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by William B. Breuer
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Critical Acclaim for Secret Weapons of World War II
"Breuer has produced yet another collection of rip-roaring tales. . . . A delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out."
-Publishers Weekly
"It is Breuer's portrayal of the competition for...
The Fifteen Biggest Lies about the Economy
And Everything Else the Right Doesn't Want You to Know about Taxes, Jobs, and Corporate America
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy
Taxes kill growth. Labor unions hurt their members. Government regulation destroys jobs. These are just a few of the biggest lies in the web of misinformation spun by conservatives and...
The Servant Economy
Where America's Elite is Sending the Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Renowned economist Jeff Faux explains why neither party's leaders have a plan to remedy America's unemployment, inequality, or long economic slide
America's political and economic elite spent so long making such terrible decisions that they caused the collapse of 2008. So how can they continue...
The First Samurai
The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
A portrait of Japan's first significant samurai leader and his world
Was samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up by events beyond his control? Did he really declare himself to be the "New Emperor"? Did he suffer divine retribution for his ego and...
The Road to Valley Forge
How Washington Built the Army that Won the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Acclaim for The Road to Valley Forge
"Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men."
-Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty!: The American Revolution
"The Road to Valley Forge is an effective operational...
The Road to Guilford Courthouse
The American Revolution in the Carolinas
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the war.
"A tense, exciting historical account of a little known chapter of the Revolution,...
Shadows on the Mountain
The Allies, the Resistance, and the Rivalries that Doomed WWII Yugoslavia
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
An in-depth look at a crucial, little-known World War II episode—the failed Allied policy in Yugoslavia and its ramifications in the Balkans and beyond
Winston Churchill called it one of his biggest wartime failures—the shift of British and U.S. support from Yugoslavia's Draža Mihailovic...
All the Shah's Men
An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country’s elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and...
Trafalgar's Lost Hero
Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Trafalgar’s Lost Hero introduces the man whose real-life exploits have been attributed to the likes of Horatio Alger and Jack Aubrey. Never seeking the public acclaim craved by his closest friend and comrade Horatio Nelson, Cuthbert Collingwood was instrumental in forcing the combined French and...
Lincoln's Other White House
The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The Lincolns spent the summer of 1862 north of the White House at the Soldiers’ Home. The lush, cool hill overlooking the squalid capital promised the Lincolns an escape from the "city of stink." Despite fears about Lincoln’s vulnerability in the secluded place, Lincoln spent a quarter...
by Carolly Erickson
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Acclaim for Carolly Erickson "Carolly Erickson is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers writing in English." -The Times Literary Supplement The First Elizabeth "Even more readable and absorbing than the justly praised works of Tuchman and Fraser. A vivid...
Broadsides
The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Praise for BROADSIDES
"Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immortality upon him; envision with Mahan the storm-tossed and ever-watchful ships-of-the-line that kept England secure from invasion; wonder in...
Sovereigns of the Sea
The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Savor the story of the ultimate warship in Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship, which chronicles the history of Sovereign of the Seas, an immensely powerful floating fortress. You will enjoy this gripping tale of an arms race that created and ruined empires,...
Native American Stories of the Sacred
Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
The wisdom from these stories can become a
companion on your own spiritual journey.
Native American stories of the sacredare intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of Creation to “Why?” stories...