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her Name Was Henrietta Lacks, But Scientists Know Her As Hela. She Was A Poor Southern Tobacco Farmer Who Worked The Same Land As Her Slave Ancestors, Yet...

The 90210 Superfan's Companion To The Lives And Loves Of West Beverly's In-crowd From The Creators Of The Hit Podcast Again With This Comes A Hilarious And ...

Rachel Maddow's Blowout Offers A Dark, Serpentine, Riveting Tour Of The Unimaginably Lucrative And Corrupt Oil-and-gas Industry. With Her Trademark Black Hu...

The Transition From President Donald J. Trump To President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Stands As One Of The Most Dangerous Periods In American History. But As # 1 I...

The fascinating story of the Irish in Boston unfolds in this engagingly written history. Full of heroism and romance, politics and brawls, it tells the stor...

Provides Portraits And Cameos Of Over Sixty Women Who Were Influential In The Civil Rights Movement, And Argues That The Political Activity Of Women Has Bee...

In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections o...

An election is a war and "to the victor belongs the spoils." As I learned so well, that's the real democratic process. After all, you'll never see a vic...

The Century Presents History As It Was Lived, And As It Will Be Remembered For The Next Hundred Years. Here Is A Keepsake Volume Destined To Be An Essential...

Autumn 1944. World War Ii Is Nearly Over In Europe But Is Escalating In The Pacific, Where American Soldiers Face An Opponent Who Will Go To Any Length To A...

Upon Assuming The Presidency In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower Came To Be Seen By Many As A Doddering Lightweight. Yet Behind The Bland Smile And Apparent Simplemi...

Follows The 1925 Murder Trial Of African-american Doctor Ossian Sweet, Who Was Accused Of Murdering A White Person During A Mob Attack On His Home, And Incl...

Over Two Unbelievable Decades, The New England Patriots Were Not Only The Nfl's Most Dominant Team, But Also--and By Far--the Most Secretive. How Did They A...

Recounts the search for a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and looks at the major expeditions, including Frobisher, Franklin, and ...

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings and events...

From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with sixte...

Truman Capote Called His Account Of The 1959 Murder Of A Kansas Farm Family A Nonfiction Novel. Using Information He Collected Through Townspeople And The K...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

A Portrait Of The American Recon Platoon Of The 101st Airborne Division Describes Their Sixty-day Fight For Survival During The 1968 Tet Offensive, Tracing ...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

What Would The Founders Think? We Live In A Divided America That Is Currently Incapable Of Sustained Argument And Is Feeling Unsure Of Its Destiny. Joseph J...

"More imaginatively than any other Stevens biographer, Fawn Brodie has speculated upon the emotional springs of the man's behavior. More resourcefully than...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to le...

Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first explorers to the present day.Categories: HistoryWorld

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza Spent More Time Alongside President Barack Obama Than Almost Anyone Else. His Years Photographing The...

When Did The Statue Of Liberty Turn Green? The Staff Of The New York Historical Society Library Answer More Than A Hundred Of The Most Popular And Compellin...

Arguing that fundamentalism is complex and innovative, and yet a failure in religious terms, Armstrong, a commentator and author on religious affairs, exam...

An account of the extraordinary strength and courage exhibited by americans under the extreme and seemingly unending stress of three and a half years of cap...

From the world's most distinguished medievalist comes a lively and vivid account of the lords and ladies, saints and scholars, kings and peasants who shaped...

The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as a shocking account of judgments distorted by politics and...

With Authoritative Reporting Honed Through Eight Presidencies From Nixon To Obama, Author Bob Woodward Reveals In Unprecedented Detail The Harrowing Life In...

In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from Canada and the United States set off on a preposterous mission: invade an impoverished Caribbean co...

On December 25, 1991, at 7:35 p.m., soldiers lowered the red Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin and raised the Russian tri-color in its place. The moment ...

Why The Modern World Forgot How To Sleep Why Is Sleep Frustrating For So Many People? While Human History Presents A Vast Diversity Of Sleeping Styles, Toda...

In 9-11, Noam Chomsky comments on the September 11th attacks, the new war on terrorism, Osama bin Laden, U.S. involvement with Afghanistan, media control, a...

The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roos...

Chronicles John F. Kennedy's Childhood, Wartime Actions, Political Campaigns, Presidency, Marriage And Personal Life, And Health, Revealing Insights Into Hi...

This is the drinker's guide to every aspect of whisky, from Scotch to Japanese, rye to bourbon and beyond. With hundreds of entries covering everything fr...

Twenty years ago, in 1954, novelist Shelby Foote began this monumental work with these words: "It was a Monday in Washington, January 21; Jefferson Davis r...

A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the ...

The real collusion in the 2016 election was not between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. It was between the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration...

The Subject Is Cold-war Hollywood, But Mr. Navasky Goes Far Beyond That Small Town And Brings The Subject Right Up To The Present. The Informer As Patriot -...

This Multiple Biography Is Centered On Lincoln's Mastery Of Men And How It Shaped The Most Significant Presidency In The Nation's History. Historian Goodwin...

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance is guide to a colorful and significant era in African-American history. The book includes an introduction; A-to-Z ent...

Obama: An Intimate Portrait Reproduces More Than 300 Of Souza's Most Iconic Photographs With Fine-art Print Quality In An Oversize Collectible Format. Toget...

Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth & Charles W. Sasser Hardcover Pocket BooksCategories: History MilitaryVietnam War