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Once the South was beaten, Eastern and Western troops of the Union army resented each other so violently that some feared for the survival of the victorious government. Then the tension disappeared in one happy stroke that gave the United States its grandest pageant - and General William Tecumseh...

Here, in this essay from New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Thomas Fleming, is the vibrant and moving story of America's chaplains - from the war to gain independence from Great Britain to the struggle against Communism in Korea and Vietnam to recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

". . . offers all the richness of character, subtlety of nuance, and devotion to storytelling that good readers always look for but all too seldom find." - Peter Straub. Cold . . . Cold is all that Melissa O'Malley feels, growing up in the frigid expanses of rural Minnesota. The one thing keeping her...

Here, from the legendary author John Dos Passos and American Heritage, are portraits of three men critical to the early history of the United States: Aaron Burr, whose political skills carried him to the threshold of the White House but was ultimately indicted for treason; Lafayette, a hero of the American...

Threatened by advancing Muslim power, Christian Europe struck back in a last Crusade. For four hours, historian Oliver Warner writes in this essay, the mightiest fleets hitherto known were locked in desperate battle, and history reached a turning point. For the Catholic West, it was the beginning of a brilliant new era; for the Ottoman Turks, it was the beginning of the end.

"Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself." This sentiment was first voiced by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, but for the British, it was a lesson that came at a great human and economic cost. Here, in this essay, is the story of how England struggled to settle the New World.

We think of the period when Christopher Columbus traveled to the New World as a golden age exploration and discovery: bold journeys across uncharted seas; archaeological forays back in time to revive the lost learning of ancient Rome and Greece; and that explosion of artistic creativity never since...

New York's legendary Delmonico's changed the way Americans dine. Here, in this short-form book by award-winning journalist Peter Andrews, is the forgotten story of the Swiss restaurateurs who made culinary history.

"In the Bosnian town of Sarajevo on the morning of June 28, 1914, a chauffeur misunderstood his instructions, made the wrong turn, tried too late to correct his blunder, and in so doing, delivered his passengers to a point where a waiting assassin did not have to take aim to gun them down. Two...

This gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Normal Bogner tells the story of Jennifer Bowen. She's a young professor of art history hired by Adam Gold, one of the most successful television producers in America, to keep an eye on his spoiled nineteen-year-old daughter, Maddie, while she...

Here, from New York Times bestselling historian Robert Payne, is the extraordinary story of the Roman Empire - from its birth to the rise of the Caesars through the era of excess and its final collapse.

"Thomas Fleming is one of my favorite writers because he combines powerful storytelling with the skills of a superb historian." - John Jakes. In his usual fashion, Thomas Fleming intricately weaves fact and fiction, bringing to life this dramatic period of American history. Although most...

People dreamed of flight for thousands of years. When we finally took to the skies, a new world opened up. This sweeping, superbly researched history from American Heritage details how various pioneers and innovators - from the Wright Brothers to Chuck Yeager - helped lift us into the sky.

In this rich novel of family conflict and closely guarded secrets, Mary Cable explores dreams and fears that lie hidden deep within the human heart. Alex Smithson, forty-two-years-old and living in Santa Fe, leads an under-demanding life made prickly only by her oppressive, aristocratic in-laws to...