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  • A Woman in Berlin

    Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

    by Anonymous ...
    Translated by Philip Boehm ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. "With bald honesty and brutal lyricism" (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Longstreet

    The Confederate General Who Defied the South

    by Elizabeth Varon ...
    Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyAmerican Battlefield Trust Prize for History FinalistA “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet ... Read more

    $16.99 USD $3.99 USD

  • The Witches

    Salem, 1692

    by Stacy Schiff ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death.The panic spread quickly, involving ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sapiens

    A Brief History of Humankind

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    #1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill GatesOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Great Improvisation

    Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

    by Stacy Schiff ...
    In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career ● Michael Douglas stars in Franklin, premiering April 12 only on Apple TV+In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 50 Children

    One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany

    by Steven Pressman ...
    “A classic tale of American initiative . . . A rich and rewarding read. . . . paints a moving picture of the rescue” of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria (Wall Street Journal).In early 1939, America’s rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United States. As deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Prometheus

    The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

    by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...
    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Shadow of the Titanic

    The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived

    by Andrew Wilson ...
    A riveting and groundbreaking account of what happened to the survivors of the Titanic.We think we know the story of the Titanic—the once majestic and supposedly unsinkable ship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America—but very little has been written about the vessel’s 705 survivors. How did the events of that horrific night in the icy waters of the North Atlantic ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

    Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

    by Douglas Brunt ...
    This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $3.99 USD

  • Founding Brothers

    The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Joseph J. Ellis ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER **• NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A landmark work of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals—Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison—confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation.“A splendid book—humane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence and wit.” —The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • The Queen of Subtleties

    by Suzannah Dunn ...
    A tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of Henry’s queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the Tudor court.Everyone knows the story of Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, Spanish wife for a young, black-eyed English beauty, and, in ... Read more

    $2.49 USD $1.49 USD

  • The West

    A New History in Fourteen Lives

    by Naoíse Mac Sweeney ...
    **“A bold, sweeping bird’s eye view of thousands of years of history that provides a truly global perspective of the past. A fantastic achievement.”—Peter Frankopan, internationally bestselling author of The Silk RoadsPrize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney delivers a captivating exploration of how “Western Civilization”—the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece ... Read more

    $10.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • Chuck Yeager

    World War II Fighter Pilot

    by Don Keith ...
    Series series American War Heroes
    Bold, brash, and brimming with courage, Chuck Yeager burst onto the scene as an instant superstar in 1947 when he became the first to fly an airplane faster than the speed of sound. Yet before his days as America’s most famous test pilot, Yeager was a young fighter ace in the US Army Air Forces, flying a P-51 Mustang over Nazi-occupied Europe. His story is the stuff of legend. Soon after downing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Corky Lee Book

    Google Honor of US Asian American Photographer with a Doodle |Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him|

    by James Johnson ...
    "Corky Lee: Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him" is an engaging and instructive book that honors the astounding accomplishments of one of the most significant photographers in American history. Born in Queens, New York, Corky Lee grew up with a love for photography and a desire to utilize his work to promote social justice and equality.Throughout his life, Corky Lee captured the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Autobiography

    by Benjamin Franklin ...
    In this inspiring autobiography, Benjamin Franklin not only recounts a significant portion of his beautiful and successful life but also shares his personal formula for success. Franklin advocated sacrifice, hard work, thrift, frugality, and continuous education as determinants for individual and collective prosperity. Franklin's basic idea that, no matter who you are, with hard work and thrift, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • God's Secretaries

    The Making of the King James Bible

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK“This scrupulously elegant account of the creation of what four centuries of history has confirmed is the finest English-language work of all time, is entirely true to its subject: Adam Nicolson’s lapidary prose is masterly, his measured account both as readable as the curious demand and as dignified as the story deserves.” — Simon Winchester, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition)

    by Anne Frank ...
    Among the most powerful accounts of the Nazi occupation, "The Diary of Anne Frank" chronicles the life of Anne Frank, a thirteen-year old girl fleeing her home in Amsterdam to go into hiding. Anne reveals the relationships between eight people living under miserable conditions: facing hunger, threat of discovery and the worst horrors the modern world had seen. In these pages, she grows up to be a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exit Wounds

    A Vietnam Elegy

    by Lanny Hunter ...
    Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy is an intimate, boots-on-the-ground memoir that chronicles one captain’s brutal experience in the Vietnam War.On October 19, 1965, American Special Forces in Vietnam came under attack at their camp at Plei Me. This marked the first major confrontation between the North Vietnamese and US armies during the war. Throughout six days of constant hostile fire, Captain Lanny ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Notes from a Colored Girl

    The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis

    by Karsonya Wise Whitehead ...
    Series series Women's Diaries and Letters of the South
    This historical biography provides a scholarly analysis of the personal diaries of a young, freeborn mulatto woman during the Civil War years.In Notes from a Colored Girl, Karsonya Wise Whitehead examines the life and experiences of Emilie Frances Davis through a close reading of three pocket diaries she kept from 1863 to 1865. Whitehead explores Davis’s worldviews and politics, her perceptions of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gulag Archipelago

    The Authorized Abridgement

    by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...
    “BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Wisdom of the Bullfrog

    Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)

    by Admiral William H. McRaven ...
    **THE INSTANT #1 New York Times BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed, bestselling author of Make Your Bed—a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL.**The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Henry V

    The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

    by Dan Jones ...
    **"Ambitious... With meticulous research and in lively style, Jones presents us with the man beyond the Shakespeare character."—The New York Times“The best biography yet of England’s greatest king."—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs and JerusalemThe New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Military Tactics

    Strategic Maneuvers, Decoding the Art of Conflict

    by Fouad Sabry ...
    Series Book 159 - Military Science
    What is Military TacticsMilitary tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield. They involve the application of four battlefield functions which are closely related kinetic or firepower, mobility, protection or security, and shock action. Tactics are a separate function from command and control and logistics. In contemporary military science, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Making of a Leader

    The Formative Years of George C. Marshall

    by Josiah Bunting III ...
    A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall (1880–1959), and a distillation of the essential lessons his formative years offer to the leaders of today and tomorrowGeorge Marshall’s accomplishments are well known: after helping to guide the Allies to victory during World War II, he set Europe on the postwar path to recovery with the plan that bears his name ... Read more

    $14.99 USD