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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ⢠ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTICâS TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠ONE OF BARACK OBAMAâS FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠Through the ârevelatory and gut-wrenchingâ (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark...
An eye-opening investigation of America's rural and suburban housing crisis, told through a searing portrait of precarious living in Disney World's backyard.Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 145 out of 3,143 counties in America....
The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal.âAÂ devastatingly lucid...
"An excellent account . . . A suspenseful narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats." âWWII History Magazine In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack Allied shipping....
The King's Shadow: The Extraordinary Tale of Charles Masson's Epic Search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the Wild EastIn the age of empires, kings, and spies, Charles Masson embarked on a wild journey that would change the world. The King's Shadow by Edmund...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | THE BOOK BEHIND THE VIRAL TIKTOK One tiny rock. One epic history."A must-have for any serious cook or foodie."âAnthony Bourdain"This is a "wow!" book: roving, startling, engaging.â âWashington PostâKurlansky finds the world in a grain of...
The third volume of the prime minister's history of Britain follows the nation's ascent as a world power and its response to the threat of Napoleon. In the "wilderness" years after Sir Winston Churchill unflinchingly guided his country through World War II, he turned...
"A vital book about the ridiculously cozy relationship between corporate wealth and government power and how it only seems to be getting worse" (William Cohan, author of Money and Power).In the United States today we have good reasons to be afraid. Our Bill of Rights...
A history of World War II's Operation Overlord, from the campaign's planning to its execution, as Allied forces battled to take France back from Germany.D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have...
Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period.Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have...
