United States

Who were the Progressives? In the first two decades of the twentieth century, a diverse array of Americans sought solutions to the social problems caused by...

Interest in U.S. foreign relations has soared to great heights in the early twenty-first century. Long admired as the most comprehensive and accessible Ame...

In this fascinating new interpretation of Cold War history, John Lewis Gaddis focuses on how the United States and the Soviet Union have managed to get thr...

In this new interpretation of the making of modern America, prizewinning historian Alan Dawley traces the group struggles involved in the nation's rise to p...

The major statements of the leading figures in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and French hermeneutic traditions.Here are the major statements...

The life stories appearing in this volume come from communities where storytelling provides a customary framework for discussing the past. Angela Sidney, Ki...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Philadelphia & the Pennsylvania Dutch Country is your in-depth guide to the very best of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania ...

Why does the United States go to war? America has a long tradition of justifying war as the defense of democracy. The War on Terror was waged to protect the...

Abraham Lincoln Towers Above The Others Who Have Held The Office Of President--the Pillar Of Strength Whose Words Bound Up The Nation's Wounds. His Presiden...

Tom Piazza’s sharp intelligence, insight, and passion fuel this new collection of writings on music, literature, New Orleans, and America itself in despe...

Today, Only Twenty Percent Of Americans Are Wed By Age Twenty-nine, Compared To Nearly Sixty Percent In 1960. The Population Reference Bureau Calls It A 'dr...

New York Times BestsellerNow a major motion picture starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan and nominated for four Academy Awards: the heartbreaking true stor...

Beekman Place, One Of The Most Exclusive Addresses In Manhattan, Hasn't Always Been Home To The Rich. In The 1930s, When Bluebloods Like The Vanderbilts And...

The Former Secretary Of The Department Of Homeland Security Offers An Insightful Analysis Of American Security At Home And A Prescription For The Future. Pa...

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with am...

From One Of The World's Most Celebrated Moral Philosophers Comes A Thorough Examination Of The Current Political Crisis And Recommendations For How To Mend ...

“makes A Reader Feel Like A Time Traveler Plopped Down Among Men Who Were By Turns Vicious And Visionary.”—the Christian Science Monitor the Modern Ame...

Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam ha...

The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world—-and back in the nineteenth century, a great man held that office. William Lee...

Lee Krasner, Best Known As Jackson Pollock's Wife, Reveals A Woman Who Was A Firebrand And Trailblazer For Women's Rights, Who Also Led A Fascinating Life, ...

Jay Leno's Tonight Show comes alive in this book by insider Dave Berg, who spent 18 years as Jay's co-producer. There were always two shows: the one on sta...

For Nearly A Decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Critic Justin Davidson Has Explained New York, The City, To His Readers At New York, The Magazine. He Has Visite...

Final Report Of The National Commission On Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States. The Result Of Months Of Intensive Investigations And Inquiries By A Spe...

March 1999 It's no wonder that Iyanla Vanzant is an "Oprah" favorite -- she has dedicated her life to spreading a powerful message of hope and faith to wom...

“The single best book that we now have on Earhart’s life” (Washington Post Book World)—and the inspiration for the forthcoming major motion picture Amelia...

Von J. Edmund Güntz.Categories: Arts & Photography History & CriticismCriticism

With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we still mi...

A Revelatory Account Of The Actions Taken By The First President To Retain His Slaves In Spite Of Northern Laws. Profiles One Of The Slaves, Ona Judge, Desc...

In this intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, Mark K. Shriver discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father and ...

In Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation critic David L. Eng and psychotherapist Shinhee Han draw on case histories from the mid-1990s to the present to e...

Originally Published In 2016 In The United Kingdom By Simon & Schuster Uk--title Page Verso.Categories: Medical BooksHistory

It Was A Time, Much Like Today, When Americans Feared For The Future Of Their Democracy And Women Stood Up For Equal Treatment. At The Crossroads Of The Wat...

Welcome To New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485). Michael Perry Loves This Place. He Grew Up Here, And Now -- After A Decade Away -- He Has Returned. Unab...

Hrough a dazzling combination of memoir, history, reporting, visual culture, literature, and theology, Sarah Sentilles offers an impassioned defense of life...

An exposé of the mid-twentieth-century practice of identifying and institutionalizing children with low IQ scores recounts the story of a group of boys at ...

Wall Street Legend Alfred Lee Loomis, Who Once Owned Hilton Head Island, Was Devoted To His Hobby Of Science Experiments In His Mansion. During World War Ii...

Who Is Vladimir Putin? In Mr. Putin, Russia Experts Fiona Hill And Clifford Gaddy Argue That Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, Is In Fact A Man Of Many An...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Editor's Choice From journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful man...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account...

It may be that the developers, residents, and corporate owners of the new American village have gotten exactly what they want. Like all such rare complete ...

Washington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-reinventions in history. In his mid-twenties, this third son of a modest Virginia planter had ruined ...

Describes How A Quirky Band Of Misfit Science Students At Berkeley In The 1970s Altered The Course Of Modern Physics While Studying Quantum Theory Alongside...

In this expanded paperback edition of Hitchen's slow motion citizen's cardiac arrest of the Clinton presidency, our protagonist looks at Clinton's baleful ...

From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapp...

It Is Often Said, Even By Critical Scholars Who Should Know Better, That Writing In The Name Of Another Was Widely Accepted In Antiquity. But Religion Schol...

Review\“Superb….[Continetti] brings an insider’s nuance and a historian’s dispassion to the ambitious task of writing the American right’s biograp...

An Unprecedented High-level Master Narrative Of America's Intelligence Wars, From The Only Person Ever To Helm Both The Cia And The Nsa, At A Time Of Heinou...

Daniel Ellsberg Began His Career As A U.s. Marine Company Commander, A Pentagon Official, And A Staunch Supporter Of America's Battle Against Communist Expa...