20Th Century category: 9982 books
by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
“The work that brought down a presidency...perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time)—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Final Days.
The most devastating political detective story of the century: two Washington Post...
Blood in the Water
The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
**WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
WINNER OF THE 2017 BANCROFT PRIZE
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK FOR 2016 * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, NEWSWEEK, KIRKUS, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
THE...
A Night to Remember
The Sinking of the Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
#1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive book on the sinking of the Titanic, based on interviews with survivors, by the author of The Miracle of Dunkirk.
At first, no one but the lookout recognized the sound. Passengers described it as the impact of a heavy wave, a scraping noise, or the...
Faberge's Eggs
The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
In Stradivari’s Genius, Toby Faber charted the fascinating course of some of the world’s most prized musical instruments. Now, in this enthralling new book, he tells the story of objects that are, to many, the pinnacle of the jeweler’s art: the Fabergé imperial eggs.
The Easter presents...
"Live from Cape Canaveral"
Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
“From Sputnik to the International Space Station, Jay Barbree has seen it all, and reported it well. ‘Live from Cape Canaveral’ encapsulates the most technically exciting half century in history.” –Neil Armstrong
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space...
Gulag
A History
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.
The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that...
Political Scandals
The Consequences of Temporary Gratification
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
This book questions whether the consequences associated with non sex-based scandals carry greater penalties than sex based political scandals in the 21st century. With analysis of over 50 political scandals, this book examines the impact that scandals have on the lives of political officials, their families, and the public’s trust.
A Spy Among Friends
Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century’s greatest spy story.
Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height...
Opening Day
The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
This bestselling account of the most important season in baseball history, 1947, tells the dramatic story of how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever.
April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto...
The First Fall Classic
The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In this wonderful page-turner, veteran sports journalist Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail—and re-creates the magic and suspense of the world’s first classic series.
Despite a major presidential election, the near-assassination of Teddy Roosevelt,...
Simple Courage
A True Story of Peril on the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.”
–old folk prayer
In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious...
Twilight of the Belle Epoque
The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2014
Mary McAuliffe’s Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870–1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the twentieth...
Capital Culture
J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
American art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from 1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as Smithsonian secretary for much of this time,...
Birth of the Cool
Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant Garde
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Miles Davis and Juliette Greco, Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and Bob Dylan and William Burroughs.
What do all these people have in common? Fame, of course, and undeniable talent. But most of all, they were cool.
Birth of the Cool is a stunningly illustrated, brilliantly written...