Never Leave Your Block: Adventures in Urban Living
Description To some, Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders and Magnificent Miles, but behind the postcards are blue-collar neighborhoods that are the beating heart of the city. Never Leave Your Block...
View ArticleShowdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Battled the GOP to Set Up the 2012...
Description Heading into the 2012 campaign, Barack Obama was coming off of a period of bitter battles with an emboldened Republican opposition dedicated to impeding his presidency. These crises and...
View ArticleAmerican History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Description In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest...
View ArticleCoronel and Falklands 1914: Duel in the South Atlantic (Campaign)
Description Upon the outbreak of war in August 1914, the British Royal Navy was deployed globally, whilst aside from a small number of local vessels, the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two...
View ArticleInto the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the...
Description “The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents...
View ArticleIslands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun
Description Acclaimed WWII historian and military intelligence expert John Prados offers a provocative reassessment of the Allies’ battle for the Solomon Islands—a turbulent, dramatic campaign that, he...
View ArticleOne Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One...
Description The team that refused to give up their manager in his final season A comeback that changed baseball After thirty-three seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he...
View ArticleKilling Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Description A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing LincolnMore...
View ArticleMy Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War
Description A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoirOn September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked...
View ArticleLoving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
Description Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners. The longtime head of...
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