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The China Mirage: The Hidden History of
James Bradley · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's... |
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Sicilian Splendors: Discovering the Secret Places That Speak to the Heart
JOHN KEAHEY · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A travel narrative that focuses on Sicily's little-known regions, from the author of Seeking Sicily and Hidden Tuscany.From Palermo to Castiglione di Sicilia to Alimena, Sicily holds great secrets from the past and unspoken promises. Tradition, in the form of festivals, the written... |
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Down the Up Escalator: How the 99 Percent Live in the Great Recession
Barbara Garson · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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One of our most incisive and committed journalists - author of the classic All the Livelong Day - shows us the real human cost of our economic follies. The Great Recession has thrown huge economic challenges at almost all Americans save the super-affluent few, and we are only now beginning... |
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The wars of Reconstruction : the brief, violent history of America's most progressive era
Douglas R Egerton · Bloomsbury
Pages: 438
Format: Print book
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By 1870, just five years after Confederate surrender and thirteen years after the Dred Scott decision ruled blacks ineligible for citizenship, Congressional action had ended slavery and given the vote to black men. That same year, Hiram Revels and Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African-American... |
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Mexicans in the Making of America
Neil Foley · Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming majority of these will be of Mexican descent. This dramatic demographic shift is reshaping politics, culture, and fundamental ideas about American identity. Neil Foley, a leading... |
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The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
Nick Lloyd
Format: Hardcover
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A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare.The Western Front evokes images of hardship and sacrifice, of young, mud-spattered men in water-logged trenches, shielded from artillery blasts by a few feet of dirt. Long... |
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Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind
Biz Stone · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career.THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD MEFrom GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone... |
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The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation
Thomas Fleming · Da Capo
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover
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In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died - and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences.What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original... |
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