The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American history. The literal story of what...
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An Army At Dawn: The War In North Africa (1942-1943) [abridged]
In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa. The liberation of Europe and the...
Countdown To Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days To The Attack
“With thrilling speed and elegant craftsmanship, Steve Twomey recounts the catastrophe of Pearl Harbor as a classic tale of human nature—its glories and its flaws. A...
A Short History Of The Civil War: Ordeal By Fire
"This is the best one-volume history of the American Civil War I've ever read." - Bernard DeVoto
The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-nazi Commando
In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the...
The Liberation Of Paris: How Eisenhower, De Gaulle, And Von Choltitz Saved The City Of Light
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a...
The Rise Of The Third Reich
The name Adolf Hitler – even half a century after the fall of the Third Reich – continues to evoke disgust, contempt and astonishment. How was it possible for an amateur...
El Hombre En Busca De Sentido
El doctor Frankl, psiquiatra y escritor, suele preguntar a sus pacientes aquejados de múltiples padecimientos: «¿Por qué no se suicida usted?» Y muchas veces, de las...
Black Hawk Down
Ninety-nine elite American soldiers are trapped in the middle of a hostile city. As night falls, they are surrounded by thousands of enemy gunmen: Their wounded are bleeding to...
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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer And The Secret City Of Los Alamos [abridged]
In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the US government at Los Alamos, a...
