Denise Kiernan: 6 books
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.
“The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written,...
Signing Their Rights Away
The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the United States Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Unfold Book Jacket for a Full-Color Reproduction of the U.S. Constitution
With their book Signing Their Lives Away, Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese introduced readers to the 56 statesmen (and occasional scoundrels!) who signed the Declaration of Independence. Now they’ve turned their...
Signing Their Lives Away
The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels...
The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the Self-Employed
The Only Personal Finance System for People with Not-So-Regular Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
This is a book for people like us, and we all know who we are.
We make our own hours, keep our own profits, chart our own way. We have things like gigs, contracts, clients, and assignments. All of us are working toward our dreams: doing our own work, on our own time, on our own terms. We have...
The Last Castle
The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120...
by Denise Kiernan, Joseph D'Agnese
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A pocket-sized gift book packed with patriotic facts for ordinary Americans and history buffs alike.
This handbook is the perfect patriotic present for any engaged United States citizen. Who played the first game of baseball? What’s a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from?...