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To what extent was Rosario “Russell” Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975? In the CIA’s recruitment of gangsters to assassin...

Thoreau Went To Walden Pond To Live Simply In The Wild And Contemplate His Own Place In The World By Observing Nature. Robert Sullivan Went To A Disused, Ga...

The lawyer had not wanted the case at first -- it was too big, too complicated, too risky. It concerned a cluster of childhood leukemia victims in a small t...

No one can describe Mr. Langford's book with more understanding than the Captain of the Albatross. "Dick Langford was a tremendous asset on the school voy...

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staf...

David Mendell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [388]-406).Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels Graphic NovelsBiographies & History

An oral history of the "New York Intellectuals"--political essayist Irving Kristol, critic Irving Howe, and sociologists Daniel Bell and Nathan Glazer--capt...

when Florida Was A Wilderness And Only The Brave Chanced Swamps, Alligators, Hurricanes And The Lush, Tropical Forests. An Amazing Contrast To The Vacation ...

This Instant New York Times Bestseller—“a Jaw-dropping, Fast-paced Account” (new York Post) Recounts Seal Team Operator Robert O’neill’s Incredibl...

Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April – June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brig...

From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts comes a collection of alternately playful and exquisite essays borne of a lifeti...

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on soc...

"More than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center, it became clear that something else was being mou...

A New York Times BestsellerJennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and ev...

From Nbc News And Msnbc Correspondent Jacob Soboroff, Winner Of The 2019 Walter Cronkite Award: An Intimate And Deeply Reported Journey To Uncover The Truth...

The Iconic Country Music Hall Of Fame Artist And 10-time Grammy Winner Shares The Story Of His Personal Life And Career, From His Early Ambitions And Indeli...

when It Was Published In 1995, Mary Karr's the Liars' Club Took The World By Storm And Raised The Art Of The Memoir To An Entirely New Level, As Well As B...

"In Off to the Side, Jim Harrison writes about his upbringing in Michigan, the austerities of life amid the Depression and the Second World War, and the see...

National Bestseller For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of ti...

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The Host Of Cnn Tonight With Don Lemon Is More Popular Than Ever. As America's Only Black Prime-time Anchor, Lemon And His Daily Monologues On Racism And An...

The thrilling adventures of traveler, rancher, and fighter Big-Foot” Wallace in a bygone era of the American frontier. Amid the embroiling conflicts of f...

Zia Award for Excellence, New Mexico Press WomenFrom the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Sant...

All but forgotten today, the Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan was once renowned the world over. From Jacob Riis to Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crocket...

Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who pil...

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F. Kennedy.Tip the E...

the Beloved Author Of refuge, Terry Tempest Williams Is One Of The Country’s Most Eloquent And Imaginative Writers. The Desert Is Her Blood. In This Poten...

Introduction -- The People Of The Canyon -- The People Of The Plateau -- The Invasion Begins -- Banishment -- Supai Charley -- In The Public Interest -- A S...

The late 1960s and early 1970s, in New York City and America at large, were years marked by political tumult, social unrest—and the best professional bas...

Product Description “A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.” -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling a...

Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut) upbring...

With a New Afterword by the Author The New York Times bestseller, praised as hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have...

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days...

This area offers everything from historic sights to stunning natural scenery.Whether you want to take a ferry out to the infamous Alcatraz Island, weekend ...

in The Tradition Of Jon Krakauer’s into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s the Perfect Storm Comes A True Tale Of Riveting Adventure In Which Two Weekend Scub...

Best-selling book WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million users learn about the present by exploring the past. Jackson Spielvogel's engaging, chron...

Atlanta and Environs is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I ...

"My beloved friends," writes Anna Briggs Bentley, "How often do I wish that you could peep in at us and hear the sound of cheerful voices issuing from our ...

Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award–winni...

The Author Of Reclaiming The Gods And The Isle Of Avalon Now Details The Fascinating Significance Of The Design Of The U.s. Capital. Nicholas R. Mann. Inclu...

See the Collector's Edition of Spoken from the Heart In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private...

two Kids With The Same Name Were Born Blocks Apart In The Same Decaying City Within A Year Of Each Other. One Grew Up To Be A Rhodes Scholar, Army Officer...

In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, a delta rich in fish, game animals, hard and...

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

Confederate Williamsburg. A Line Of Defense -- Sickly Season -- Rumors Of War -- The Battle Of Williamsburg. Sunday Skirmish -- Pandemonium Broke Loose -- A...

This book begins with an introductory overview of the socio-political climate of the state of Mississippi during the 1850s and ends with a treatment of its ...

In 1880, the California woman safeguarded the Republic by maintaining a morally sound home. Scarcely forty years later, women in the Pacific state won full...

Gripping Accounts Of All Know Fatal Mishaps In The Most Famous Of The World's Seven Natural Wonders.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyDeat...