Journalist Ken Anderson analyzes claims made by historian Trevor Ravenscroft and others that the Holy Lance, which is said to have pierced the side of Jesus Christ, took center stage in Hitler's life and was the focal point of Hitler's ambitions to conquer the world.
The popular conception of the Vietnam War focuses on the ground warthe soldiers and grunts who humped along jungle trails and fought the Vietcong face to facebut an important part of the war was waged in the skies over Southeast Asia, and indeed many of the war's most well-known figures were pilots, from John McCain and James Stockdale to the unknown men who unleashed napalm hell and who carried out Curtis LeMay's ';bomb them into the Stone Age' doctrine, Lyndon Johnson's Rolling Thunder, and Richard Nixon's Linebacker.
From the author of bestselling Sisters in Captivity, seven remarkable stories of men who served from WWI to Korea their wartime exploits and achievements through aviation.
Authors Caroline Davis and Bert Dunkerly explore a significant turning point of the Civil War-a battle that had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides.
The popular conception of the Vietnam War focuses on the ground warthe soldiers and grunts who humped along jungle trails and fought the Vietcong face to facebut an important part of the war was waged in the skies over Southeast Asia, and indeed many of the war's most well-known figures were pilots, from John McCain and James Stockdale to the unknown men who unleashed napalm hell and who carried out Curtis LeMay's ';bomb them into the Stone Age' doctrine, Lyndon Johnson's Rolling Thunder, and Richard Nixon's Linebacker.
The Boston Harbor Islands: Discovering the Citys Hidden Shores is an indispensable resource for those who want to uncover the best kept secret in the Northeast.
In this lucid and stimulating new book, Peter Burger, one of the foremost literary critics in Germany today, addresses the relationship between art and society, from the emergence of bourgeois culture in the eighteenth century to the decline of modernism in the twentieth century.
The Kete dance form, once exclusive to royal courts, carries intricate movements, symbolic gestures, and rhythms that mirror Ghanaian history and values.
John Corry's chronicle of the Murrays and the McDonnells is the quintessential story of a successful Irish American clanperhaps the most successful in sheer numbers and influence.
A ground-breaking and essential work of history - the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Family's connection with the transatlantic slave tradeThe Crown's Silence is the untold story of the British royal family's relationship to slavery from the reign of Elizabeth I to the present.
The Boston Harbor Islands: Discovering the Citys Hidden Shores is an indispensable resource for those who want to uncover the best kept secret in the Northeast.
2026 CrimeCon CLUE Book of the Year Nominee Something Big tells the story of the infamous Browns Chicken massacre, a brutal case that captivated Chicagoland after remaining unsolved for nearly a decade.
"e;It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.
This book examines how Christian writers portrayed the conversion of Slavs beyond the Elbe River-a complex, centuries-long process spanning the tenth through twelfth centuries.
Two innovations in weaponry appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century and revolutionized warfare, turning it into a multidimensional contest: the modern diesel-powered submarine and the fixed-wing aircraft.
Water for All chronicles how Bolivians democratized water access, focusing on the Cochabamba region, which is known for acute water scarcity and explosive water protests.
John Corry's chronicle of the Murrays and the McDonnells is the quintessential story of a successful Irish American clanperhaps the most successful in sheer numbers and influence.
From the mountain goats who linger by the visitor's center on Logan Pass to the crystal-clear glacier-fed lakes, from the magnificent views from the Many Glacier Hotel to the old-growth forest landscapes, visitors will find much to ponder and enjoy within these pages.
From the mountain goats who linger by the visitor's center on Logan Pass to the crystal-clear glacier-fed lakes, from the magnificent views from the Many Glacier Hotel to the old-growth forest landscapes, visitors will find much to ponder and enjoy within these pages.
This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bowman, who fought as bravely as a man among the Rangers and was buried with full military honors.
