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Mary Queen of Scots is perhaps one of the most controversial and divisive monarchs in regal history. Her story reads like a particularly spicy novel, with murder, kidnap, adultery, assassination and execution. To some she is one of the most wronged women in history, a...
"Provocative . . . Jackie's post-1963 actions make a new kind of sense . . . With a diagnosis of PTSD in mind, incidents once criticized . . . can be reassessed." âUSA TodayThe instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! The untold story of how one woman's life...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY ⢠OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠âAn instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.ââDwight Garner, The New York...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âNo single book is as relevant to the present moment.ââClaudia Rankine, author of CitizenâWith unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs....
A âhugely entertainingâ history of life lived on and beside the Nile River in Egypt (The Times (UK)).From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind's tales. In this...
A WWII history told from US and Japanese perspectivesââan impressively researched chronicle of the months leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshimaâ (Publishers Weekly). Â During the closing months of World War II, two military giants locked in a death embrace of...
âA historian finds the seeds of an inevitable civil war embedded in the âcontradictions, ambiguities, and silencesâ about slavery in the Constitution.â âKirkus ReviewsTaking on decades of received wisdom, David Waldstreicher has written the first book to recognize...
Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iranâs nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfareâone in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. Â ...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year"This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." âHilary Spurling, New York Times Book ReviewMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...
What would it be like if you were transported back to Athens 420 BCE? This time-travelerâs guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .  Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would...
