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Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
Heather Ann Thompson - Pantheon
Format: Print book
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The first definitive account of the infamous 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice - including information never released to the public - published to coincide with the forty-fifth anniversary of this historic event.On... |
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Eric Foner - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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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 Americas history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning... |
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Women: Our Story
DK - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Reexamining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the pivotal but less well-known roles women have played in culture and society.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies... |
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A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell - Unwin Paperbacks
Format: Print book
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Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages – from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth... |
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid
Will Chesney - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog.... |
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Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
Ben Macintyre - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. Ursula Burton was friendly but reserved, and spoke English with a slight foreign accent. By all accounts,... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican... |
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Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Waldo H Heinrichs - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day-shortened to "V.E. Day"-brought with it the demise of Nazi Germany. But for the Allies, the war was only half-won. Exhausted but exuberant American soldiers, ready to return home, were sent to join the fighting in the Pacific, which by the spring... |
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