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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...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This book, I suspect, will detonate over certain corners in America.... Darkology is a major and thrilling work of American history." âDwight Garner, New York Times Book Review, cover story As Heard on NPR's Fresh Air: "Quite enlightening." âTerry...
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 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...
A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of...
