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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America's COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolle...

'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than fro...

Arthur Bishop ; Foreword By Henry N.r. Jackman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 208) And Index.Categories: History Americas CanadaGeneral

The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Thi...

In This Follow-up To Love Is A Mix Tape, A Writer For Rolling Stone, After His Wife's Death, Finds Solace In Music, Which Leads Him To The Strangest Places ...

This is the wartime autobiography of one of the first officers to join the British Army's Glider Pilot Wing, a unique force that was at the forefront of the...

Norman Stone. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

Tells The Gripping True Story Of A U.s. Airman Who Was The Soul Surviver When His Bomber Crashed Into The Sea During World War Ii And Had To Face Thousands ...

a Compelling Study Of How To Cultivate True Integrity—which Requires Both Internal And External Commitment And Obedience To God. From The Heart Of This Pa...

From Finland To Newfoundland And Jelling To Jerusalem, Follow In The Wake Of The Vikings -- A Transformative Story Of A People That Begins With Paganism And...

Monumental tells, for the first time, the incredible story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian born into slavery who became America's first Black lieuten...

Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King's critical and personal meditation on what ...

Russia is famous for its vodka, and its culture of extreme intoxication. But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians, it is also central to u...

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese c...

A kind of meditation on Welsh history, past and future, from Owen Glendower to the 21st century, centred on the town of Machynlleth.Categories: ReferenceLan...

An Account Of The Worst Cholera Outbreak In Victorian London--and An Exploration Of How Dr. John Snow's Solution Revolutionized The Way We Think About Disea...

Shrouding themselves and their aims in deepest secrecy, the leaders of the Taliban movement control Afghanistan with an inflexible, crushing fundamentalism....

There is a war going on between the established scientific community and those who would explore new theories, realities, energy, and dynamics. J. Douglas K...

The author of Parliament of Whores takes a look at freedom around the world, discussing the Gorbachev-Reagan summit, the Berlin Wall, elections in Paraguay ...

A Guide To Understanding The Indian Act And Its Impact On Generations Of Indigenous Peoples, As Well As An Examination Of How Indigenous Peoples Can Return ...

For The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Film, W.k. Stratton's Definitive History Of The Making Of The Wild Bunch, Named One Of The Greatest Westerns Of All Time...

Japan's transformation from an isolated society to a military empire and, after a crushing defeat in World War II, into one of the world's foremost economi...

Edited And Introduced By Everett F. Bleiler. ... An Unabridges And Unaltered Republication Of The Work Originally Published By Fox, Duffield And Company In...

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the ...

"From its creation in the early twentieth-century, policymakers used the discourse of international law to legitimate Japan's empire. Although the Japanese ...

Japan's Informal Empire In China, 1895-1937 : An Overview / Peter Duus -- The Changing Pattern Of Sino-japanese Trade, 1884-1937 / Mizoguchi Toshiyuki -- Ja...

This biography traces the career of Fukuzawa Yûkichi, who began life as a lower-level samurai and went on to become one of the leading figures in Japan a...

Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered the 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and mor...

What forces were behind Japan's emergence as the first non-Western colonial power at the turn of the twentieth century? Peter Duus brings a new perspective ...

On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bast...

Comprehensive reference work which provides information on the military and civilian leaders, the campaigns, battles, weapons, military terms, issues, naval...

This Text Provides A Definitive Account Of The Fighting Between The Army Of The Potomac And Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia At Cemetery Hill And C...

Uses accounts by Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as local civilians, from diaries, letters, books, and newspapers to recreate the Battle of Gettysbu...

The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of ...

America's power is in decline, its allies alienated, its soldiers trapped in a war that even generals regard as unwinnable. What has happened these past f...

In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan’s history, the period that saw as dramatic a tra...

a Cutting-edge Collection Exploring Identity-making In East Asia Categories: History United StatesGeneral

The complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America's unique historical experience from the first c...

Pt. 1. Beginnings -- Geology, Climate, And Biota -- From Origins To Agriculture -- Pt. 2. The Age Of Dispersed Agriculturalists, 400 Bce-1250 Ce -- Politica...

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

The decades-long Cold War was more than a bipolar conflict between two Superpowers-it had implications for the entire world. In this accessible, comprehensi...

david Herrmann's Work Is The Most Complete Study To Date Of How Land-based Military Power Influenced International Affairs During The Series Of Diplomatic ...

Illuminating A Pivotal Episode In East Asian History, Gordon Mark Berger Offers A Translation, With Informative Historical Notes, Of [japanese Foreign Minis...

Young readers will love exploring the gigantic rocks, roaring waterfalls, and majestic trees that can be found throughout Yosemite National Park.Follow Ran...

Discusses the brutal Russian Civil War, which, after World War I, claimed more than twenty million lives, involved fourteen other nations, including the Uni...

There Are Few Industrialists In History Who Could Match Elon Musk's Relentless Drive And Ingenious Vision. A Modern Alloy Of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howa...

The Culture Of Disbelief Has Been The Subject Of An Enormous Amount Of Media Attention From The First Moment It Was Published. Hugely Successful In Hardcove...

Christopher McDougall’s journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: On the treacherous mountains of Crete, a motley band of World War II R...