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"Poignant . . . Well worth the read."Â âWall Street JournalIn December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's famed Third Army. Over the next six months, as the war in Europe raged, Sisson would participate in many of World War II's...
How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ ⢠A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrinaâand the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and...
An epic, revelatory account of the Battle of Gettysburg, where George Meade, Lincoln's unexpected choice to lead the Union army, defeated Robert E. Lee and changed the course of the Civil War, from the award-winning author of James Monroe: A LifeBy mid-1863, the Civil...
The National Book Awardâwinning historian's "vivid and moving" eyewitness account of the fall of France to Hitler's Third Reich at the outset of WWII (The New York Times). As an international war correspondent and radio commentator during World War II, William...
**ABA Indies Choice Book Awards Winner****Black Caucus American Library Association Nonfiction Award Winner****L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist****A November LibraryReads Pick**Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported...
âThe best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.ââThe Wall Street JournalA master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught...
This celebrated history of the Algerian War âcaptures a contingent moment in the conflict between the West and the Arab worldâ, reminding us that âmodern history is not made by the âclash of civilizationsâ but by peopleâ (Harperâs Magazine). Â âThis universally...
2013 Pulitzer Prize FinalistNew York Times Ten Best Books of 2012âRivetingâŚThe Patriarch is a book hard to put down.â â Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book ReviewIn this magisterial new work The Patriarch, the celebrated historian David Nasaw tells the full...
Typically, when we reference grief work in relation to anti-Blackness, people think about the grief experienced by those oppressed by white supremacy. But Breeshia Wade encourages those who are not Black to consider how their own unexplored grief amplifies the...
