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The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

Mark Hertsgaard - Picador
Format: Paperback

On September 11, 2001, Mark Hertsgaard was completing a trip around the world, gathering perceptions about America from people in fifteen countries. Whether sophisticated business leaders, starry-eyed teenagers, or Islamic fundamentalists, his subjects were both admiring and uneasy about...
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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

KAMALA HARRIS - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.Senator Kamala Harris's commitment to speaking truth...
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Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

Dan Abrams - Hanover Square Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America's most publicized - and most surprising - criminal trials in history.No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President...
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Constitution of the United States

United States. - Applewood Books
Format: Book

The landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, the Constitution outlines the powers and responsibilities of the three...
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American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character

Diana West - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Part real-life thriller, part national tragedy, American Betrayal lights up the massive, Moscow-directed penetration of America's most hallowed halls of power, revealing not just the familiar struggle between Communism and the Free World, but the hidden war between those wishing to conceal...
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Candice Millard - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny...
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President Carter: The White House Years

Stuart Eizenstat - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments -- drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.Stuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White...
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The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS

Margaret Coker
Format: Hardcover

From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS. The Spymaster of Baghdad tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called "the Falcons"...
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Around the World in

Larry Alex Taunton - Fidelis Books
Format: Hardcover

A battle rages for the heart and soul of America. For one group, the idea of "American Exceptionalism" is dead. Some never tire of lecturing us about how out-of-step America is with the rest of the world and how she needs to get with it. Worse, America, they say, is bad for the world....
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Alexis Coe - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full, without sentiment or whitewashing. It's a public service, and it's also a lot of fun." --Irin Carmon, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBGAlexis Coe takes a closer look...
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