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Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.James McPherson's fast-paced...

In print for fifty years, White Collar by C. Wright Mills is considered a standard on the subject of the new middle class in twentieth-century America. This landmark volume demonstrates...

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in...

James Lovelock tells the story of his life as an independent scientist and how he came to develop his inventions and theories. He has filed more than 50 patents, including...

Authors in Context examines the work of major authors in relation to their own times and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive...

For over 16 centuries, women have been undertaking great journeys and writing about their experiences, yet the traditional image of them is still that of an intrepid Victorian lady vigorously...

This book is an examination of the way in which Einstein's general theory of relativity - the theory of gravitation and of space-time, has held up under today's exacting scrutiny...

The march of science has never proceeded smoothly. It has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, and by outrageous...

Surfing the net during a lightning storm has amazing consequences for a group of teenage friends. Superhero powers are theirs at the click of a mouse! Trouble is, they don't...

This guide to over 2500 operatic characters is intended both as a source of reference and an enjoyable read. Covering a wide range of works across the whole compass of...

In 2014, a resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine; post-Saddam Iraq lost a third of its territory to an army of...

Mumford explains the forces that have shaped technology since prehistoric times and shaped the modern world. He shows how tools developed because of significant parallel inventions in ritual, language, and...

In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings...

A beautifully told and thought-provoking novel about a mix-up that leaves two children wondering who they really are and where they belong . . . What would you do if...

Teenager Jake Bailey's inspirational account of overcoming cancer. 'None of us get out of life alive, so be gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities you...

Ryle Winn had never had it so good. Happily married with grown-up children, he'd just bought his own cattle property and owned the smartest working dog around. Equally at home...

"A fascinating and well-written account of a little-known chapter that was crucial to the course of World War II and to America's global leadership." -Henry A. Kissinger In the dark...

" Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history. " -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "No one can lay claim to...

"A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters" (The New York Times Book Review) from the author of the memoirRecollections of My Nonexistence "Solnit argues...

"You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven't read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other...

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize "A charming comedy of eros . . . A ride that, despite the bumps and curves in the road, never feels anything less than...

In a groundbreaking book that recasts the history of the Cold War, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan exposes, for the first time, the truth behind J. Robert Oppenheimer's 1954 trial...

When did we stop connecting with other people? David Brooks argues that we can only solve our crisis of meaning at an emotional and moral level. Are you on your...

A major challenge to economic orthodoxy, by one of Britain's leading historians and economists The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only a minor role...

A compelling, powerful argument about the roots of current global disorder. How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit...

An epic tale of excess, debauchery, addiction, paranoia, mania and great f**king music With 90 million of the band's records sold worldwide since 1987, Guns N' Roses prolonged rock music...

LOGIC MADE EASY is filled with anecdotal histories detailing the often muddy relationship between language and logic. Designed with dozens of visual examples, the book guides readers through those hair-raising...

Jules Verne's career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction - stories that combined popular science and exploration. In "Around the World in...

This well-written dictionary covers the period 1789-1945. It has longer articles on keywords than most of its competitors and has been well reviewed: 'There is one book on my study...

Penguin Classics relaunch Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that...

Two chance encounters during one beautiful summer led New Zealander Allan Parker into a lifestyle that many of us can only dream about: he was offered a house-sit of a...

This is a classic survey of US foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term, now fully revised.

This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth in time, providing a whole view of the author's celebrated...

This superb one-volume history--from early British colonization to the fall of President Nixon--captures all the vivid personalities and events as well as the broad sweep of America's triumphant progress. Hugh...

If psychoanalysis is a science, Lacan suggests, it may be surprisingly similar to linguistics; we need to clarify the meanings of "the four fundamental concepts": the drive, repetition, the unconsciousness...

Salman Rushdie's first, breathtaking novel The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward...

'Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries today. He is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral...

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage night-time attack. Months later in Sweden, the news of the unexplained tragedy sets off a...