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Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-355) and index. The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant co...

Critics have called this 544-page study the tour de force of books on Napoleon's army. Early in his career, the author actually interviewed aging v...

Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus-riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the he...

An essential and page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld, exploring how this practice emerged, w...

Sophisticated and well-curated, this photographic tour through Canada's history documents the nation's evolution over more than a century, as seen ...

Renowned for his effervescent and rollicking paintings of Flemish life, Peter Bruegel the Elder also holds a place among the world's finest engravi...

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Frank Barat -- The fate of Palestine: an interview with Noam Chomsky -- Clusters of h...

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196) and index. 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

When Bob Greene went home to central Ohio to be with his dying father, it set off a chain of events that led him to knowing his dad in a way he nev...

A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopenin...

The #1 International Bestseller Game of Thrones meets ancient Egypt in this magnificent epic from one of the world's biggest-selling authors. Conju...

Throughout Britain's length and breadth, ancient tribes, druids, Celtic saints, medieval knights, and 18th-century landowners have bestowed upon fu...

Cold Mountain Paperback - 1998 by Charles Frazier (Author)

From the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti comes the tumultuous story of Antony and Celopatra's daughter, Selene. The marriage of Mar...

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower. "A dazzling history of Western ideas." --The Economist. "Mr. Fergu...

In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James...

An ALA Notable Book. A New York Times Notable Book. In Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of the human attraction to violence: W...

Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the uni...

In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a...

Originally published as Bess of Hardwick : first lady of Chatsworth, 1527-1608, London : Little, Brown, 2005. Merrie England 1520-40 -- Child bride...