Simon Schuster: 4797 books
Hell in the Pacific
A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
In what may be the last memoir to be published by a living veteran of the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal, which occurred almost seventy years ago, Marine Jim McEnery has teamed up with author Bill Sloan to create an unforgettable chronicle of heroism and horror.
McENERY’S RIFLE COMPANY—the...
The Jersey Brothers
A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
This extraordinary adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning points of World War II is “liable to break the hearts of Unbroken fans, and it’s all true” (The New York Times).
They are three brothers, all Navy men, who end up coincidentally and extraordinarily...
Frederick Douglass
Prophet of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
**Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History**
*Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards***
Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago...
by James B. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
From Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart comes the extraordinary story of American hero Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley security director and a veteran of Vietnam and the British colonial wars in Rhodesia, who lost his life on September 11.
Heart of a Soldier is the extraordinary story of...
Hanns and Rudolf
The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE
The “compelling,” untold story of the man who brought one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals to justice—“fascinates and shocks” (The Washington Post).
May 1945. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the first British War Crimes...
I Heard My Country Calling
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
In this brilliantly received memoir, former senator James Webb has outdone himself. It is rare in America that one individual is recognized for the highest levels of combat valor, as a respected member of the literary and journalistic world, and as a blunt-spoken leader in national politics. In this...
Unflinching
The Making of a Canadian Sniper
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Elite sniper Jody Mitic loved being a soldier. His raw, candid, and engrossing memoir follows his personal journey into the Canadian military, through sniper training, and firefights in Afghanistan, culminating on the fateful night when he stepped on a landmine and lost both of his legs below the...
Johnny Appleseed
The Man, the Myth, the American Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American life and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever westward. And it shows how death liberated the legend and made of Johnny a barometer...
Lincoln at Home
Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2001
As Lincoln led the nation into the Civil War, managing the Union was effort, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, winning reelection in 1864, and planning the Reconstruction of the South, he also led a private life, defined by his close relationship with his wife and by his devotion to his children....
by David Hackett Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain—soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father...
Charlie Mike
A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
This true story of two decorated combat veterans who find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country is “a great look at two of the best veteran organizations going and the incredible humans who make the effort work” (Jon Stewart).
In Charlie Mike, a true account that “reads...
The Promise of Canada
150 Years--People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
What does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation’s history, highlighting some of our most important stories.
From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to...
Lucky 666
The Impossible Mission
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
“A fast-paced, well-researched…irresistible” (USA TODAY) World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice that reads like Unbroken meets The Dirty Dozen from the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is.
It’s 1942, just after the...
St. Patrick of Ireland
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2004
Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend: he drove the snakes out of Ireland; he triumphed over Druids and their supernatural powers; he used a shamrock to explain the Christian mystery of the Trinity. But his true story is more fascinating than the myths. We have no surviving image...