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Kill Hitler
Operation Valkyrie 1944
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Although far from a typical raid, the 20 July Plot – Operation Valkyrie – was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler. Hitler was badly shaken by the blast and, despite the fact that numerous other attempts had been...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Essential Reference Guide captures the historical context, the minute-by-minute drama, and the profound repercussions of the "Missiles of October" confrontation that brought the very real threat of nuclear attack to the United States' doorstep. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary...
God Is Not a Christian
And Other Provocations
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
"[ArchbishopDesmond Tutu’s] unofficial legacy will be his life and the story of how thistiny pastor with a huge laugh from South Africa became our globalguardian." —Time magazine
Biographer John Allen collects the ArchbishopDesmond Tutu's most profound, controversial, and historic...
Faith No More
Why People Reject Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
During his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus--and nonbelievers." It was the first time an American president had acknowledged the existence of this rapidly growing segment of the population in such a...
by Victoria Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction
A New York Times Editors' Choice Selection
The untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.
On a clear morning in...
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South
John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2003
In the decades before the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South. By 1850, only three other cities in the United States--Philadelphia, Boston, and New York--exceeded Charleston in natural history studies, and the city boasted an...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts, 2nd Edition
Get the Stories Behind the Headlines!
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Cold hard facts on the world's hot spots.
Now readers can make sense of the daily headlines with an examination of the sides and issues of evolving conflicts. This updated edition provides coverage of all of the hot conflict spots in our world today, background and history, new and added coverage...
Hitler's Stormtroopers
The SA, The Nazis’ Brownshirts, 1922 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
The Sturm Abteilung der NSDAP (SA, assault battalion of the Nazi party) – created in August 1920 – were squads of strong arms intended to protect the Nazis’ meetings, to provoke disturbance, to break up other parties’ meetings, and to attack and assault political opponents as part of a deliberate...
An Image of God
The Catholic Struggle with Eugenics
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
During the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of “unfit” members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilization, the restriction of immigration and marriages,...
by Alan Alford
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
The shattering truth of human origins. First published in 1996, Gods of the New Millennium challenges the established theories of evolution and divine creation with a scientific theory that flesh-and-blood gods created man “in their own image”, using genetic engineering.
In a supremely...
The Christian Delusion
Why Faith Fails
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
In this anthology of recent criticisms aimed at the reasonableness of Christian belief, a former evangelical minister and apologist, author of the critically acclaimed Why I Became an Atheist, has assembled fifteen outstanding articles by leading skeptics, expanding on themes introduced in his first...
The Universe in a Mirror
The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2010
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other...
Hero of the Crossing
How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
In eleven dramatic years, Anwar Sadat changed history—not just that of Egypt, or of the Middle East, but of the entire world. As the architect of the 1973 war against Israel, he gained the support of other Arab nations and inspired the oil embargo that transformed the global economy. Following the...
This Will Kill You
A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Have you been attacked by a great white shark? Gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Been exposed to anthrax? No, you haven't, or you'd be dead. This Will Kill You reveals the intriguing facts behind the many ways humans bite the dust in encounters with deadly bugs, hungry predators, natural disasters,...