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The Unforgiving Minute
A Soldier's Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
"One of the most thoughtful and honest accounts ever written by a young Army officer confronting all the tests of life." -Bob Woodward
In this surprise bestseller, West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, Airborne Ranger, and U. S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney recounts his unparalleled education...
An Ordinary Man
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
A remarkable account of the amazing life story of the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda
Readers who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to Paul Rusesabagina’s unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide,...
All In
The Education of General David Petraeus
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In the New York Times bestseller All In, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S....
Martin Luther
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Called ?The most influential interpreter of American religion? by Bill Moyers, renowned historian and Lutheran pastor Martin Marty portrays the religious reformer Martin Luther as a man of conscience and courage who risked death to ignite the historic reformation of the Church. Luther?s arguments,...
Knife Fights
A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
From one of the most important army officers of his generation, a memoir of the revolution in warfare he helped lead, in combat and in Washington
When John Nagl was an army tank commander in the first Gulf War of 1991, fresh out of West Point and Oxford, he could already see that America’s military...
Embattled Rebel
Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
**From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy
“The best concise book we have on the subject… McPherson is… our most distinguished scholar of the Civil War era.” —The New York...
Napoleon
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, “a very readable and entertaining biography” (The Washington Post) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte
In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian Paul Johnson...
The Deserters
A Hidden History of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
**“Powerful and often startling…The Deserters offers a provokingly fresh angle on this most studied of conflicts.” --**The Boston Globe
A groundbreaking history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, The Deserters offers a completely new perspective on the Second World War....
Fallen Founder
The Life of Aaron Burr
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
From the author of White Trash and The Problem of Democracy, a controversial challenge to the views of the Founding Fathers offered by Ron Chernow and David McCullough
Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; and it features Aaron Burr among...
by Alexandra Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
A heartrending story of the human spirit from the author of the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller returns with the unforgettable true story of Colton H. Bryant, a soulful boy with a mustang-taming heart who comes of age in the oil fields and open plains of Wyoming....
Stolen Voices
Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2006
From the author of the international bestseller Zlata’s Diary comes a haunting testament to how war’s brutality affects the lives of young people
Zlata Filipovic’s diary of her harrowing war experiences in the Balkans, published in 1993, made her a globally recognized spokesperson for...
The Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's...
Jesus
A Biography from a Believer.
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
From the bestselling author and acclaimed historian, a powerful portrayal of the life of Jesus
Is Jesus relevant to us today? Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion, arguments, even war, and yet few have ever held forth...
Martha Washington
An American Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves. In place of the domestic frump of popular imagination, Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy, attractive, and vivacious young widow who captivated...