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Review\Moseley has a crack journalist's nose for the evocative quotation or the vivid fact that encapsulates a larger truth. -- Thomas Simpson ― Chicago T...

The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting...both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the powe...

Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (1743–1810), Russian princess, playwright, author, President of the Academy of Sciences, and founder and Director of the Russ...

The harrowing true tale of escaped Soviet prisoners¿ desperate march out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to Briti...

'He writes with gusto... the result is a book that is never boring, genuinely clever ... this book sizzles.' The Times 'The point of the Churchill Factor is...

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is a glorious celebration of the Great American Game, and of the city that loves it so. It is a love affair that began in 1874, whe...

On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz--th...

To everyone else, John F. Kennedy Jr. may have been American royalty, but to RoseMarie Terenzio he was an entitled nuisance—and she wasn’t afraid to le...

Peter Kilduff. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 165-170) And Index.Categories: History EuropeGreat Britain

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life o...

Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a...

Product Description The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of...

Pages are clean and binding is tight.Categories: ReferenceForeign Language Study & Reference

"...intriguing and fascinating young adult adventure..." Readers' Favorite '47 DAYS' is a novelette and an excerpt from the award-winning biographical nove...

The fast-paced and "engrossing account" (The New York Times Book Review) of "one of the greatest breakthroughs in archaeological history" (The Christian Sci...

A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of...

The chilling tale of one of Scotland's most infamous villains, including new details and previously unpublished information He was a respected cabinet-make...

The Rich Pageant Of Britains History Emerges Nowhere More Colorfully Than In The Story Of Its Kings And Queens. This New Paperback Offers An Attractive And ...

Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talked before--and with virtually everyone outsid...

The Renowned Classicist Presents A Revisionist Portrait Of Pontius Pilate That Reconstructs The Social, Religious, And Political Climates Behind His Fateful...

Meticulously Researched By A Senior Private Banker Now Turned Historian, No More Champagne Reveals For The First Time The Full Extent Of The Iconic British ...

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the US found itse...

Offers A Detailed Look At The Life And Career Of The Famous World War Ii General, And Depicts His Accomplishments And Complex Personality. Prologue: Who Was...

The Mayor Of London And Former Spectator Editor Challenges Popular Misconceptions To Assess Churchill's Enduring Influence On The World, Discussing The Many...

paul Cartledge, One Of The World’s Foremost Scholars Of Ancient Greece, Illuminates The Brief But Iconic Life Of Alexander (356-323 Bc), King Of Macedon, ...

A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastrophe—from the autho...

Named one of the year's best books by the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Elm Street magazine'A letter,' wrote Emily Dickinson, 'always seemed to me like im...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyA New York Times bestseller, this major new biography of Hitler puts an emphasis on the man himself...

A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must...

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive account of Queen Elizabeth II's legendary reign. Painfu...

Against The Background Of The Holocaust Which Has Robbed So Many Of Their Faith Here Is A Story To Restore One's Faith. Perhaps In Other Places Only A Small...

The first volume of memoirs by Margaret Thatcher frankly recalls the former British prime minister's dealings with U.S. presidents, the Falkland War, and he...

This is the first-hand account of Rudolf's Vrba's experience as a registrar in the prison camp as well as the story of his daring escape. Categories: Hist...

The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered i...

A fascinating debut biography of Jane Boleyn, the lady-in-waiting who witnessed and survived Henry VIII’s perilous reign, until she too became a victim. ...

The definitive biography of Napoleon -- hailed as "magnificent" by The Economist."What a novel my life has been!" Napoleon once said of himself. Born into ...

By The End Of Volume 1 Of The Life Of William Faulkner (a Filling, Satisfying Feast For Faulk7ner Aficianados-- Kirkus), The Young Faulkner Had Gone From An...

this Richly Detailed Biography Captures Both The Personal Life And The Scientific Career Of Isaac Newton.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Engine...

From one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimesAcclaimed hist...

A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel night Is Elie Wiesel’s Masterpiece, A Candid, Horrific, And Deeply Poignant Autobiographical Account ...