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“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties ...
“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties
who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).There was a ...
A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private ...
A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private
struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany.With monumental fairness ...
General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the ...
General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the
first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet, he was largely held to blame ...
Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence ...
Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence
during its golden age. A true Renaissance man, Lorenzo dazzled contemporaries with his prodigious talents and magnetic personality. Known to history as Il Magnifico (the ...
A rollicking narrative history of Monte Carlo, capturing its nineteenth-century rise as the world’s first ...
A rollicking narrative history of Monte Carlo, capturing its nineteenth-century rise as the world’s first
modern casino-resort and its Jazz Age heyday as infamous playground of the rich.Monte Carlo has long been known as a dazzling playground for the rich ...
Now a major motion picture, this remarkable classic recounts, moment by moment, the spellbinding process ...
Now a major motion picture, this remarkable classic recounts, moment by moment, the spellbinding process
that gave birth to the state of Israel.Collins and Lapierre weave a brilliant tapestry of shattered hopes, fierce pride, and breathtaking valor as the Arabs, ...
From an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and one of the leading China correspondents ...
From an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and one of the leading China correspondents
of his generation comes an eloquent and vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state -- a nation undergoing a remarkable transformation. Philip P. ...
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne ...
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne
troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the ...