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In the 1920s, America was afflicted with Miami Madness as speculators and would-be moguls flocked to Florida to make a fortune in real-estate. Here, in this short-form book from award-winning author George B. Tindall, is the story of the greatest land boom in American history.

From the pedestal supporting the Statue of Liberty, to the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the Biltmore, the largest private home ever built in the United States, Richard Morris Hunt's designs dominated the architectural scene in the second half of the nineteenth century. Hunt, the first...

As the debate droned on in Congress about whether to spend money on a rescue team for Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and the other men of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic, the explorers were dying one by one from the cold and lack of supplies. Henrietta Greely was determined that if the...

Touted as the Amazon-killer even before it launched, Jet.Com is burning up the online retailing track. By making shopping a game in which the more you buy, the less you pay for each item already in your shopping cart, Jet is so promising that giant Walmart recently bought the upstart for 3.3 billion...

Here, from Ric Merrifield, author of Rethink, are the inspiring stories of five men and women - Henry Ford, Reed Hastings, Alfred Sloan, Sam Walton, and Oprah Winfrey - and their practical, time-tested lessons for everyone who aims to lead.

The struggle for North Africa was unlike any other campaign of World War II. The desert proved a real test of generalship, pitting Germany's Erwin Rommel against Britain's Bernard Montgomery and America's George Patton. Here, from award-winning military historian Stephen W. Sears, is the dramatic story of the generals, politicians, and soldiers who changed the course of the war.

On February 24, 2010, Tilikum, the largest killer whale at SeaWorld, suddenly dragged Dawn Brancheau, his trainer, into the pool and killed her. Journalist Tim Zimmermann set out to find out why. His riveting account of Tilikum's life and the history of killer whale entertainment at marine parks dives...

Vincent Van Gogh, perhaps the greatest and most influential painter of the nineteenth century, committed suicide at the age of thirty-seven. He sold only one painting in his lifetime. Was he motivated by mental illness or despair when he put a revolver to his chest or was his physician partly to blame?...

Frank Lloyd Wright captivated the world with his architecture - Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, Taliesin - and his flamboyant, often tumultuous personal life added to his fame. This essay by architecture critic William Marlin paints a vivid portrait of all facets of the architectural genius.

The battle between the Confederate ship Merrimac and the Union's Monitor at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862, introduced the age of the ironclads and ended the dominance of wooden warships forever. This fascinating book shares the behind-the-scenes drama of both the battle and the development of the ships that transformed naval warfare and changed the course of the Civil War.

One of them was built without wood, and the other lacked doorknobs, but they flaunted all the amenities that Old World skills, Vanderbilt money, and the unbridled taste of Richard M. Hunt could provide. Here, in this essay by journalist and historian Mary Cable, is the story of Newport's Marble Cottages.

Thomas Fleming is one of the most distinguished and productive historians and novelists of our time. He has written twenty nonfiction books that have won prizes and praise from critics and fellow historians, many with a special focus on the American Revolution. He has also written twenty-three novels,...

J.P. Morgan, like a "one-man Federal Reserve," calmed bankers and depositors and helped ease the Panic of 1907. Here, in this short-form book from historian John A. Garraty, is the story.

Amid the intrigue of the Russian court, John Quincy Adams took walks with Alexander I, spoke up for America, and, as historian William Harlan Hale writes in this short-form book, scored a diplomatic triumph.