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The Plot to Hack America

How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election

by Malcolm Nance
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016

“The Plot to Hack America reads like a spy thriller, but it’s all too real.” –US Daily Review Over 600 Amazon *FIVE STAR* Reviews! “Nance states that, by their choices, actions, and statements, ‘Trump and Pence chose Russia’s values over America’s.’” –Michael Lipkin,...

American Witches

A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

by Susan Fair
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016

The myths and mystery of witchcraft, witch hunts, and how they made history in the United States in a fascinating book that’s “a lot of wicked fun” (Eduardo Sanchez, Director of The Blair Witch Project).   Everyone knows what a witch is, right? Pointy hat, flying broom, boiling cauldron, eating...

Lincoln and the Irish

The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union

by Niall O'Dowd
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018

An unprecedented narrative of the relationship that swung the Civil War. When Pickett charged at Gettysburg, it was the all-Irish Pennsylvania 69th who held fast while the surrounding regiments broke and ran. And it was Abraham Lincoln who, a year earlier at Malvern Hill, picked up a corner...

Bugles, Boots, and Saddles

Exploits of the U.S. Cavalry

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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017

A history of America’s military on horseback. For three thousand years, the horse soldier has played a key role in both war fighting and in peace keeping all over the world, not only as a highly mobile strike force in battle but also as an instrument of reconnaissance and occupation, exploration,...

The Frighteners

A Celebration of our Fascination with the Macabre

by Peter Laws
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018

The Frighteners is a bizarrely compelling, laugh-out-loud exploration of societies’ fascination with the dark, spooky, and downright terrifying side of life. The author--self proclaimed “sinister minister”--opens the book by reflecting on how he went from a horror-obsessed atheist to a God-fearing...

1066 and Before All That

The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

by Ed West
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017

A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history—with a touch of classic British humor. 1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings—which altered...

Smallwood

An Unlikely Revolutionary

by Richard Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015

“A masterpiece of political reporting” and an inspiring, astonishing biography of Joey Smallwood, a man who changed the face of Canada forever (Saturday Night).   In 1949, ten years before Alaska and Hawaii joined the United States, the dominion of Newfoundland was at a crossroads. Should they...

Science for Sale

How the US Government Uses Powerful Corporations and Leading Universities to Support Government Policies, Silence Top Scientists, Jeopardize Our Health, and Protect Corporate Profits

by David L. Lewis, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014

When Speaker Newt Gingrich greeted Dr. David Lewis in his office overlooking the National Mall, he looked at Dr. Lewis and said: “You know you’re going to be fired for this, don’t you?” “I know,” Dr. Lewis replied, “I just hope to stay out of prison.” Gingrich had just read Dr. Lewis’s...

The Quantum Guide to Life

How the Laws of Physics Explain Our Lives from Laziness to Love

by Kunal K. Das
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013

With humor and intelligence, this New York Times–bestselling guide takes you through the fascinating intersections of quantum physics and everyday life.   Physics might explain why the Earth orbits the Sun, but can it really explain our tendency to put off doing chores? In The Quantum Guide to...

Topgun Days

Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks

by Dave Baranek
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor...

Whitney Houston!

The Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall of the Woman Whose Voice Inspired a Generation

by Mark Bego
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012

Whitney Houston (1963–2012) was a superstar. Few in the world of show business reach the career heights that she attained with what seemed such ease. Her megastardom peaked in 1992 with the release of the hit movie The Bodyguard and the international Number One hit “I Will Always Love You.” The...

Hazard

A Sister's Flight from Family and a Broken Boy

by Margaret Combs
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017

“A touching, highly poignant portrait” of love, family, and a woman’s journey of growing up with a severely autistic sibling (Kirkus Reviews).   Growing up, Margaret Combs knew her brother was different from everyone else. His behavior was erratic, noisy, and sometimes self-harming. In the...

Wild Lives

Leading Conservationists on the Animals and the Planet They Love

by Lori Robinson, Janie Chodosh
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017

“You will be inspired” by these true stories from twenty leaders of the conservation movement detailing their tireless, fascinating work preserving wildlife (Jane Goodall). Today we are faced with the frightening possibility that as many as fifty percent of species currently alive will...

Lies, Half-Truths, and More Lies

The Truth Behind 250 "Facts" You Learned in School (and Elsewhere)

by Herb W. Reich
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017

History is replete with stories of great people and extraordinary events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we were told they did. Such news or embellishment thereof are part of what we consider common knowledge – information taught in schools and passed down to us. And they are...
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