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Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the YearAn Economist and Air MailBest Book of the Year"Brave and absorbing." — New York Times"Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a...
From the award-winning author of Saipan comes the definitive account of one of World War II's most brutal yet overlooked battles—the American reconquest of Guam, where 20 days of combat would claim over 18,000 mostly Japanese lives and mark another important turning...
An epic narrative of World War II naval action that brings to life the sailors and exploits of the war's most decorated destroyer squadron.Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureWhen Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron twenty-one...
This "standard text of the defining era of gay literati" tells the cultural history of the interconnected lives of the 20th century's most influential gay writers (Philadelphia Inquirer).In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves...
“Exceptional... a remarkable study of the key chapter of American history and its ongoing influence on American character.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Founding Era reflects on the birth of American nationhood and...
"A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review"A compelling saga that gives a voice to those that history tried to erase . . . Poignant and eye-opening, this is a must-read."—Booklist In The Other Madisons,...
How the United States underdeveloped AppalachiaAppalachia—among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America—has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven...
The true story of the last criminal to be executed by the device notoriously associated with the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.How long did the guillotine's blade hang over the heads of French criminals? Was it abandoned in the late 1800s? Did French citizens of...
New York Times Bestseller * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * A New York Times Editors' Choice "No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer." —The...
Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945 is an abridged edition of Saul Friedländer's definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning two-volume history of the Holocaust: Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939 and The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the...