Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese on the island of Cebu, Philippines, during World War II.
The Black Lives Matter movement is bringing the characters of powerful people in colonial times into sharp focus, particularly their attitudes and actions towards slavery and indigenous peoples.
An enthralling, revealing portrait of the marriage of George and Martha Washington, from bestselling biographer Flora Fraser'George and Martha tells the story of a couple, a family and country with sympathy and huge skill' Sunday TelegraphGeorge and Martha Washington, of Mount Vernon, Virginia, were America's original first couple.
Eine wahre Geschichte über Mut und Kameradschaft, Versagen und Verzweiflung, Triumph und TrauerDas verlustreichste Gefecht in der Geschichte der Bundeswehr fand am Karfreitag, dem 2.
Where Christianity Errs comprises a group of essays that aim to carefully, clearly, fairly, and without rancor argue that Christianity has significantly erred in some of its important beliefs and activities.
A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century, this biography takes a penetrating look at James Forrestal's life and work.
En un hotel de Vernet les Bains, en los Pirineos orientales franceses, la noche del 10 de octubre de 1939 fallece por causas poco claras José Gaos Berea, padre de los hermanos Gaos, notario y librepensador, que era, según Max Aub, «el auténtico genio de la familia».
“An exceptional, well written, exhaustively researched, and detailed biography” of the controversial Roman emperor—from the author of Constantius II (Midwest Book Review).
By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers.
One of the most beloved Christian autobiographies of modern times, Joni highlights the unforgettable story of a young woman's courageous struggle to find hope after a broken neck left her completely paralyzed.
Entertaining, fast-paced, instructional, The Change Maker is not only a memoir, but a blueprint for how we can change our own lives, as well as the world around us, by providing personal lessons in the values of strategic thinking and responsible leadership.
14 Millionen Deutsche wurden gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs mit Gewalt aus ihrer Heimat vertrieben, über 2 Millionen von ihnen ermordet, mindestens 2 Millionen Frauen und Mädchen unter ihnen vergewaltigt.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2016** **New York Times Book Review, Times Literary Supplement and Guardian Best Books of 2016**'Life for De Quincey was either angels ascending on vaults of cloud or vagrants shivering on the city streets.
In the autumn of 1915 Will Bird was working on a farm in Saskatchewan when the ghost of his brother Stephen, killed by German mines in France, appeared before him in uniform.
In a culture that praises blending in over standing out, productivity over purpose, and noise over truth, many women find their God-given voice compromised, quieted, or even mocked.
