The Deep Dark
Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine
Written by Gregg Olsen
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $14.95
For nearly a century, Kellogg, Idaho, was home to America’s richest silver mine, Sunshine Mine. Mining there, as everywhere, was not an easy life, but regardless of the risk, there was something about being underground, the lure of hitting a deep vein of silver. The promise of good money and the...
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Written by Jack Weatherford
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $15.00
The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of...
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Finding Atlantis
A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
Written by David King
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $13.95
The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilization—an epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the imagination.What do Zeus, Apollo, and the gods of Mount Olympus have in common with Odin, Thor, and the gods of Valhalla? What do...
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How America Got It Right
The U.S. March to Military and Political Supremacy
Written by Bevin Alexander
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: July 5, 2005
Price: $14.95
At last, a historian tells the truth about America’s role in the world—refuting the lies of anti-American propagandists.Left-wing critics—both at home and abroad—relish blasting our country for being the world’s sole superpower, or even an “imperialist” power.
But as acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander shows in
How America Got It Right, these...
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Down Range
Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2005
Price: $14.95
In America’s battle against al-Qaeda and their allies, the goal of the Navy SEALs is to be the best guns in the fight—stealthy, effective, professional, and lethal. Here for the first time is a SEAL insider’s battle history of these Special Operations warriors in the war on terrorism.
“Down range” is...
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Warriors
Portraits from the Battle Field
Written by Max Hastings
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.95
What it means to be a warrior has become a pertinent issue of our time. What makes some men and women perform extraordinary deeds on the battlefield? What makes them risk their lives in the pursuit of victory? And do their successes or failures in combat bring them happiness, melancholy, or...
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