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Nearly 1,600 Americans are still unaccounted for and presumed dead from the Vietnam War. These are the stories of those who mourn and continue to search for them.For many families the Vietnam War remains unsettled. Nearly 1,600 Americans -- and more than 300,000 Vietnamese -- involved in the conflict... |
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Searching for the Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
JOHN MAN · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply researched and sweeping history that redefines our understanding of the Amazons and their culture, tracking the ancient legend into the modern world and examining its significance today. Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons,... |
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