For twenty years, Mark Hertsgaard has investigated global warming as a journalist, but the full truth did not hit home until he became a father and, s......
'We have no choice but to go fight,' WaLty said, his voice still hoarse, his delivery slow. 'We try to piece together some proof. We go to court and......
Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Se......
With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President was forced to establish his own clande......
Reading the Gospels without knowing the personality of Jesus is like watching television with the sound turned off. The result is a dry, two dimension......
Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new illustrated collection of animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the c......
This beautiful and fascinating collection contains the earliest known painting of London, a view of the Thames during the Frost Fair in I684, a map de......
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"Jeffery's book is perhaps the most authentic account one will ever read about how intelligence really works." --The Washington Times Britain 's Spe......
Hailed by Salman Rushdie as "one of the most important voices coming out of Latin America," the best-selling author and human rights activist Ariel Do......
In 1940, as Hitler plotted to conquer Europe, only one nation posed a serious threat to the Third Reich's domination: France. The German command was w......
With customary depth and insight, David Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, th......
A renowned historian contends "that the American warrior, not technology, wins wars." (Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of Give Me Tomorrow) John C. McM......
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Scientology, created in 1954 by a prolific sci-fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world's fastest growing religion, with millions of mem......
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Bring[s] a new perspective to World War II literature...Exciting" -- Library Journal. A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire,......
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of......
The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. Millions of soldiers struggling for the control of Europe were thr......
As a young boy he re-enacted historic battles with toy soldiers, as a soldier he saw action on three continents, and as the Prime Minister only a dire......
