Dan: 4385 books
Magna Carta
The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document...
The Boy
A Holocaust Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
A cobblestone road. A sunny day. A soldier. A gun. A child, arms high in the air. A moment captured on film. But what is the history behind arguably the most recognizable photograph of the Holocaust? In The Boy: A Holocaust Story, the historian Dan Porat unpacks this split second that was immortalized...
Lords of the Sky
Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive history of combat aviation and fighter aircraft, from World War I to present
INCLUDES 32 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 12 MAPS
Lords of the Sky is the “dramatic, fast-paced, and definitive" (Michael Korda) history of fighter pilots and aircraft and...
The Mercenary
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
From the New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton, The Mercenary follows the rogue American gun-for-hire known only as the Sandman. A former military officer haunted by a personal tragedy in his past, the Sandman embarks on a quest for revenge that pits him...
The Battle for America
The Story of an Extraordinary Election
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009
The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two...
Wolf Boys
Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The tale of two American teenagers recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and the Mexican-American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unstoppable. “A hell of a story…undeniably gripping.” (The New York Times)
In this astonishing story, journalist Dan Slater recounts the unforgettable...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
by Dan Billany
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Lieutenant Michael Carr’s peaceful life in a Cornish village is shattered with the outbreak of the Second World War. German planes are heard droning across darkening skies. Towns are set ablaze by incendiary bombs. And Cornwall, though seemingly safe and secluded, is not exempt...
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From Obama's former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America comes a colorful account of how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the Obama presidency and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era.**
On November...
Chump Change
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
When he finds out his father is in a coma, aspiring writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante, fresh from the nuthouse, must head to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion in Dan Fante’s Chump Change. Now back in print to coincide with the publication of his new novel, 86’d, Chump Change follows...
by Dan Shideler
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
For the collector, shooter, or fan of combat handguns, the Gun Digest Book of Classic Combat Handguns is a must-have resource.
The Gun Digest Book of Classic Combat Handguns is an absolutely unique compilation of articles celebrating the greatest combat pistols of all time, as they originally...
To See Every Bird on Earth
A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2006
What drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a fortune to count birds? And what if that man is your father?
Richard Koeppel’s obsession began at age twelve, in Queens, New York, when he first spotted a Brown Thrasher, and jotted the sighting in a notebook. Several decades, one...
Prophetic Encounters
Religion and the American Radical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in America
Though in recent years the religious right has been a powerful political force, making “religion” and “conservatism” synonymous in the minds of many, the United States...
Collision 2012
The Future of Election Politics in a Divided America
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
From the bestselling author of The Battle for America 2008 and longtime Washington Post correspondent, an inside view and analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race
In 2008 a bright young candidate triumphed on a theme of change and hope. Four years later an embattled President struggled...