A gripping saga of race and retribution in the Deep South and a story whose haunting details echo the themes of To Kill a MockingbirdIn 1945, Willie McGee, a young...
Bloody Crimes
In Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson—the Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt—brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the...
The Fortress Of Salvador In Colonial Brazil
In this book, Luiz Walter Coelho Filho contextualizes the planned city of Salvador by situating it in time and space, and analyzes its design, urban plan, and purpose, presenting...
The Secret of Chanel No. 5
“Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?” —Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the BirkinTilar J. Mazzeo, author of the New York Times...
The Meditations Of Marcus Aurelius
Do you want to listen to The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius? If so then keep reading…The Meditations Of Marcus Aurelius is a series of writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor...
Frozen in Time
On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on...
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The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical...
New York, New York, New York: Four Decades Of Success, Excess, And Transformation
A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City’s transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city’s future.Dangerous, filthy, and...
Best Stories Of The 1914 European War
Best Stories of the 1914 European War. This is a compilation of short anecdotes that cover World War I, told by soldiers who fought and other contemporaries who weren’t in...
A Short History Of The Civil War: Ordeal By Fire
"This is the best one-volume history of the American Civil War I've ever read." - Bernard DeVoto
