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Now the Hell Will Start
One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
An epic saga of hubris , cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers, found solace in opium and marijuana....
INDIA'S MOST FEARLESS
True Stories of Modern Military Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The Army major who led the legendary September 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC; a soldier who killed 11 terrorists in 10 days; a Navy officer who sailed into a treacherous port to rescue hundreds from an exploding war; a bleeding Air Force pilot who found himself flying...
The House of Rothschild
Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
A major work of economic, social and political history, Niall Ferguson's The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999 is the second volume of the acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty.
Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848...
by Murasaki Shikibu, Richard Bowring
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 1996
The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince,...
American Cipher
Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
**The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan
"A riveting journalistic account of Bowe Bergdahl's disastrous--and weirdly poignant--choice...
The Maid and the Queen
The Secret History of Joan of Arc
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
“Attention, ‘Game of Thrones’ fans: The most enjoyably sensational aspects of medieval politics—double-crosses, ambushes, bizarre personal obsessions, lunacy and naked self-interest—are in abundant evidence in Nancy Goldstone's The Maid and the Queen.” (Laura Miller, Salon.com)
Politically...
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God
How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known.
Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark...
Churchill and Orwell
The Fight for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
**A New York Times bestseller!
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017
A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.**
Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came...
by Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
**The #1 New York Times Bestseller
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices**
At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey...
Frank Lloyd Wright
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect
Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the...
by Rebecca Solnit
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
A stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown from the author of Men Explain Things To Me
Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Rebecca Solnit's life to explore issues...
Fashion Climbing
A Memoir with Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
**The New York Times bestseller
“[An] obscenely enjoyable romp.” —The New York Times Book Review
The untold story of a New York City legend's education in creativity and style**
For Bill Cunningham, New York City was the land of freedom, glamour, and, above all, style....
Old Masters, New World
America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters,...
Coco Chanel
An Intimate Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon.
Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco'' Chanel was the twentieth century's most influential designer. Her extraordinary and unconventional journey-from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour- helped...