The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House pens the incredible true story of the accidental creation of Facebook, and the even more amazing tale of what followed.
For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America's most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the...
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Joseph J. Ellis
From the prize-winning author of the bestselling FOUNDING BROTHERS and AMERICAN SPHINX, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the...
Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
Howard Blum
It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building...
E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Stephen E. Ambrose
From D-Day to victory in World War II with the men of Easy Company: Utah Beach, Market-Garden, the Bulge, and on to Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden.
The Rise Of The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Jeremy Scahill
A largely untold facet of the war on terror is the widespread outsourcing of military tasks to private mercenary companies. Accountable neither to the citizenry nor to standard military legal codes,...
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...
In this first important consideration of the George W. Bush presidency and its profound impact on the state of the world, Jacob Weisberg crafts a wide-ranging portrait that is both balanced and...
The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
George Crile
Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. George Crile tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman...
Here begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten,...
