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2025 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Gold Medal-winner2025 American Book Fest Best Book Award FinalistA breakneck adventure of war, romance, and politics in the golden age of piracy.Captain William Kidd stands as one of the most notorious "pirate" outlaws ever, but his...
The legendary CBS news journalist's selection of iconic World War II radio broadcasts from countries throughout Europe. William L. Shirer was the first journalist hired by CBS to cover World War II in Europe, where he continued to work for over a decade as a news...
Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington’s character, but also illuminates the origins of America’s...
A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United StatesLong after the transatlantic slave trade was officially outlawed in the early nineteenth century by every major slave trading nation, merchants based in...
An "engaging . . . authoritative portrait" of the former South Carolina governor and senator and analysis of his political career (Library Journal)."This is a thoroughly terrific and important work, for it makes clear the continuing impact of Thurmond's legacy on our...
"Exciting accounts of the major campaigns [of the American Revolution] . . . a reminder of what history can be when written by a master." —Publishers Weekly"Beginning with a recapitulation of the French and Indian War—which, though ending in British victory,...
Winner, 2021 Gold Medal in history, Military Writers Society of America -- In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolved to crush it once and for all. The...
The author of Legions of Rome and Cyrus the Great recounts how Cornelius Vanderbilt fought a war in Central America to protect his business.When he died in 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the Vanderbilt dynasty, was wealthier than the U.S. Treasury. But he had...
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Blowback. "Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U. S. military and foreign policy." —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's...
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and...
