Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third ReichVolker Ullrich★★★★★4.5(786)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 CarnismJohn Robbins★★★★★4.5(778)From Publishers Weekly Despite a penchant for melodrama, Joy ( Strategic Action for Animals ) offers an absorbing...
Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45Peter Caddick-Adams★★★★★4.5(767)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 TheaterLarry C. Spears★★★★★4.5(749)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 CupJohn Feinstein★★★★★4.5(718)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 RevealedMike Snook★★★★★4.5(698)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 IndependenceCarol Berkin★★★★★4.5(687)From Publishers Weekly Confronting "the gender amnesia that surrounds the American Revolution," historian Berkin ( A...
The Good Women of China: Hidden VoicesXinran★★★★★4.5(673)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 MinnesotaShannon Gibney★★★★★4.5(656)Review “Sun Yung Shin has brought together a collection of passionate literary warriors whose fierceness is equaled...
Europe: A HistoryNorman Davies★★★★★4.5(621)“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 WarJohn D. Lukacs★★★★★4.5(603)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 KillCharles W. Sasser★★★★★4.5(588)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 HampshireNicholas S. Howe★★★★★4.5(580)¿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 WorldMark Pendergrast★★★★★4.5(571)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★★★★★4.5(570)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★★★★★4.5(540)Deserves to be ranked among the very best books on the subject....It is masterly in its reconstruction of the...
The Evolution of GodRobert Wright★★★★★4.5(537)From Publishers Weekly In his illuminating book, The Moral Animal , Wright introduced evolutionary psychology and...
The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the FloodYitzchak Irving Finkel★★★★★4.5(527)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 WashingtonJames Kirchick★★★★★4.5(517)“ 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 HurricanesEric Jay Dolin★★★★★4.5(497)A] lively chronicle of five tempestuous centuries . . . Where A Furious Sky is most compelling is in its often...
The GunC. J. Chivers★★★★★4.5(496)“… 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 HundredGeorge F. Will★★★★★4.5(493)From Booklist Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, turns 100 this season. Will, a lifelong Cubs fan originally from...
Russia's WarRichard Overy★★★★★4.5(492)Making excellent use of newly available Presidential archival material and K.G.B. film collections, Overy ......
Mission at Nuremberg LPTim Townsend★★★★★4.5(463)“Townsend’s account is full of surreal moments Gerecke witnessed during his time in Nuremberg” — Publishers...