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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...

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wildernes...

The Catholic Origins of Quebec's Quiet Revolution challenges a version of history central to modern Quebec's understanding of itself: that the Quiet Revolut...

drawing Together Many Histories-of Anatomical Evolution And City Design, Of Treadmills And Labyrinths, Of Walking Clubs And Sexual Mores-rebecca Solnit Cre...

Studies the effects of the Vietnam War on West Point's class of 1966 and on the academy, recounting the loss of idealism that prompted many to leave their m...

A Biography Of The Leader Of The Independence Movement In India. William L. Shirer. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

military Rule And The Martial Tradition Of The Samurai Dominated Japanese Culture For More Than Eight Hundred Years. According To Thomas Cleary—translator...

Comprehensive yet concise, America’s Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but see...

Whether chugging up the Congo on a paddle-wheel steamboat, rubbing elbows with pygmy chiefs (or wealthy colonial neighbors), being pursued through the dark...

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War\“Brillia...

In the tradition of John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, Douglas Preston weaves a captivati...

Jan Wong, A Canadian Of Chinese Descent, Went To China As A Starry-eyed Maoist In 1972 At The Height Of The Cultural Revolution. A True Believer - And One O...

Recounts the life and accomplishments of Pat Tillman, who left professional football to join the Army in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks and was...

The Host Of Msnbc's Morning Joe Reveals How President Harry Truman Defended Democracy Against The Soviet Threat At The Dawn Of The Cold War. Harry Truman Ha...

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...

Acc Player Of The Year And Star Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back James Conner Recounts His Devastating Struggle With Cancer, Revealing The Lessons He Drew F...

This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for i...

The powerful memoir of General Hugh Shelton, war hero, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11, and one of the most respected military leaders...

Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclus...

"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you’ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in t...

Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says ac...

An essential guide for every kind of artist that teaches them how to skip the gallery system, find their niche, and connect directly with collectors to pro...

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s.As an inquisitive seven-...

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeMovie Tie-in EditionWhen All the King's Men was first published in 1946, Sinclair Lewis pronounced it "massive, impressive...one...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hug...

First published twenty years ago, this revised edition of John Sanford's classic exploration of the psychological and spiritual significance of dreams draw...

The sudden and tragic death of Princess Diana has caused the entire world to reflect on how much this singular woman meant to us all. From her fairy-tale c...

From The Author Of The Bestselling The Professor And The Madman Comes The Fascinating Story Of William Smith, The Orphaned Son Of An English Country Blacksm...

Margaret Macmillan. Originally Published: Peacemakers. London : J. Murray, 2001. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [497]-544) And Index.Categories: Po...

This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing framew...

"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...

Will I Ever Find My Soul Mate? Whether you are recently separated, divorced, or you have been in the singles scene for longer than you want, this insightf...

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our ...

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears.History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Qu...

Arguing that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has renovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to racial identity,...

"There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freed...

What Does It Mean To Serve? Bestselling Author Jody Mitic Brings Together Veterans And Active Military Personnel From Across Canada To Tell Us, In Their Own...

Blind Man's "Bluff meets The Hunt for Red October" in the shocking untold story of an American submarine torpedoed at the height of the Cold War - and the f...

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...

What secrets connect Egypt‘s Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations? In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Mar...

Culture and Customs of Russia is a splendid introduction to the largest country in the world. This timely volume gives the scope of the country from earlie...

A Workbook That Examines World History On A Middle School Level. Organized By Key Concepts, The Text Includes Mnemonic Devices, Definitions, Timelines And D...

An Account Of A Deadly Commuter Plane Crash That Took Place In Northern Canada In 1984 Involving A Pilot, A Politician, A Cop And The Criminal He Was Escort...

New York Times Bestseller “Illuminating and very entertaining…a compelling read about someone who is much more than just the guy who sings for Iron Mai...

First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Be...

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster movie which was nominated for six ...

Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most r...

In This Riveting Popular History, The Creator Of You Must Remember This Probes The Inner Workings Of Hollywood’s Glamorous Golden Age Through The Stories ...