Craig: 3265 books
Gateway to the Confederacy
New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and...
by Craig Symonds
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals unveils an aspect of Lincoln's presidency...
Decision at Sea
Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2006
From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare--and the course of the American nation....
The U.S. Navy
A Concise History
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British...
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." For a black marine distraught over the...
The Uninvited
How I Crashed My Way into Finding Myself
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Singing on stage at the Grammys, getting high inside the Kremlin, driving in a U.S. president’s motorcade—Craig Schmell has a world-class talent for talking his way into places he does not belong. But when his self-absorbed life crashes down around him, he finally learns how to be a better man....
Rendezvous with Destiny
Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
“A first-rate work of insider history . . . A monumental accomplishment.” —National Review
The election that changed everything: Craig Shirley’s masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged “too close to call” as late as Election Day became...
Damn' Rebel Bitches
The Women of the '45
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
Damn' Rebel Bitches takes a totally fresh approach to the history of the Jacobite Rising by telling fascinating stories of the many women caught up in the turbulent events of 1745-46. Many historians have ignored female participation in the '45: this book aims to redress the balance. Drawn from many...
45 Murderers
A Collection of True Crime Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia to the Arkansas Bluebeard: an anthology of true crime profiles by “the grand dame of mystery” (Ed Gorman).
Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed...
by Dr James A Beverley, Dr Craig A Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MUSLIMS ARE WRONG ABOUT JESUS AND VARIOUS TENETS OF ISLAM? Is the famous Muslim writer Reza Aslan mistaken in his portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth and apologetic for Islam? Professor James Beverley and Professor Craig Evans take an in-depth look at subjects at the core of the Muslim-Christian...
Empires of Ancient Eurasia
The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE – 250 CE
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
The Silk Roads are the symbol of the interconnectedness of ancient Eurasian civilizations. Using challenging land and maritime routes, merchants and adventurers, diplomats and missionaries, sailors and soldiers, and camels, horses and ships, carried their commodities, ideas, languages and pathogens...
And Now We Shall Do Manly Things
Discovering My Manhood Through the Great (and Not-So-Great) American Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Craig Heimbuch, urban dad, journalist, and editor-in-chief of manofthehouse.com offers readers a humorous exploration of hunting culture in And Now We Shall Do Manly Things. Outdoors enthusiasts, fans of A.J. Jacobs's The Know-It-All and the Bill Bryson classic, A Walk in the Woods will appreciate...
Crime Plus Music
Twenty Stories of Music-Themed Noir
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
CRIME + MUSIC: The Sounds of Noir, collects twenty darkly intense, music-related noir stories by world-renowned mystery authors including David Corbett, Tyler Dilts, Brendan DuBois, Bill Fitzhugh, Alison Gaylin, A.J. Hartley, Craig Johnson, David Liss, Val McDermid, Gary Phillips, Peter Robinson, and...
by Berry Craig
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
"United We Stand, Divided We Fall" is Kentucky's motto. Yet the Civil War sharply split the Bluegrass State. Kentuckians fought Kentuckians in some of the bloodiest battles of America's bloodiest war. The names and faces of the winning and losing generals of those battles are in most history books. But...