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The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century (World Social Change)

Robert Marks

In accessible prose, Robert Marks distills world history of the past six centuries to its essence. Truly global in...

Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

Jack Broughton

From Publishers Weekly A full colonel, Broughton chronicles his 30-year career from his 1945 graduation from West Point...

Strange Days: Life in the Spirit in a Time of Upheaval

Mark Sayers

About the Author MARK SAYERS is a cultural commentator, writer and speaker, who is highly sought out for his unique and...

The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House

H. R. Haldeman

From Booklist These diaries landed immediately on the best-seller list after their publication (no prepub galleys were...

Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars

John Huddy

“An amazing and absorbing story . . . [John] Huddy’s vivid, visceral prose and lean narrative make reading about...

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

Douglas Preston

Preston builds a compelling case for the scientific significance of what the expedition unearthed....The year may still...

The Lost City of Z (Movie Tie-In): A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures)

David Grann

Praise for David Grann's The Lost City of Z "Suspenseful. . . . Rollicking. . . . Reads with all the pace and...

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (P.S.)

Mitchell Zuckoff

“The events Mr. Zuckoff relates are terrifying, horrible, remarkable and, sometimes, thrilling. … He is a skilled...

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ

Joseph Smith

About the Author Joseph Smith, Jr., is the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is regarded...

A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

Charles B. MacDonald

Charles B. MacDonald writes not just military history but history of people caught up in momentous events. His is an...

Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC: Little-Known Tales about Our Nation's Capital

Tim Rowland

Sprightly, entertaining, surprising, and often wise."—Fergus Bordewich, author of The First Congress: How James...

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Steve Wozniak

From AudioFile "Woz," or Steve Wozniak, the eternally optimistic wizard who, along with Steve Jobs, gave birth to Apple...

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

Gina Smith

Budding computer-science majors, Apple aficionados and electronics buffs will find plenty to ingest here, as Wozniak...

Behind the Fireplace: Memoirs of a girl working in the Dutch Wartime Resistance

Andrew M Scott

About the Author The author, Andrew, had only a vague inkling of the role his mother played during World War II, until...

Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo

Kimberly Tilley

Buffalonians are going to love digging into the Elmwood Village's first major scandal, a murder that attracted...

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

Cate Lineberry

From Booklist In 1943, the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron crash-landed during a storm in Nazi-occupied...

The Onion Field

Joseph Wambaugh

“A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling!” —The New...

Mighty Men of Valor: With Charlie Company on Hill 714-Vietnam, 1970

John G. Roberts

Mighty Men of Valor: With Charley Company on Hill 714 - Vietnam, 1970 is my personal story as well as an anecdotal...

Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life

Anne Glenconner

Both Lady in Waiting and follow-up volume Whatever Next? ...are funnier and sadder than might be expected. While never...

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

Terry Jones

Review Renowned for lampooning the schoolboy view of the medieval world in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Jones...

A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II

Lucas Delattre

A vivid portrait...Delattre has supplemented his firsthand experience with extensive research and is terrific on...

A Short History of Europe

Simon Jenkins

Simon Jenkins is author of bestselling books Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations, A Short History of England, England's...

The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats

William Geroux

Reviews for The Mathews Men “The valor and contributions of the U.S. Merchant Marines to victory in WWII has seldom...

Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder

Piu Marie Eatwell

Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell provides fresh evidence that we can never get enough of our favorite pin-up...