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Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

Volker Ullrich

G]ripping, immaculately researched . . . In Mr. Ullrich’s account, the murderous behavior of the Reich’s last-ditch...

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism

John Robbins

From Publishers Weekly Despite a penchant for melodrama, Joy ( Strategic Action for Animals ) offers an absorbing...

Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

Peter Caddick-Adams

About the Author PETER CADDICK-ADAMS is a Lecturer at the UK Defence Academy specialising in military history and media...

Servant Leadership [25th Anniversary Edition]: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness: The Eucharist as Theater

Larry C. Spears

Robert K. Greenleaf is considered the creator of the modern trend to empower employees; he also coined the term...

The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup

John Feinstein

One of Golf Digest 's Best Books of the Year"Richly detailed and entertaining. . . .xa0Feinstein captures the...

How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed

Mike Snook

Review “Applying his knowledge of military procedures to calculate the rate of ammunition expenditure during each...

Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence

Carol Berkin

From Publishers Weekly Confronting "the gender amnesia that surrounds the American Revolution," historian Berkin ( A...

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

Xinran

From Publishers Weekly In 1988, Xinran (ne Xue Hue) was selected to work in state media and ended up at the Nanjing...

A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota

Shannon Gibney

Review “Sun Yung Shin has brought together a collection of passionate literary warriors whose fierceness is equaled...

Europe: A History

Norman Davies

“The book’s true originality lies in its all-inclusive scope and erudition, and literary panache with which the...

Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War

John D. Lukacs

Like the event it covers, Escape from Davao is unique. You are holding in your hands the story of the only successful...

One Shot One Kill

Charles W. Sasser

About the Author Charles W. Sasser has been a full-time freelance writer, journalist, and photographer since 1979. He...

Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire

Nicholas S. Howe

¿Howe tells the stories straightforwardly, deftly blending in the historical and geographical information needed to...

Uncommon Grounds: The History Of Coffee And How It Transformed Our World

Mark Pendergrast

A focused and juicy history of our last legal and socially acceptable drug." -- Wall Street Journal "Pendergrast's...

The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America (P.S.)

Walter R. Borneman

About the Author Walter R. Borneman is the author of Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land , 1812: The War That Forged a Nation ,...

Gallipoli (Perennial Classics)

Alan Moorehead

Deserves to be ranked among the very best books on the subject....It is masterly in its reconstruction of the...

The Evolution of God

Robert Wright

From Publishers Weekly In his illuminating book, The Moral Animal , Wright introduced evolutionary psychology and...

The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

Yitzchak Irving Finkel

A gem of a book." — The New Yorker "Fascinating. . . .If you're interested in the history of religion, or detective...

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick

“ Secret City by James Kirchick, is a sprawling and enthralling history of how the gay subculture in Washington,...

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes

Eric Jay Dolin

A] lively chronicle of five tempestuous centuries . . . Where A Furious Sky is most compelling is in its often...

The Gun

C. J. Chivers

“… one of the finest war correspondents of his generation…" — The Wilson Quarterly "...bold history... ...Mr....

A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred

George F. Will

From Booklist Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, turns 100 this season. Will, a lifelong Cubs fan originally from...

Russia's War

Richard Overy

Making excellent use of newly available Presidential archival material and K.G.B. film collections, Overy ......

Mission at Nuremberg LP

Tim Townsend

“Townsend’s account is full of surreal moments Gerecke witnessed during his time in Nuremberg” — Publishers...