History

River of the Gods Candice Millard

RIVER OF GODS: GENIUS, COURAGE AND BETRAYAL IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SOURCE OF THE NILE exposes one of the greatest feats of exploration of all time in the race to exploit Africa by colonial powers. The incredible story of courage and adventure is a thrilling account and tremendously readable.

 

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Team America: Patton, Macarthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged Robert L. O'Connell

TEAM AMERICA: PATTON, MACARTHUR, MARSHALL, EISENHOWER, AND THE WORLD THEY FORGED brilliantly and clearly tells the story of how the four greatest generals in history (forgive us Caesar, Hanibal, and Napoleon) served at the same time for the same country and how hundreds of millions of lives would have been different...

The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower Michel Paradis

THE LIGHT OF BATTLE: EISENHOWER, D-DAY AND THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN SUPERPOWER is the most deeply researched, intimate portrait of the Supreme Allied Commander and 34th President ever written. There is something new on almost every page that will cause the reader to think, "I didn't know that".

 

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Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta--And Then Got Written Out of History Howell Raines

SILENT CAVALRY: HOW UNION SOLDIERS FROM ALABAMA HELPED SHERMAN BURN ATLANTA AND THEN GOT WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY finally sets the record straight after Lost Cause historians distorted what really happened. This veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times has...

The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning Ben Raines

THE LAST SLAVE SHIP: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW CLOTILDA WAS FOUND, HER DESCENDANTS, AND AN EXTRAORDINARY RECKONING is told by the man who discovered the remains of the ship and travelled around the world to bring truth to readers from the mouths of descendants on all sides of the buying and selling of human beings. This is...

Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents Robert Schmuhl

MR. CHURCHILL IN THE WHITE HOUSE gives new descriptions of the war hero's savvy diplomacy - nudity, drinking and smoking. These perspectives and many more are among the colorful anecdotes in this deeply researched and delightfully written behind-the-scenes book. 
 

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Coolidge Amity Shlaes

COOLIDGE exposes the hitherto unknown heroic nature of the man and brings to life one of the most vibrant periods in American ecooimic history.

 

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Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold Keith Thomson

PARADISE OF THE DAMNED is the true story of Sir Walter Raleigh's quest to discover the legendary City of Gold. Keith Thomson's meticulous research gives the reader names, places and dates and his unique storytelling ability puts it all in an enjoyable format.  

 

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Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham's Civil Rights Days T. K. Thorne

BEHIND THE MAGIC CURTAIN: SECRETS, SPIES, AND UNSUNG WHITE ALLIES OF BIRMINGHAM'S CIVIL RIGHTS DAYS reveals never-before-told names, deeds, and places involved in the Civil Rights struggle at the birthplace of much of the fight. Award-winninng author and former Birmingham Police Captain T.K. Thorne spent ten years...

Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Chris Wallace

COUNTDOWN 1945 begins on April 12, 1945, the day of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, and follows the new president Harry Truman as he winds down the war in Europe and wrestles with the newly discovered knowledge of the atomic bomb. Over the 116 days between FDR's passing and the end of the war in Japan, Wallace...