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In The Bad Guys Won, award-winning former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named ...

"[A] smart, evocative and sharply observed memoir . . . Giridharadas’s narrative gusto makes the familiar fresh."—The Wall Street Journal Anand Giri...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; how...

A New Biography Of Bunny Mellon, The Style Icon And American Aristocrat Who Designed The White House Rose Garden For Her Friend Jfk And Served As A Living W...

For Readers Of The Historical Works Of Robert K. Massie, David Mccullough, And Alison Weir Comes The First Biography On The Life Of Abigail Adams And Her Si...

this Hugely Successful Retelling Of The Fall Of Sir Thomas More Has Gained Plaudits For Its Stage, Movie, And Television Versions. Categories: Biographies...

When President Dwight Eisenhower left Washington, D.C., at the end of his second term, he retired to a farm in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that he ...

Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns hi...

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...

2014 Forest of Reading, White Pine Award ― Winner, NonfictionThe true story of how a young Québécois nun ended up a prisoner of war in Buchenwald and h...

From The Tsunami In Sri Lanka To The War In Iraq To The Starvation In Niger And Ultimately To Hurricane Katrina In New Orleans And Mississippi, Cooper Gives...

From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), he...

An Exquisitely Written, Comprehensive Biography Of Chester A. Arthur, Our Virtually Forgotten 21st President, Who Unexpectedly Occupied The Nation's Highest...

Until His Inspiring Life Was Tragically Cut Short, John F. Kennedy Commanded The World's Attention Today, His Legacy Is Still Very Much Alive. This Rich Vis...

**Buy the paperback version of this book and get the Kindle eBook version for FREE!**Rockefeller was the quintessential industrialist. He created an industr...

**Buy the Paperback version of this book and get the Kindle eBook version for FREE!**The Ford name is everywhere, even in places where you don’t see it. I...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London duri...

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mi...

Book by Steve PaikinCategories: Biographies & Memoirs HistoricalCanadian

"Howard Blum writes history books that read like thrillers."--New York Times A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case--and reconci...

Product Description A remarkable memoir and journalistic history of the Toronto Star, the newspaper that has shaped and continues to shape the issues m...

Recounts The Story Of Canada's Largest Manhunt When Hundreds Of Men Spent 7 Weeks Tracking Albert Johnson Across The Frozen North. By Hélèna Katz. History...

William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket...

Little Amy never knew her father. One dark night, when she was only a baby, the Soviet secret police forcefully arrested Amy's father...and condemned him t...

The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her...

Updated With Recent Assessments From Many Quarters, Including The Comments Of Former U.s. And Soviet Diplomats, Nancy Reagan, And Former Independent Counsel...

Dianaworld: An ObsessionCategories: History WorldWomen in History

"Comprehensive and insightful, THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER offers a unique perspective on a profound mystery." Faye KellermanDespite five centuries of investig...

The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the gr...

One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 A masterpiece of reporting on the Supreme C...

An Extraordinary Memoir From An Iranian Journalist In Exile About Leaving Her Country, Challenging Tradition, And Sparking An Online Movement Against Compul...

Sarah Palin, The First Female Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Recounts Her Political Experiences, Her Rapid Rise On The National Stage During The 20...

I have traveled far and wide, far beyond the simple parish I envisioned as a young man. My obligation of service has led me into diverse yet interrelated ro...

Tom Bower.Categories: Reference Writing, Research & Publishing Guides WritingJournalism & Nonfiction

One of Canada's finest crime reporters tells the whole story of the Bernardo-Homolka case. The sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for ab...

The Story Of The Rescue Of America's Newest Submarine, Squalus, From The North Atlantic On The Eve Of World War Ii. Thirty-three Crew Miraculously Survived ...

LAST LION: ALONE bookCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable PeoplePolitical

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...

A detailed account of the cruel hardships and daily struggles endured by the Uruguayans whose airplane crashed in the Andes in October, 1972Categories: Biog...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.On...

"A great read."―Whoopi Goldberg, The ViewHow the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate A...

The Astonishing True Account Of John Chapman, Medal Of Honor Recipient And Special Ops Combat Controller, And His Heroic One-man Stand During The Afghan War...

Ever since his astonishing victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, John Daly, known affectionately on the PGA Tour as "Big 'Un," has enthralled fans with his...

Whether it’s asking tough questions during a presidential debate or pressing for answers to today’s most important issues, Megyn Kelly has demonstrated...

Pete Hamill. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 283-289).Categories: History United StatesState & Local

Nancilu B. Burdick. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [174]-175.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs HistoricalGeneral

Bestselling author Tom Brokaw brings readers inside the White House press corps in this up-close and personal account of the fall of an American president....

This famous memoir by John McCorkle, reissued for the first time, is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill." John McCorkle was a y...