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Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodi

Joe Pappalardo

With both his heroism and his flaws, Medal of Honor recipient 'Snuffy Smith' perfectly represents the dramatic and...

Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History

Sandra Benjamin

From Publishers Weekly This solid narrative of the Mediterranean island emphasizes how its location has subjected it to...

Super Casino: Inside the "New" Las Vegas

Pete Earley

Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley, whose several books include a study of Leavenworth Prison, turns his...

American Horizons: U.S. History in a Global Context, Volume I: To 1877, with Sources

Sarah J. Purcell

This is a very complete and comprehensive work, explaining in detail the factors and conditions that impact and have...

Notes on a Killing: Love, Lies, and Murder in a Small New Hampshire Town

Rebecca Lavoie

It's intriguing. It's heartbreaking. It's a crime story laced withsentiments of love, triumph, and loyalty among...

Coromandel: A Personal History of South India

Charles Allen

Review Coromandel is lively and its stories well chosen― The Economist An engaging and meaningful account of a very...

The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - and Why It Matters

Brian Myers

Electrifying... finely argued and brilliantly written." —Christopher Hitchens , Slate "[A] scary... close reading of...

Mobsters, Madams & Murder in Steubenville, Ohio: The Story of Little Chicago

Susan M Guy

About the Author Susan M. Guy is a correction officer for the state of Ohio and a former police sergeant with the Cross...

Winston Churchill's Toyshop

Stuart Macrae

“…a fascinating and entertaining account of a little-known aspect of Britain's fight against fascism.” ( Book...

Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day

Carrie Gibson

An Observer (UK) Best History Book of the YearA Hudson Booksellers' Best Nonfiction Book of the Year “Gibson knows...

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line

Martha A. Sandweiss

From Booklist During America’s Gilded Age, Clarence King was a famous geologist, friend of wealthy, famous, and...

Heroes and Monsters: An Honest Look at the Struggle within All of Us

Josh James Riebock

Vulnerable and imaginative, powerful without being forceful , certainly able to lift readers up and impart hope for the...

The Gold of Exodus

Howard Blum

When a millionaire adventurer goes in search of the true Mount Sinai, he gets more than he bargained for. Spies,...

The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb, 1939-1949

Jim Baggott

From Publishers Weekly Science journalist Baggott addresses a subject he describes as both personal and intellectual....

Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm

Monte Reel

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, March 2013 : When Paul Du Chaillu set out to bag the gorilla in the name of science...

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History, 1)

Eric H. Cline

Winner of the 2014 Award for the Best Popular Book, American Schools of Oriental Research""The memorable thing about...

The Battle for Leyte Gulf: The Incredible Story of World War II's Largest Naval Battle

C. Vann Woodward

So soundly documented that it is hard to see how anyone, ever, will be able to improve on it." --"The New York Times""...

The Indian War of 1864

Eugene Fitch Ware

About the Author This Bison Book edition carries a new introduction by John D. McDermott, the author of Forlorn Hope:...

The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

Stephen Harding

New York Journal of Books , 4/29/13 “Well done and eminently readable.” Daily Beast , 5/12/13 “The most...

Dimestore: A Writer's Life

Lee Smith

An Amazon Best Book of March 2016: “What is it about Appalachia that so captures the mind, echoes in the ear, and...

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

Jared Diamond

From Booklist In the broader scope of evolution, it was only “yesterday” 11,000 years ago when we progressed from...

Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-team at War

Hans Halberstadt

From Publishers Weekly Former Special Forces sergeant Antenori and writer Halberstadt ( War Stories of the Green Berets...

How the States Got Their Shapes

Mark Stein

From Publishers Weekly America's first century was defined by expansion and the negotiation of territories among areas...

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Annalee Newitz

E]xcellent…fair, judicious, open-minded…the strength of the book arises from distrust of elites and preference for...