A "compact, engrossing narrative"* that vividly reimagines the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War What separates historian Nelson D. L......
An account by the first commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp who was later executed for his wartime activities shares insights into his earl......
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Adopting a broad historical perspective, the author analyzes the intricacies of the German identity. He encapsulates both the situation today and its ......
In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful......
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An original collection of the most influential documents in American history, from the bestselling author of A Patriot's History of the United States.......
Cyrla's neighbors have begun to whisper. Her cousin, Anneke, is pregnant and has passed the rigorous exams for admission to the Lebensborn, a maternit......
This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America's tumultuous modern age, as experienced......
Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah's Garden shows us how our landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastated suburban ecology, wiping ou......
Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed--with help from a colorful collection of eccentrics and visionaries--into a mass me......
Susan Neiman is a moral philosopher committed to making the tools of her trade relevant to real life. In "Moral Clarity, "she shows how resurrecting a......
In a journey across four continents, acclaimed science writer Steve Olson traces the origins of modern humans and the migrations of our ancestors thro......
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Born in the wake of World War II, RAND quickly became the creator of America’s anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightest, ......
A young wife is home alone when the phone rings in "So Help Me God." Is the strange voice flirting with her from the other end of the line her jealous......
Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of terrorists planning to destroy America's most strategic natural resources. He needs the help of his ......
The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Musi Beginning with Bill Haley & His C......
"In A Grave in Gaza, Omar Yussef and his boss, Magnus Wallender, travel to the Gaza Strip for a routine inspection of the UN schools in the Gaza refug......
Current tactics can't solve today's complex global crises. The "bad boys of environmentalism" call for a bold and empowering new vision Environmental ......
