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Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
“A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal
Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen—General...
by Hedrick Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas.
In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union....
Eighty Days
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the...
Empires of the Sea
The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center...
The March of Folly
From Troy to Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.
Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples,...
Embers of War
The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award...
Iran Awakening
A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced...
The Fall of the House of Dixie
The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it,...
Henry Clay
The Essential American
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
He was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay is captured...
The Mercury 13
The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
**For readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s...
Pirate Hunters
Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow Divers
Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But...
Rise and Kill First
The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as “an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.”
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY
NAMED...
Warrior Soul
The Memoir of a Navy SEAL
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2003
“Since the first navy frogmen crawled onto the beaches of Normandy, no SEAL has ever surrendered,” writes Chuck Pfarrer. “No SEAL has ever been captured, and not one teammate or body has ever been left in the field. This legacy of valor is unmatched in modern warfare.”
Warrior Soul...
Katz on Dogs
A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.
Now,...