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by Dwight Jon Zimmerman, John D. Gresham
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A fascinating look at two of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country.
Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call...
Before the First Shots Are Fired
How America Can Win Or Lose Off The Battlefield
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
For the better part of the last half century, the United States has been the World's Police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military action always the most appropriate response? Drawing on his vast experience, from combat in Vietnam to...
The Battle of Britain
Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A groundbreaking new account of the Battle of Britain from acclaimed historian James Holland
The Battle of Britain paints a stirring picture of an extraordinary summer when the fate of the world hung by a thread. Historian James Holland has now written the definitive account of those months...
True Blue
Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
After September 11, 2001 Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers-his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers a broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. Hundreds of active...
Tibet Unconquered
An Epic Struggle for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
A fabled country in the far reaches of the Himalayas, Tibet looms large in the popular imagination. The original home of the Dalai Lama, one of the great spiritual leaders of our time, Tibetan Buddhism inspires millions worldwide with the twin values of wisdom and compassion. Yet the Chinese takeover...
Beyond Hell and Back
How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
An inside look at seven of the most harrowing and significant Special Operations missions ever.
Courage beyond reason. Loyalty beyond faith. Perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity. These are just some of the qualities of the members of the U.S. Special Operation Forces. BEYOND HELL...
Buried Alive
The True Story of the Chilean Mining Disaster and the Extraordinary Rescue at Camp Hope
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and...
American Panic
A History of Who Scares Us and Why
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
In American Panic , New York Times bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequences of American political panics through the years. Virtually every American, on one level or another, falls victim to the hype, intensity, and propaganda that accompanies political panic, regardless of...
FDR's Funeral Train
A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The April 1945 journey of FDR's funeral train became a thousand-mile odyssey, fraught with heartbreak and scandal. As it passed through the night, few of the grieving onlookers gave thought to what might be happening behind the Pullman shades, where women whispered and men tossed back highballs. Inside...
34 Days
Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
This is the first comprehensive account of the progression of the Second Lebanese War, from the border abduction of an Israeli soldier on the morning of July 12, 2006, through the hasty decision for an aggressive response; the fateful discussions in the Cabinet and the senior Israeli command; to the...
Band of Giants
The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists only became real because fighting men were willing...
The Unfaithful Queen
A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII, a novel about Catherine Howard, wife of Henry's later years
Amid the turbulent, faction-ridden late reign of the fearsome Henry, eager high-spirited Catherine Howard caught the king's eye—but not before she had been the...
Blackballed
The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent world of racial...
Bankrupting Physics
How Today's Top Scientists are Gambling Away Their Credibility
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The recently celebrated discovery of the Higgs boson has captivated the public's imagination with the promise that it can explain the origins of everything in the universe. It's no wonder that the media refers to it grandly as the "God particle." Yet behind closed doors, physicists are admitting...