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A compact illustrated guide to the emerging and enormously popular category of natural wine, a style that focuses on minimal intervention, lack of additive...

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith le...

In the 20th - the American - Century, no visionary stands taller than Vannevar Bush. As the inventor and public entrepreneur who launched the Manhattan Proj...

Elissa Wall Details Her Life Growing Up In The Polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints Religious Sect, Being Forced Into An Unwanted Marriage At The Age...

James Carroll’s urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fe...

Gal Beckerman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [568]-579) And Index.Categories: HistoryRussia

Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were...

In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after...

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The first black woman to escape from slavery in the British colonies and publish a record of her experiences, Prince vividly recalls her life in the West ...

In this harrowing and spellbinding book, Elissa Wall tells the complete story of her life in the FLDS polygamist sect and how she brought down controversi...

An Autobiography Of Lagnado's Early Years As An Immigrant From Cairo To Brooklyn, Reflecting On Her Own Mother's Story As She Makes Her Own Choices. Lucette...

***Finalist, 2012 National Jewish Book Awards, American-Jewish Studies*** Part of the Jewish Encounter series A riveting account of General Ulysses S. Gr...

For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable ...

Within hours of his arrival at New York City, Chaplain Ray Giunta was escorted directly to Ground Zero. There he was witness to the heroic and the horrific...

By Fitzhugh Lee ; Introduction By Gary Gallagher ; Maps By Blake Magner. Originally Published: Wilmington, N.c. : Broadfoot, 1989. Includes Index.Categories...

The Perfect Gift for All Ages!On average, humans will spend 92 days sitting on the toilet over their lifetime. To put this in perspective, that’s about on...

This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive acc...

Imagine getting a glimpse of heaven, a preview of life in God's presence. Could life here ever be the same? Capt. Dale Black has flown as a commercial pil...

W.j. Rorabaugh. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentUnited States

Monika Jensen-stevenson And William Stevenson ; With Material From Eugene Red Mcdaniel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 485-487) And Index.Categorie...

The Question Of Whether America Should Get Into World War Ii Led To One Of The Largest And Most Consequential Political Feuds In Our History. The British Go...

Over 4000 important Americans, earliest times to 1905, in authentic contemporary likenesses. Explorers, assassins, politicians, writers, soldiers, theologia...

A historical atlas about people and ideas. Its themes range from exploration, colonization, wars, and political movements to issues such as family and gende...

In 1941, Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was a teenage girl who, like other Americans, reacted with horror to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Yet soon she and her fa...

Houses, Gardens, And Fences : Signs Of English Possession In The New World -- Ceremonies : The Theatrical Rituals Of French Political Possession -- The Requ...

Journalist Julie Satow's Thrilling, Unforgettable History Of How One Illustrious Hotel Has Defined Our Understanding Of Money And Glamour, From The Gilded A...

In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes...

Mixing aspects of social, political, and institutional history, authors Athan and Jeanne Theoharis survey the quest for equal rights and social justice in...

Michael Wolff, Author Of The Bombshell Bestseller Fire And Fury, Once Again Takes Us Inside The Trump Presidency To Reveal A White House Under Siege. With F...

Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for thr...

“The Great Starvation Experimentis wide-ranging, weaving progress in the war into the day-to-day suffering of the hungry volunteers.” —Saint Paul Pioneer ...

[the Author's] Story Begins In Rural Puerto Rico, Where Her Warring Parents And Seven Siblings Led A Life Of Uproar, But One Full Of Love And Tenderness As ...

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The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole ...

Studio 54 was the icon of excess—a place where Andy, Mick, Bianca, and Elton lounged in the VIP section while patrons did drugs in the fabled unisex bath...

Shots Rang Out In Savannah's Grandest Mansion In The Misty, Early Morning Hours Of May 2, 1981. Was It Murder Or Self-defense? For Nearly A Decade, The Shoo...

One day back in 2003, Ken Jennings and his college buddy Earl did what hundreds of thousands of people had done before: they auditioned for Jeopardy! Two ...

Analyzing the influence of the fast food industry on American society, an award-winning journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the i...

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God's Samurai is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battle...

Based On New And Revelatory Material From Brando's Own Private Archives, An Award-winning Film Biographer Presents A Deeply-textured, Ambitious, And Definit...

Examining The Interplay Between Political Apology And Apologetic History Alexis Dudden Focuses On The Problematic Relationship Among Japanese Imperialists, ...

During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts...

In This Signal Work Of History, Bancroft Prize Winner And Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lizabeth Cohen Shows How The Pursuit Of Prosperity After World War Ii Fuel...

The United States' involvement in World War II began with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But for Japan, the conflict began at a m...

The most breathtaking work of history since Paris 1919.Europe, early in the 20th century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. ...

Winner Of The National Book Critics Circle Award An American Book Award Finalist Now In Paperback, War Without Mercy Has Been Hailed By The New York Times A...