A renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling, information-filled vignettes.
Winner of The 2020 Best Book Award for Military History -- American Bookfest An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky's ';40 Thieves' were chosen for their willingness to defy rules and beat all-comers.
Drawing on historical documents and exclusive interviews, authors tell the inspiring story of Clarence Thomass rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to Supreme Court Justice.
Letters to Tim is a series of poignant letters sent over a ten-month period from a grandfather to his young twenty-year-old grandson who was struggling with very serious health issues in his life.
Summary of The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt | Includes Analysis Preview:The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt is the result of a year of email exchanges between a son and his mother.
Summary of A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold | Includes Analysis Preview:In her memoir A Mother s Reckoning, Sue Klebold strugglesto come to terms with her son Dylan s role in the infamousColumbine High School shooting.
Mistakes Were Made is a revealing memoir and unexpected love story from model and actress Fiona Lewis about her journey to self-acceptance as she restores a crumbling French chateau.
THE VIVID, SCANDAL-FILLED STORY OF A SHREWD, RAGS-TO-RICHES MILLIONAIRESS AND THE RUTHLESS POLITICIAN WHO PURSUED HER, TOLD AGAINST THE EFFERVESCENT BACKDROP OF AMERICA'S GOLDEN CITYSAN FRANCISCO.
After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his life.
A True Story of Heroism in Nazi-Occupied Greece [Some of] the most dramatic use of secret intelligence in the Western Theater resulted from covert operations against the Nazis in the cities of occupied Europe, which were implemented, to a great extent, by young men and women.
Follow Author Joseph Szalay thru the Great Depression as the son of Hungarian immigrants, thru his service during World War II with the 102nd Infantry Division.
USS Columbus (CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762); (From the Preface) "e;Much of the information in these articles was obtained from government reports submitted to the Navy by the captains of the CA-74 and CG-12 as required by Navy Department regulations.
(From the Foreword) The Japanese Combined Command, superior strategists who had conquered virtually all of Asia, made one fatal mistake in their designs on the United States; their sneak surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec.
Traditionally, our society has broadly agreed that the "e;good university"e; should teach the intellectual skills students need to become citizens who are intelligently critical of their own beliefs and of the narratives presented politicians, society, the media, and, indeed, universities themselves.
Anything But Dull: the Life and Art of JeffNuttallreveals the life lived and the art createdby a visionary polymath whose generosity ofspirit defined his character.
