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Mandela
The Life of Nelson Mandela
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
A wonderful, fully-illustrated celebration of the life of one of the most inspiring and respected leaders of our time.
This book pays tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela with a unique collection of photographs from throughout his life. Mandela has become a household name, respected by everyone...
Intimate Companions
A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein, and Their Circle
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Photographer George Platt Lynes, painter Paul Cadmus, and critic Lincoln Kirstein played a major role in creating the institutions of the American art world from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. The three created a remarkable world of gay aesthetics and desire in art with the help of their overlapping...
Everyday Sexism
The Project that Inspired a Worldwide Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The Everyday Sexism Project was founded by writer and activist Laura Bates in April 2012. It began life as a website where people could share their experiences of daily, normalized sexism, from street harassment to workplace discrimination to sexual assault and rape.
The Project became a viral...
Beyond Coincidence
Amazing Stories of Coincidence and the Mystery and Mathematics Behind Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Ever wonder what the odds are of being struck by lightning?
Or winning the lottery?
Or meeting someone from Timbuktu with the same middle name as you?
BEYOND COINCIDENCE recounts and analyzes over 200 amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of:
Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon...
by Ramiro A. Calle
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Hernan, the protagonist of this exciting novel, has flown to India with the purpose of finding a meaning to his life and discover the true nature of being. In his intense journey through India, dotted with surprises and full of dangers, he makes the acquaintance of many sages and finally he meets...
by Juan Pablo Escobar
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
THE POPULAR SERIES NARCOS CAPTURES ONLY HALF THE TRUTH. HERE, AT LAST, IS THE FULL STORY.
THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER!
Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have...
by David Fisher, Col. Jack Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
There is absolutely nothing in the American experience comparable to basic training or boot camp. If you haven't been through it, you can't understand it.
But if you've been through it, you never forget it.
No matter where they live, all American fighting men and women have one thing...
The Good Fight
The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation)
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Can’t get enough of Hamilton? Think the British were the only ones we squabbled with during the Revolutionary War? Think again! A unique look at how the founding fathers settled their differences in their quest to settle a nation.
George Washington vs. King George. Benjamin Franklin vs. his...
The Second World War
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
A landmark reassessment of World War II that reconsiders the immense six-year conflict under the lens of the many separate campaigns fought in Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean
A definitive single-volume military history of World War II, The Second World War reveals the vastly diverse ways...
by Henry James, M. R. James, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
Enemies at Home
A Flavia Albia Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
"There are rules for private informers accepting a new case. Never take on clients who cannot pay you. Never do favours for friends. Don't work with relatives. If, like me, you are a woman, keep clear of men you find attractive.
"Will I never learn?"
In Ancient Rome, the...
Future War
Non-Lethal Weapons in Modern Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
The nature of warfare has changed! Like it or not, terrorism has established a firm foothold worldwide. Economics and environmental issues are inextricably entwined on a global basis and tied directly to national regional security. Although traditional threats remain, new, shadowy, and mercurial adversaries...
Mistakes that Worked
40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!
The Cold War
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
In The Cold War: A Military History, David Miller, a preeminent Cold War scholar, writes insightfully of the historic effects of the military build-up brought on by the Cold War and its concomitant effect on strategy. Bringing together for the first time newly declassified information, Miller takes...