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  • Hitler: Downfall

    1939-1945

    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastrophe—from the author of Hitler: Ascent“Skillfully conceived and utterly engrossing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn the summer of 1939, Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Having consolidated political control in Germany, he was at the helm of a newly restored ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Master Slave Husband Wife

    An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

    by Ilyon Woo ...
    One of The New York Times’s10 Best Books of 2023New York Times BestsellerNamed a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, Boston, Chicago Public Library, Oprah Daily, and PeopleThe remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a ... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Wait Till Next Year

    A touching memoir of growing up in love with family and baseball from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals and Leadership in Turbulent Times.Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year recreates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans.We meet the people who ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Heart of Everything That Is

    The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

    New York Times Bestseller: This biography of the Sioux warrior who defeated the US Army is “a page-turner” with “the narrative sweep of a great Western” (The Boston Globe).Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud’s powers, the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Ty Cobb

    A Terrible Beauty

    The New York Times–bestselling, award-winning biography of the baseball superstar: “The best work ever written on this American sports legend.” —The Boston GlobeTy Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player ever. His lifetime batting average is still the highest in history, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Winnie and Nelson

    Portrait of a Marriage

    **A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • AN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • A WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela that “does justice both to the couple’s political heroism and to the betrayals and the secrets that hounded their union” (The New Yorker).Drawing on ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Corky Lee Book

    Google Honor of US Asian American Photographer with a Doodle |Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him|

    by James Johnson ...
    "Corky Lee: Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him" is an engaging and instructive book that honors the astounding accomplishments of one of the most significant photographers in American history. Born in Queens, New York, Corky Lee grew up with a love for photography and a desire to utilize his work to promote social justice and equality.Throughout his life, Corky Lee captured the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The True Story Of Anthony Albanese

    politics

    by DEEONE PRESS ...
    Dive into the captivating world of Australian politics with 'The True Story of Anthony Albanese.' Uncover the untold journey of resilience, leadership, and love that propels Australia's Prime Minister beyond the political podium. From humble beginnings to the corridors of power, this meticulously crafted biography unveils the man behind the policies, providing an intimate portrait that goes beyond ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • I Invented the Modern Age

    The Rise of Henry Ford

    by Richard Snow ...
    From the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a fresh and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model T—the ugly, cranky, invincible machine that defined twentieth-century America.Every century or so, our republic has been remade by a new technology: 170 years ago the railroad changed ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Book of Margery Kempe

    by Margery Kempe ...
    Translated by Barry Windeatt ...
    A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Private Spy

    The Letters of John le Carré

    An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our timeThe never-before-seen correspondance of John le Carré, one of the most important novelists of our generation, are collected in this beautiful volume. During his lifetime, le Carré wrote numerous letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • To the End of the Earth

    The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

    From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War“Brilliant [and] riveting… a truly great book.”—Gen. David Petraeus • “Triumphant [and] compelling.”—Richard Frank • “McManus is one of the best—if not the best—World War II historians working today.”—World War II magazineThe dawn of 1945 finds a US Army ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Nerone

    La rinascita di Roma e il tramonto di un imperatore

    Series Book 3 - La trilogia di Nerone
    Il giorno dopo il Grande incendio, Roma offre uno spettacolo di desolazione e distruzione. Tutto è irriconoscibile: gli edifici collassati sono diventati grandi ammassi di macerie, le strade e i vicoli ora sono degli avvallamenti, mentre nell’aria aleggia un acre odore di bruciato. Molti hanno perso tutto ciò che avevano e i campi per gli sfollati diventano la loro unica casa. Tutti guardano all ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Tom Paine

    A Political Life

    by John Keane ...
    “It is hard to imagine this magnificent biography ever being superseded . . . It is a stylish, splendidly erudite work.” —Terry Eagleton, The Guardian“More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world.” So begins John Keane’s magnificent and award-winning (the Fraunces Tavern Book Award) biography of one of democracy ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Mercy from the Japanese

    A Survivors Account of the Burma Railway and the Hellships, 1942–1945

    By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story. He firmly believes that someone somewhere was looking after him during those four years. Examine the odds stacked against him and his readers will understand why he hold this view. During the conflict in Malaya and Singapore his regiment lost two thirds of its men. More than three hundred patients and staff in the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Founding Brothers

    The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER **• NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A landmark work of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation.“A splendid book—humane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit.” —The ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Aviators

    Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

    by Winston Groom ...
    Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Lions of Kandahar

    The Story of a Fight Against All Odds

    “A raw and authentic war story about untamed Green Berets in action.”—Dalton Fury, New York Times bestselling author of Kill Bin LadenSouthern Afghanistan was slipping away. That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Unbroken

    A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street JournalHailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography**On a May ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Beautiful Beast: The Life & Crimes of SS-Aufseherin Irma Grese

    "The Beautiful Beast" documents in meticulous detail the extraordinary and frightening biography of Irma Grese. Born in a tiny farming community fifty miles north of Berlin, she became the ultimate feminine representative of the Hitlerian vision of the warrior-youth;indeed, with her blonde hair and strikingly blue eyes, Grese embodied all the physical characteristics of the idealized Nazi youth! ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World

    by Alan Mikhail ...
    An “arresting” (New York Times Book Review) revisionist history demonstrating how Islam and the Ottoman Empire made our modern world.The history of the Ottoman Empire—once the most powerful state on earth, ruling over more territory and people than any other world power—has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and suppressed in the West. With this “original and wide-ranging” (Wall Street ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Hunting the Falcon

    Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

    “A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne’s triumph and tragedy." —**Tina Brown,**New York Times Book Review“A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh reality of politics.”—Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of DevonshireA groundbreaking, freshly-... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past

    Translated by Carolin Sommer ...
    Now in paperback: The New York Times bestselling memoir hailed as “unforgettable” (Publishers Weekly) and “a stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity” (Booklist).At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf—and discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List. Reviled as the “butcher ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • American Prometheus

    The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD