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Hiroshima
Written by John Hersey
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 4, 1989
Price: $7.95
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity"... Read more >
Written by John Hersey
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 4, 1989
Price: $7.95
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity"... Read more >
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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1491 (Second Edition)
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of...
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Revolutionary Summer
The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $13.99
The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $13.99
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
Also available as an
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unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
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Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
Written by Sean B. Carroll
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2013
Price: $28.00
The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius.
In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives... Read more >
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
Written by Sean B. Carroll
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2013
Price: $28.00
The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius.
In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Written by Candice Millard
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more >
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Written by Candice Millard
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.00
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Murder of the Century
The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars
Written by Paul Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $16.00
“No writer better articulates ourinterest in the confluence of hope, eccentricity, and the timelessness of the bold and strange than Paul Collins.”—DAVE EGGERS
On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discover a floating human torso... Read more >
The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars
Written by Paul Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $16.00
“No writer better articulates ourinterest in the confluence of hope, eccentricity, and the timelessness of the bold and strange than Paul Collins.”—DAVE EGGERS
On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discover a floating human torso... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
With the Old Breed
At Peleliu and Okinawa
Written by E.B. Sledge
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
“Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific—the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary—into terms we mortals can grasp.”—Tom Hanks
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In The Wall Street... Read more >
At Peleliu and Okinawa
Written by E.B. Sledge
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
“Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific—the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary—into terms we mortals can grasp.”—Tom Hanks
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In The Wall Street... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Written by Candice Millard
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2009
Price: $11.99
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more >
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Written by Candice Millard
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2009
Price: $11.99
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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The Tudors
The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $18.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer provides a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty—and some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. In 1485, Henry Tudor, whose claim to the English throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, nevertheless sailed from France with... Read more >
The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $18.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer provides a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty—and some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. In 1485, Henry Tudor, whose claim to the English throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, nevertheless sailed from France with... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
