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“Monumental.” —The New York Times Book ReviewPulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history...
A thrilling, first-person account of one of the most famous prison escapes of World War II.Jens Müller was one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III on the night of March 24, 1944—the breakout that later became the basis for the famous film...
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR New York Times Book Review • The New Yorker • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • Christian Science Monitor • Slate • St. Louise Post-Dispatch • Cleveland Plain Dealer • Seattle Times •...
"A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived." –Kirkus Reviews"A bighearted new memoir . . . Uptown Girl tells the story of a glamorous, resilient, and beloved All-American icon."—Woman’s World MagazineIn 1974, a twenty-year-old Christie Brinkley was...
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.New York Times BestsellersIn these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian John Toland’s classic, definitive biography of Adolf Hitler remains the most thorough, readable, accessible, and, as much as possible, objective account of the life of a man whose evil affect on the world in the twentieth century will...
"Revelatory. . . . [This] crackling new biography of the Roosevelt marriage speaks volumes." —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, Best Books of 2010 Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized partnerships in...
"Through Eckford and Bryan's tangled lives, [Margolick] hopes to capture the complexity of race, forgiveness, and reconciliation in modern America." —Kevin Boyle, The Washington PostThe names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the...
"A fascinating glimpse into our origins. Meave Leakey is a great storyteller, and . . . gives us a book that is informative and captivating." —Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall InstituteMeave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her...