Henry: 2809 books
by Henry M. Piironen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Read them, love them, quote them, the often witty, the often cerebral, and sometimes even hilarious quotes of this book. Find the perpetual diamonds of wisdom and truth, while enjoying the rest.
A Good Month for Murder
The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Bestselling author Del Quentin Wilber tells the inside story of how a homicide squad---a dedicated, colorful team of detectives—does its almost impossible job
Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month...
Poisoner in Chief
Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.
The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the...
One Man Against the World
The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
The New York Times Bestseller
A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in US history, from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim Weiner
Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World...
An American Betrayal
Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The fierce battle over identity and patriotism within Cherokee culture that took place in the years surrounding the Trail of Tears
Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite...
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour
A Narrative History of Black Power in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
A gripping narrative that brings to life a legendary moment in American history: the birth, life, and death of the Black Power movement
With the rallying cry of "Black Power!" in 1966, a group of black activists, including Stokely Carmichael and Huey P. Newton, turned their backs on Martin...
Uncertain Justice
The Roberts Court and the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
With the Supreme Court more influential than ever, this eye-opening book tells the story of how the Roberts Court is shaking the foundation of our nation's laws
From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts...
Sir Walter Raleigh
Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier--The Controversial Hero of the Elizabethian Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
An enthralling new biography of the most exciting and charismatic adventurer in the history of the English-speaking world
Tall, dark, handsome, and damnably proud, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of history's most romantic characters. An explorer, soldier, courtier, pirate, and poet, Raleigh risked...
American History in 50 Events
History by Country Timeline, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
American History in 50 Events
Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is?
Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture?
Are you interested in seeing the long-term historical connections that explain how America moved from a group of colonies to the most powerful...
by Henry M. Piironen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Read them, love them, quote them, the often witty, the often cerebral, and sometimes even hilarious quotes of this book. Find the perpetual diamonds of wisdom and truth, while enjoying the rest.
Chosen Country
A Rebellion in the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
"Whoever you are, whatever side you’re on, if you care about the American west and what’s happening to it, read this book."
—Caroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires
An extraordinary inside look at America’s militia movement that shows a country at the...
The Great Reformer
Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
A biography of Pope Francis that describes how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world's most formidable religions
An expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The Great Reformer is about the intersection of faith and...
by Henry Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
What kind of impact does a battle and siege from more than 200 years ago have on the world today? Yorktown held the key to the end of the American Revolution and allowed America to become not only a sovereign nation, but also set the stage for it to become a world power, worth keeping an eye on.
Inside...
Missing!
Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
In Missing!, a photo-illustrated middle-grade nonfiction book, Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of six individuals who have disappeared mysteriously throughout history.