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this Is The Story Of The Greatest Con In Financial History-it Has Commanded The Attention Of The Entire World From The Day The News Broke On December 11, ...

With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England—from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionhe...

Dark Continent Is A Searching History Of Europe's Most Brutal Century. Stripping Away The Comforting Myths And Illusions That We Have Grown Up With Since Th...

accounts Of Thoreau's Daily Life On The Shores Of Walden Pond Outside Concord, Massachusetts, Are Interwoven With Musings On The Virtues Of Self-reliance ...

In 1975, Charleston voters elected a young attorney and former state lawmaker as the city's new mayor. Joseph Patrick Riley Jr., just 32 at the time, promis...

Annotation In This Provocative Book, An Eminent Political Scientist Poses The Question: Why Should We Uphold Our Constitution? Introduction: Fundamental Que...

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 ...

The public called him Scarface; the FBI called him Public Enemy Number One; his associates called him Snorky. But Capone is the name most remember. And John...

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citi...

An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy. Do yo...

Lady Bird Johnson, That's Who! is Tracy Nelson Maurer's lively picture book biography of Lady Bird Johnson, with a focus on her environmentalist passion and...

A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.Catego...

The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers. T...

The Definitive History Of The Carter Administration From The Man Who Participated In Its Surprising Number Of Accomplishments--drawing On His Extensive And ...

"As violence in Iraq reaches unnerving levels in 2006, a second front in the war rages at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In his fourth book ...

Mary Beard Is One Of The World's Best-known Classicists, An Academic With A Rare Gift For Communicating With A Wide Audience. Here, She Draws On Thirty Year...

With the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the...

This study examines the Norman settlement of Anglo-Saxon England, that was begun before 1066 but which was made permanent by military conquest between 1066 ...

Bringing together practical methods from both history and composition, Writing History: A Guide for Students, Fifth Edition, provides a wealth of tips and a...

In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won for their cause an almost unparalleled measure of ...

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...

Early Republic / Stephen P. Oakley -- Power And Process Under The Republican Constitution / T. Corey Brennan -- The Roman Army And Navy / David Potter -- Th...

"A brilliant history of ancient China's masters of philosophy--and how they help us understand China today. In Ways of Heaven, leading China scholar Roel St...

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a riveting story of Jewish families seeking to escape Nazi Germany.In 1938, on t...

Product Description "An inspiring and informative page-turner." –Walter IsaacsonLonglisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The au...

In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to...

(Burgundy leather) Reveal the absurdity of evolution. Share your faith effectively. Prove the authenticity of the Bible through prophecy. Eye-opening sci...

In April 1994 Up To A Million People Were Slaughtered In Rwanda During A Murderous Campaign Of Horrifying Efficiency. The Ferocity Of The Killing And The Cr...

On the bloody battlefields of World War II Europe, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, got the toughest missions. As good a rifle company as a...

This Book Reads Like A Tom Clancy Novel, But It Is All True. Today Our Greatest Fear Is That Terrorists May Someday Acquire A Nuclear Weapon And Use It Agai...

Anyone Can Achieve A Reasonable Level Of Sanctity, But The Saints Are In A League Of Their Own. What Sets Them Apart? Does Holiness Come More Naturally To T...

Takes a detailed look at each ruler, revealing their life, achievements and failures, as well as their impact on the wider world. Now in a new handy-forma...

“A multilayered, inspiring portrait of RFK . . . [the] most in-depth look at an extraordinary figure whose transformational story shaped America.”—Joe Scar...

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...

"The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination--alon...

Visitors And Locals Alike Will Love This Book Of Whimsical Sketches Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Accompanied By Thoughtful Observations And Snippets Of O...

One Hot Summer Night In 1945, Three Young American Writers, Each An Enfant Terrible, Came Together In A Stuffy Manhattan Apartment For The First Time. Each ...

Once Again, John Ralston Saul Presents The Story Of Canada's Past So That We May Better Understand Its Present -- And Imagine A Better Future. Historic Mome...

From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transc...

Written by a diverse group of scholars who bring their regional expertise together, this best-selling text offers a balanced treatment of global events and ...

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remark...

modern Historiography Is The Essential Introduction To The History Of Historical Writing. It Explains The Broad Philosophical Background To The Different ...

"Examines athletic-academic corruption at UNC-Chapel Hill and in NCAA athletics"--Categories: Sports & Outdoors MiscellaneousHistory of Sports Educ...

Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and...

Now in an updated edition with revised back matter, the quintessential picture-book biography of Ted Harrison (1926-2015) Ted Harrison's brightly coloured...

One of England's foremost religious commentators, the author of Beginning the World explores the evolution of the idea and experience of God, from Abraham t...

A Comprehensive History Of Rome Covers The City's Evolution From The Roman Empire Through The Early Years Of Christianity To The Renaissance And The Modern ...

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