Skyhorse imprint: 3212 books
Convicting the Innocent
Death Row and the Ineqaulity of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
“A landmark in the fight against the death penalty. Extensively researched and brilliantly written” (Martin Garbus, criminal defense attorney).
This investigation into wrongful convictions illustrates the tragic consequences that ensue when the American legal system goes awry. Whether it’s...
Stark Mad Abolitionists
Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A town at the center of the United States becomes the site of an ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.
In May, 1854, Massachusetts was in an uproar. A judge, bound by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, had just ordered a young African American man who had escaped from slavery in Virginia and settled...
Alexander Hamilton's Revolution
His Vital Role as Washington's Chief of Staff
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Despite his less-than-promising beginnings as the only key Founding Father not born and raised on American soil, Hamilton was one of the best and brightest of his generation. His notoriety has rested almost entirely on his role as Secretary of the Treasury in Washington's administration, yet few realize...
Churchill
Wanted Dead or Alive
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The Extraordinary Story of a Young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, as Told by His Granddaughter
In this lively biography of a dashing, brash twenty-five-year-old Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather’s adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the...
From Holocaust to Harvard
A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
A statesman’s “deeply personal account of his journey from Nazi-occupied Austria to the heights of the American intellectual establishment . . . Heart wrenching” (Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state).
When John Stoessinger was ten years old, Adolf Hitler annexed Austria, ripping...
Defeating ISIS
Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
A New York Times bestseller!
This reference shows how to understand the history and tactics of the global terror group ISIS-and how to use that knowledge to defeat it.
ISIS-the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat...
Elaine's
The Rise of One of New York’s Most Legendary Restaurants
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
“What Truman Capote did for Tiffany’s, and Woody Allen for Manhattan, Amy Penn has done for Elaine’s . . . We may read and share in this feast for all seasons” (Charles Scribner).
Elaine’s was a world-famous New York restaurant that became home to writers and celebrities. Owner Elaine...
November 22, 1963
Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
A collection of interviews representing “an immense cross section of Americans’ grief and groping for comprehension” over the tragic death of JFK (Kirkus Reviews).
In November 22, 1963, award-winning journalist Dean Owen curates a fascinating compendium of discussions and thought-provoking...
Russia at War, 1941â€"1945
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition,...
Inside the Middle East
Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely-accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the...
by William Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide bestseller A Man Called Intrepid. Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid) still stood at the center of events when he and author...
Churchill The Young Warrior
How He Helped Win the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This is the intriguing chronicle of Winston Churchill’s early years as a young soldier fighting in several different types of wars - on horseback in the cavalry at Khartoum, with saber and lance against the Dervishes at age 22, in the South African war against the Boers, and finally in the First...
My Kingdom for a Horse
The War of the Roses
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From William Shakespeare's series of history dramas to Sir Walter Scott and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones, the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers more than any other.
Ed West's My Kingdom for a Horse illuminates...
England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases
The Hundred Years' War and Black Death
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England’s medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering.
Covering the violent and disease-ridden period between 1272 to 1399, England in the Age of Chivalry. . . And Awful Diseases covers the events, personages...