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Alistair Cooke's America

From Dak To to the Tet Offensive, John Leppelman saw it all. In three tours of duty, he made combat jumps, spent months of fruitless effort looking...

In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winner David Hackett Fischer magnificently brings to life the visionary adventure...

It was a glorious war and a magnificent age...An age that would decide whether America would grow into a vast global power, sweeping all the way to...

During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people s...

These essays by Robert F. Kennedy, which grew out of speeches, travel and his experience as Attorney General and a United States Senator, pose a si...

The engrossing story of the giant Penn Central Railroad formed from the merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads, and its sho...

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

Known affectionately as "Old Nosey," Wellington earned the highest reputation as a British military commander. He achieved victories despite imposs...

This best-selling, authoritative, and accessible study of the epic confrontation at Waterloo is now available for the first time in paperback. The ...

"This is a powerful, moving, at times shocking account of three generations of Chinese women, as compelling as Amy Tan." -Mary Morris. "An evocativ...

In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the chilling account of how they were avenged. First published in 1984, ...

One chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy s...

The original Great Game (1800–1917), the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one...

Includes bibliographical references (p. [563]-564) and index. xvi, 576 p. ; 20 cm.

Cherry-Gerrards classic story of bravery and fortitude, first published in 1922 tells us of Scotts last expedition to the Antarctic from its depart...

From the author of the "engrossing" (People) and "poignant" (Booklist) international bestseller The Room on Rue Am©lie comes a remarkable and movin...

In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander's leadership d...

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thous...

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

An illustrated history of the Holocaust, arranged in chronological order. Pp. 17-51, "Prologue: Roots of the Holocaust", examine the situation in i...