11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 tells the dramatic story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its Christmas Eve turning toward victory.
In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its...
The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to greatness—told by the...
Considered to be one of the best autobiographies written in colonial America, Franklin portrays a fascinating picture of life in pre-revolutionary Philadelphia. In his own words he describes his...
The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's
R.A. Scotti
In this swift, colorful narrative, R. A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind the audacious building of St. Peter's Basilica during the 14th and 15th...
The post-Normandy battles that the Allies fought as they struggled for seven months to advance from the Seine to the Rhine were complex and controversial. Even after sixty years, the questions...
Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
Tom Brokaw
In THE GREATEST GENERATION, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in BOOM!, one of...