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- Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers.
- In this deeply moving account, Conant reveals an enigmatic man, who served his country at tremendous personal cost.
- In December 1944, the Allied forces thought their campaign for securing Europe was in its final stages. But Germany had one last great surprise attack still planned. Here is the unforgettable story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its miraculous Christmas Eve turn toward victory.
- Twelve Books that Changed the World presents a rich variety of human endeavour and a great diversity of characters. There are also surprises. Here are famous books by Darwin, Newton..
- In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence.
- In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence.
- Chris McManus uncovers the secrets of a collection of six thousand dusty old postcards which turned up in a forgotten cupboard in the Psychology Department of University College London...
- Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attack Upon the United States.
- A must-read for all Americans!
- The true story of Steven Callahan alone and adrift at sea for 76 days
- Traces the life of Confederate General John B. Hood
- This compelling, behind-the-scenes look into the Castro brothers’ remarkable relationship reveals how Fidel and Raul have collaborated for years and challenges the view of the little-known Raul as an insignificant player. Latell projects what kind of leader the younger brother and designated...
- Inside America's War on Terror. The disturbing truth about the war on terror, written and read by Richard A. Clarke.
- Bulfinch's masterpiece of history and fable recounts the tales of Arthur and the Round Table and how the Arthurian legend has metamorphosed from medieval Welsh texts through French romances to obscure British histories. This book not only tells the King Arthur tales but also explains the...
- Story of the famed Confederate Warship and scourge of the Union shipping fleet
- "Those who doubt the greatness of men can leave this book alone or read and recant. This follows the story of the seige of the Alamo. It is one of the mightiest tales that the history of this or an...
- Spectacular epic production of one of the worlds most famous battles
- No American car carries the mystique of the Corvette, and early in 1997, General Motors unveiled the stunning fifth-generation Corvette to universal acclaim. But GM’s triumph was hard-won. The legendary sports car had nearly fallen victim to internal company politics and a squeeze on profits....
- A devoted husband, father, and American, his missives include: a love letter to Barbara; a letter to his mother about missing his daughter Robin after her death from leukemia.
- Evan Galbraith represented America in Paris for four years during Reagan’s administration, and he paints a vivid picture showing the life of an American ambassador in the grand and glamorous city. His story is often amusing when describing his involvement on talk shows, at embassy dinner...
- Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a muezzin. Europeans already are. While liberals will say diversity is our strength, the Taliban will burn books and barber shops in Greenwich Village and the Supreme Court will uphold sharia law. If you think this can’t happen, you...
- In 1764, Britain imposed the first of several taxes with the Sugar Act. This was followed by the Stamp Act and the Townshend Revenue Act. In 1773, the Seven Years War with France had made Britain t...
- In 1764, Britain imposed the first of several taxes with the Sugar Act. This was followed by the Stamp Act and the Townshend Revenue Act. In 1773, the Seven Years War with France had made Britain t...
- A journey retraced from small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military service.
- Through the vast information-gathering network of his private global intelligence company, Stratfor, called "The Shadow CIA," George Friedman presents the startling truth behind America's foreign p...
- In this dramatic and revealing memoir, Ronald Reagan recounts both his life and his beliefs with uncompromising candor and his familiar wit.
- In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.
- The first single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades.
- Antietam is the third in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family, the Brannons. Mac, a Brannon son and a gifted horseman, joins Jeb Stuart's cava...
- Full-cast tale of espionage, betrayal and romance set against the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
- Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit...
- Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and year). They also observed th...
- The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America.
- Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against segregation.
- With his trademark bull’s-eye analysis and common sense, best-selling author David Limbaugh provides a sobering and shocking portrait of a Democrat Party that has lost its soul, too morally and intellectually bankrupt to serve our country.
- This is the first volume of a comprehensive six-volume set. “For Carson, history is more than facts and dates, [but] is the product of the actions of countless individuals, each under the influence of certain ideas. . . . He shows how they were responsible for the settlement of this continent,...
- Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the people and events.
- Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the factors which shaped this nation.
- The fifth volume covers the Great Depression through the mid-eighties. Carson elucidates the causes of the stock market crash and the years of economic depression which followed. Further discussions are equally engaging, including the New Deal, Social Security, World War II, the Cold War, the...
- Carson’s newest volume in his set brings U.S. history abreast with recent developments in government and culture. Among the topics he examines are materialism and statism, the welfare state, conservatism and liberalism, the Reagan and Bush administrations and their subplots, as well as the...
- Carson’s newest volume in his set brings U.S. history abreast with recent developments in government and culture. Among the topics he examines are materialism and statism, the welfare state, conservatism and liberalism, the Reagan and Bush administrations and their subplots, as well as the...
- Could the war in Europe have been won in 1944 if the right strategies had been employed? With superb battle narratives throughout and a clear analysis of success and failure at every point, historian Robin Neillands casts a new and informed light on the long-drawn-out and costly struggle for the...
- The Battles of Lexington and Concord dramatized in this accurate portrayal
- Action and adventure, heroes and villains, swash and buckle all washed down with lemonade.
- In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include ten amendments, which are commonly referred to as The Bill of Rights. These were the guarantees of individual liberty upon which critics of the Cons...
- Yossef Bodansky gives us an in-depth look at the rise of Osama bin Laden, the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war. Here is a comprehensive account in meticulous detail of what dr...
- The original six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson,Tim Mclnnerny, Brian Blessed, Peter Cook, Miriam Margolyes and Rik Mayall
- Six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson.
- The serpentine Lord Blackadder lowers the whole tone of England's Golden Age.
- Richard Curtis’ and Ben Elton’s award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries.
- 'Compulsively readable... the pages of this vividly written book are populated by memorable secondary characters'
- Organizations working to restore the environment and foster social justice collectively comprise the largest movement on earth. This movement with no name, leader, or location is a creative expression of people's needs worldwide.
- A Jules Verne adaptation about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War
- An audio anthology of the most dramatic moments in American history.
- The smuggling of diamonds from Sierra Leone has become one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. This gripping true story traces the deadly trail of these diamonds and the repercussions felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone.
- The man who would prevail in a war for independence came of age not through easy victory but in triumphal defeat. A Blooding at Great Meadows is a unique look at the founding father as a young, inexperienced military leader with many lessons yet to learn but already possessed of the...
- The highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 production starring Tom Baker, Jack Shepherd and others.
- An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.
- A riveting account of the brave U.S. Army Rangers who stormed the coast of Normandy.
- The true, but little known story of Red Clouds War, along the Bozeman Trail in Montana in 1868
- Tom A. Coburn, a congressional maverick who kept his promise to serve three terms and then leave Washington, offers a candid look at the inner workings of Congress.
- Buddha's Child floods the shadowy corners of South Vietnam's Byzantine political world with the bright light of truth.
- From insights into the mind of history's greatest general to a grunt's-eye view of the gruesome realities of war in the Classical Age, this is a vivid portrait of the daily life of the Tenth Legion.
- In this revelatory study, award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards makes clear the links between the Gold Rush and the Civil War. He explains how Southerners envisioned California as a new market for slaves for digging for gold and planned to split off the southern half of the state for slaves.
- From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "The Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights movement. Introduction written and read by Rev Leon H Sullivan.
- Featuring Never-Before-Collected, Original Recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard.
- This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, this is a very powerful audiobook.
- Peggy Noonan offers an eye-opening assessment of the scandals and failures of the Clinton years, from Whitewater and health care to the Filegate and Travelgate affairs, casting a revealing light on the first lady’s motives and behavior.
- With arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed America and the World would be changed forever and for the better.
- A cluster of five countries—Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, & Cost Rica—are commonly referred to as Central America. Although these nations differ in their histories and politics, they...
- Chancellorsville is the fourth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. After Will and Mac Brannon return to their units, the Confederate caus...
- This New York Times best-seller is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and of a colorful congressman from Texas who conspired with a rogue CIA opera...
- Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially "iatrochemistry", which emerged in the Renaissance); ...
- This is the seventh book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. While two Brannon sons were with Lee at Gettysburg and Cory was a...
- With his simulated day-by-day reportage, prize-winning journalist-historian Jeffrey St. John makes you an eyewitness to the 1787-1788 political battle to ratify the U.S. Constitution. And what a ba...
- What are our ideas and hidden assumptions about China? Does America’s policy toward China make sense? In this vigorous look at China’s political evolution and direction, Mann offers a startling vision of our future with China that will have a profound impact for decades to come.
- Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences.
- A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own words from the BBC archive.
- Armed with vast statistical research, economist Thomas Sowell deftly refutes the key assumptions on which the civil-rights movement as we know it today was erected, “that discrimination leads to poverty and other adverse social consequences and . . . that adverse statistical disparities imply...
- All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally imp...
- The Army of the Potomac attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the bloodbath at Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker makes yet another attempt, but Stonewall Jackson turns his flank at Chancellorsville. In ...
- Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the battlefield, which finally decided the fate of this nation.
- From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. T...
- From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. T...
- "The story of the war needs retelling because it helped to change the future of the human race," wrote Bruce Catton. According to the New York Times, this work is "scholarly, judicious, clear, and ...
- In this landmark study, Burckhardt chronicles the breakup of the medieval worldview that came with the rediscoveries of Greek and Roman culture and the new emphasis on the role of the individual. These went hand in hand with scientific achievement and a more naturalistic depiction of the world...
- In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to the great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers. Classical Music 101 is a high...
- The work that George Washington said helped spark the Revolutionary War.
- Sowell’s essays paint some hard truths, which are backed by his brilliant scholarship. He discusses many of the extraordinary ideas that preoccupy the liberal political agenda, exposing their flaws and submitting them to reprimand. He lays bare the errors of such phenomena as affirmative action,...
- Traditional scientific determinism has suggested that the natural world is regular and predictable, and that timeless and universal nature is best understood by studying its parts in isolation. For...
- John Perkins was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries around the globe to accept enormous loans that they could not pay back. His true story exposes international intrigue, corrup...
- Sowell explains that most people have one of two contrasting visions, “constrained” and “unconstrained,” described in terms we recognize as associated with the political Right and political Left. At the heart of the conflict of visions are questions about the moral and intellectual...
- In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound together by the Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho...
- You are there, in 1787, at America's constitutional convention, with the inside story that reads like a modern-day account of the secret proceedings in Philadelphia. Veteran print and broadcast jou...
- On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events...
- The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless expansion
- The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless expansion
- The Da Vinci Code: Harmless fiction or a hidden agenda aimed at the foundations of Christianity?
- This island was once a clearinghouse for importing slaves into the New World. It later became one of the world's few remaining bastions of Marxism, proclaiming socio-economic equality. In both form...
- The Curran case framed an era, from 1965 to 1990, and left behind unresolved questions about authority and freedom in the Catholic Church today. Through biography, history, theology, and courtroom ...
- Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich presents a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin ...
- The Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota Sioux and whites. Lakota historian Joseph M. Marshall III reveals the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the battle, in an account that has until now only been...
- Rodriguez portrays Mexico and the United States as moral rivals for California. Tragic Mexico and the comedic United States, ironically, have traded roles by the end of the twentieth century. Rodrigue
- They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not hand grenades, shooting .22s at rabbits...
- A stirring performance of the foundation document of American liberty...
- One of the greatest texts in the English language.
- After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped gro...
- One unforgettable year in Charles Osgood's childhood in Baltimore during WWII.
- As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Hannity reminds us we must also cope with the continuing scourge of accommodation and cowardice at home.
- Subtitled True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors, this is the ultimate book of ordeals, with remarkable stories of castaways and other survivors from the 1500s to the present. Included are a...
- This is an intense, vivid autobiographical report from the heart of violent Darfur by a former American Marine who became a military observer for the African Union. The first extensive on-the-ground account of the genocide in Sudan, it is also a powerful memoir of one soldier’s awakening to...
- Perhaps the most well-known collection of reminiscences.
- A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned three decades.
- Science is a way of knowing that's characterized by the rules of logic and the methods of experiment. But the conflict between logic and experiment has created a long-standing tension in scientific...
- From the vogue for very young models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, childhood in America today is in precipitous decline. Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Postman suggests that the divisions between childhood and adulthood are eroding under the...
- America's courts, legal culture, and law schools remain solidly in the Left's camp. Decades of liberal legal precedents fill volumes of law tomes. Absent a sweeping change, precisely what author Mark W. Smith calls for in Disrobed, liberals will ruthlessly exploit their dominant position in the...
- The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a wo...
- Set in 1632, this is the story of New England's first pirate, a fur trapper named Dixie Bull
- Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves - Manhattan.
- Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes
- Jorge Ramos recounts the events of the worst immigrant tragedy in United States history.
- With the clarity and grace for which she is admired, Edith Hamilton writes of Plato and Aristotle, of Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, of the much-loved playwright Menander, of the Stoics, and ...
- Peter Huchthausen, in a patrol boat on the Mekong River, rescued a badly wounded Vietnamese child, Nguyen Thi Lung, arranged for her treatment and education, then lost track of her during the Tet ...
- In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma...
- An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet...
- Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan...
- President Abraham Lincoln's famous words, emancipating all slaves in the territories of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, are brought to life through an engaging performance...
- The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration.
- Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of a decade of the century described by those who saw them happen...
- Eyewitness 1920 - 1929 presents the history of the Twentieth Century, based on contemporary accounts of events as they happened, using BBC Archives.
- Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the twentieth century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith.
- Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith
- Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, wtitten by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith.
- Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of a decade of the century described by those who saw them happen...
- Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith
- Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith
- The unique history of the Twentieth Century - 1990 to 1999.
- The story of William Fly, New England's most notorious pirate.
- Transport back to fifteenth-century Rome to find the secrets of the Vatican.
- Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world.
- Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world.
- A delight, superb. An engaging, tender and uplifting story of a family and its struggle to eke a living from the land...
- The never-before-told story of the American pilots - idealists, adventurers, romantics - who helped save Britain in its darkest hour.
- The bestselling audiobook of the acclaimed BBC1 series, described as 'Brilliant' by the Daily Mail
- Firehouse is journalism-as-history at its best. The story of what happens when one small institution gets caught in apocalyptic day, it is a book that will move readers as few others have in our time.
- Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, daredevil flyer Jimmy Doolittle led a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo itself. This is the true account of how ordinary people, when faced with ex...
- Now updated with a major new afterword that incorporates the latest cosmological research, this classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened whe...
- The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of history as Churchill and the members of his Cabinet debated negotiating with Hitler or continuing the war. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where the military disasters taking...
- 'Superior wordplay, virtuoso musicality and superb banter - they've taken the comedy song to a whole new level'
- A true and moving story of American courage.
- One of the most important news stories of the last three centuries comes to life in this "eyewitness account" of America's first federal elections, the first congress, and President Washington's cr...
- Cokie Roberts brings to life the women who raised our nation.
- First it is the tale of four men who, in 1743, were marooned in the Arctic for six years with supplies for only one day, and secondly, it is a contemporary author's search to retrace their steps an...
- During the Allies’ aerial bombardment of Naples in 1943, the renowned scugnizzi, or street boys, of Naples staged their own violent revolt against the occupying Germans. Using furniture to build barricades and stolen guns to shoot at the enemy, they fought for four days. Hundreds died, yet the...
- More democracy means more freedom. Or does it? American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is o...
- In García Márquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of García Márquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand ...
- General Ike is a book that John Eisenhower always knew he had to write, a tribute from an affectionate and admiring son to a great father.
- Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re...
- Gettysburg is the sixth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. As the armies clash at Gettysburg, Will and Mac Brannon are swallowed up in t...
- A stunning historical production covering the three days of Gettysburg
- The second part of the stunning Gettysburg trilogy from Colonial Radio
- Adam Fowler explores the plight of thousands of captive elephants in Asia and their historic and changing relationship with man.
- 'The Natural History of Selborne' has become part of that curious concoction of ideas and artefacts, which are seen as somehow defining "the English way of life."
- Rosin’s account follows America's most ambitious young evangelicals who, since 2000, have been making their way to Patrick Henry College, where they are groomed to become the Christian elite of tomorrow, waging battle on the frontlines of politics, entertainment, and science.
- John Jakes, "the godfather of the historical novel" (Los Angeles Times), leaves the South to travel North for an epic tale of scandalous doings in the world's most famous resort ...
- First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time—the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- With only bare hands and crude tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored uniforms and clothes. A split-second operation as delic...
- Those who survived still remember the Great Hurricane as the most terrifying moment of their lives. Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Burns reconstructs this harrow...
- In January 1945, captured American soldiers, emaciated and ill from brutal mistreatment, were still in the notorious Cabanatuan prison camp in the Philippines when Army Rangers set out on a daring ...
- These speeches span the years 1940 – 1987.Among others listen to Winston Churchill’s First Radio Address As Prime Minister, John F Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and Richard Nixon’s Resignation speech.
- Here are some of history's most significant figures with their most important speeches.
- Based on a thorough study of Greek life and civilization, of Greek literature, philosophy, and art, The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the pa...
- From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis
- What was it about a small, humble folk instrument that allowed it to become an American icon? The guitar is "wall-to-wall popular in the United States," says Brookes in this chronicle of the guitar...
- Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, Antinia Fraser unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot.
- Herodotus is the father of historical writing and a most compelling storyteller. His tales laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. He infused his magnifi...
- This epic three-volume history explores life's grand themes through Britain's rich and colourful history.
- Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed television epic.
- Here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music.
- The story of literature that has touched the hearts & stirred the minds of countless readers.
- Pendle was closely connected with Latin America for more than forty years. His text emphasizes how many races and classes have contributed to the civilization of this great landmass, with its vast ...
- This absorbing history is illustrated by over 100 musical examples.
- William Hickling Prescott's monumental History of the Conquest of Mexico is a classic work.
- An enthralling story - told with nearly 100 famous musical extracts.
- The World Cup is the largest sports event outside the summer Olympics: the progress of the 32 countries which qualify for the finals is watched by billions all over the globe.
- Here is the diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre.
- With the premise that all civilizations owe their origins to war making, Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of some two thous...
- A gripping, in-depth account of Germany's horrific abuse of science and its consequences.
- In this second volume in Kim Murphy's Civil War Trilogy, sisters Amanda and Alice struggle to reconcile political and family loyalties. Betrothed to Major Samuel Prescott, Amanda sympathizes with the Union, while Alice takes to smuggling medical supplies for the Confederacy under Colonel William...
- The first work of fiction by a President of the United States - a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence.
- In one of the most compelling combat narratives ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, Army infantry platoon leader, gives a teeth-rattling, first-hand account of eleven straight days of heavy house-to-house fighting during the climactic second battle of Fallujah.
- Throughout history, great generals have deceived, outflanked, and triumphed over superior armies commanded by conventional thinkers. Bevin Alexander tells how Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Ston...
- The thrilling 1-life story of how the famous Charleston, SC, church of St. Michael's was saved from fire by the daring act of a slave...
- An account of one man's profound respect and affection for a president who changed his life.
- No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. This book by best-selling author...
- In 1942, eight Nazi saboteurs were caught on American beaches and executed. The decision was challenged in court but eventually upheld in the Supreme Court's ruling in Ex parte Quirin—a case that h...
- In this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Kessler reveals the inner world of the CIA. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active Directors of Cen...
- Carmen Bin Ladin tells of her time married into the Bin Laden family.
- Through exclusive interviews, Keegan probes the war's causes, complications, costs, and consequences. The Iraq War is authoritative, timely, and vitally important to our understanding of a conflict...
- The "isle of poets and scholars" has known almost constant warfare for centuries. In 1920, it was divided into North and South; yet this purely political solution left a religious and cultural schi...
- Ireland’s history is more turbulent and fascinating than any other. From the first English presence in Ireland through siege, rebellion, and civil war, to Irish ascendancy, home rule, and the present-day troubles, Johnson tells the story of this most remarkable island.
- "Is Paris burning?" is the question Hitler asked over and over as the French and American troops battered their way into the city. Few moments in history are as stirring as the Allied liberation of...
- In this original, sweeping, and intimate biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks.
- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) achieved momentous breakthroughs in three areas: mathematics (the calculus), a theory of colors, and gravitational attraction. His first insights in each of these areas occ...
- Here is a history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times.
- Ben Ferguson, the voice of America's youth, delivers his views on all the issues, from politics to culture. Everyone wants to know what Ferguson will say next -- and here's your chance.
- New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers.
- Two centuries ago, without congressional or public debate, a president who is thought of today as peaceable, Thomas Jefferson, launched America's first war on foreign soil, a war against terror. Th...
- Lackawanna, New York was home of the first home-grown al-Qaeda terrorist cell in America. Or was it? Dina Temple-Raston re-evaluates the casualties of the war on terror in this story of pre-emptive imprisonment for an act of terrorism never committed.
- In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
- In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
- The Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison was Andersonville, where many thousands of wretched Union prisoners died in deplorable conditions. John Ransom survived to tell the dreadful tale, t...
- At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town...
- Billy Graham looks back at it all with down-to-earth warmth and candor -- remembering his dairy farm upbringing, his early preaching experiences.
- This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen mont...
- With fiery words of wisdom and a passion for justice, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired people everywhere to perform extraordinary acts of courage.
- Dust swirled round the world for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of lght. The effects were felt as far away as France.
- The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In ...
- From bestselling author and Emmy® Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos comes a pivotal new book that explores the current and future power of the Latino vote in American politics.
- After his dramatic surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years, during which time he did more than any other American to heal the wounds between North and South during the ...
- This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For sixty years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation while never disclosing its blunders to the American public. Now a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter uses the CIA’s own archives to reveal the CIA as a deeply flawed...
- Listen as a full-cast tells us of Hiawatha's battle with Pearl Feather.
- Sean Hannity makes clear that the greatest challenge Americans have to overcome may not be an attack from overseas, but the slow compromising of our national character.
- Once more personally selected by Alistair Cooke these middle years in America bring reports on the black revolution and ’60s counter culture as well as fascinating memories.
- In 1909 Elinore Pruitt took a job with a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. This was the beginning of the eloquent letters narrated in this remarkable audiobook.
- Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man.
- In this informative yet entertaining audio-biography, Pearson Phillips reflects on Queen Elizabeth II , her life and times.
- Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties - complete, unabridged and read by the author
- This first audio-biography of Marcel Proust tells the story of one of the world's most original and admired literary geniuses.
- Regarded one of the most mesmeric performers of his day, he lives on in his music.
- Born in Dublin in 1865, Yeats drew strength from the Irish tradition, as can be seen in this special audiobook which presents the most important poems in the context of his life and ambitions.
- Here is a brief account of Dante's life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by Benedict Flynn.
- The remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language.
- In this classic biography, Hesketh Pearson puts his skills as an actor and biographer to lively use, looking at the man as much through his work
- This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time.
- "America, America, God shed His grace on thee. . ." Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims who set...
- Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10 BEST - Library Journal.
- Speeches, Essays and other writings including 'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural Address'.
- Beyond the Civil War’s bloody battles was an equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe. At the head of the fray was Thomas Haines Dudley, the “father of modern American intelligence”
- Experience the tortured journey of Samson
- The real story of Custer and his famous last battle against the Sioux
- This world history is not dominated by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the...
- Suetonius wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled their extraordinary careers, presenting perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns.
- The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
- Thomas Hargrove's Long March to Freedom is a record of Hargrove's eleven months as a hostage of Colombian guerrillas and was the basis for the recent movie hit Proof of Life that starred Meg Ryan, ...
- A moving and exhilarating autobiography of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time.
- In 1941, seven escapees of a Soviet labor camp in Siberia spent a year walking to freedom over four thousand miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth, always a step away from death. They had no map and no compass but only a fierce determination to survive.
- In 1898, when the Spanish- American War was not going well for the United States, Richmond Pearson Hobson survived a “suicide mission” in a failed attempt to block Santiago Harbor in Cuba and was i
- This major new Radio 4 series charts the development of Western medicine and healing from the ancient Greeks to the pioneering organ transplant operations of the 20th Century and beyond.
- From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology.
- In this collection of lectures Feynman originally gave in 1963, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several mega questions of science. Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend.
- Though medical science began with the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, dissection, and the study of the human body was prohibited for religious reasons until the Renaissance. In 1623, William H...
- After Rome fell in the 5th century A.D., Europe endured a long drought of ideas. The Middle Ages were a time when spiritual, other-worldly concerns dominated intellectual life; study of the natural...
- The Supreme Court endorses terrorists' rights, flag burning, and importing foreign law. Is that in the Constitution? You're right: it's not. But these days the Constitution is no restraint on our o...
- The Forts Henry and Donelson campaign, the first decisive Union victory, fought on the western edge of the theater, was a gruesome omen of what was to come in the battle between two great men: U.S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
- On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress declared war upon Mexico. Although the Mexican-American War lasted only 18 month, its consequences were profound. Mexico lost nearly one-half its territo...
- By the end of World War I, Britain had promised control of Palestine to both Arabs and Jews. Each of these peoples claimed a longstanding right to the same piece of land, and violence was inevitabl...
- Fifty people never came home to Middletown, New Jersey after September 11th. Wall Street fathers, young Port Authority police, single working moms, the beloved coach of the girls basketball team.
- Monarchy is more than the biographies of the kings and queens of England. It is an in-depth examination of what the English…
- La aterradora historia de un viaje sin regreso. Cada día, cientos de personas toman incalculables riesgos para cruzar la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos.
- Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt.
- For O. J. Simpson to get away with murder, an innocent cop and brilliant detective had to be destroyed. That was the strategy of the Simpson defense. But as certainty about Simpson's guilt grew, so...
- The account of the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy.
- In The N Word, a renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word. The author reveals how the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America and states that only when we know its legacy can we loosen this slur’s grip...
- The powerful story of a slave who became one of the most effective African-American leaders.
- The Bestselling story of how one man's courage changed the course of history. 'A magnificent piece of popular history.' Independent On Sunday
- Among the greatest natural historians was Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who influenced Goethe, Darwin, and America's leading naturalists. Humboldt's Cosmos, published in five volumes from 184...
- Exploring in vivid detail the trap into which the dreams of America’s leaders have taken us and the likely consequences of our dependence on a permanent war economy, Johnson’s prophetic book, Nemesis, shows how imperial overstretch is undermining the republic itself, economically and politically.
- The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom...
- New World Coming is a vivid portrait of the 1920s, focusing on the men and women who shaped this extraordinary time, including, ironically, three of America's most conservative presidents, Harding,...
- The true story of a pilot who went missing on the opening eve of the Gulf War.
- The true story of a pilot who went missing on the opening eve of the Gulf War.
- When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to.
- The political story the media was afraid to touch. The story of how the "Right" stole...
- Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad.
- The title translated means "a new order for the ages" and is the motto on the Great Seal of the United States. By explaining how events occurring in Philadelphia in September 1787 ushered in a new ...
- As host of Closing Arguments on Court TV and Nancy Grace on CNN's Headline News, Nancy Grace has won legions of devoted fans with her intelligent, plainspoken approach to the law. In Objection!, sh...
- Como los Hispanos Elegiran al Proximo Presidente de los Estados Unidos.
- Old Ironsides battles Tripolitan Pirates to free the crew of the captured USS Philadelphia
- An amazing but true story of Yankee ingenuity!
- One Christmas in Washington is the fascinating, in-depth look at the Washington war conference of 1941, as two proud and accomplished statesmen struggled to overcome biases, suspicion, and hubris t...
- "LaMore's odyssey from tail gunner to prisoner of war to escapee and interpreter for the advance guard of the Soviet army provides a unique tale of aerial combat, the horrors of the stalags, and lo...
- Now, for the first time in his own words, Dole tells the moving story of his harrowing experience on and off the battlefield, and how it changed his life.
- Jazz, flappers, rumble-seats, flagpole sitters, Rudolph Valentino and Lucky Lindy—these were the catch words of the Roaring Twenties. But so were the K.K.K., women's suffrage, Sigmund Freud, Teapot...
- In 1846, eighty-seven men, women, and children set out for California, attempting a new overland route. After many struggles, they reached the summit of the Sierras but were trapped there. Many per...
- For most of history, the beginning of the universe has been understood through the many myths offered in various cultures. But in the modern age, scientific cosmology has emerged to offer new expla...
- Winchester, hit by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the distant islands that are all that remains of what made Britain great...
- This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance.
- Alfred and Uhtred make an unlikely allies, yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them to where the Saxon army will fight for the very existence of Britain...
- A teeming and engrossing audiobook, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
- Winner of the National Book Award for history, The Path Between the Seas tells the story ...
- Since the liberal revolution of the '60s and '70s, American history books have been biased toward the negative. They overemphasize America's racism, sexism, and bigotry while downplaying the greatness of her patriots. As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George...
- Walk with The Pembrokeshire Wizard, a self guided audio adventure for active families, consisting of a dramatised audio guide book, an accompanying Guide Booklet on pdf, and a Quiz Game download...
- Zinn draws on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history, read by distinguished people in the arts.
- A chronicle of American history, from the bottom up.
- Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia.
- Strategically located, The Philippine Islands have been one of the keys to American policy in the Pacific. But this loose island chain has a better history, vacillating between oppression and rebel...
- In the first U.S. covert mission to overthrow a foreign nation, President Jefferson dispatched an unlikely diplomat, forty-year-old William Eaton, to Tripoli to free three hundred American hostages...
- Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush...
- Plutarch's unique insight into the great men of the Ancient World through his biographies.
- Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices.
- In politics, when reason and emotion collide, emotion invariably wins. This book by scientist and psychologist Drew Westen is a groundbreaking scientific investigation into how the mind works, how the brain works, and how it affects candidates winning and losing elections.
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) exposes the shoddy science, plain dishonesty, and hidden political agenda behind the biggest phony environmental scare since the predictions of catastrophic global cooling in the 1970s.
- Far from being the backwater of prejudice and ignorance that the liberal media would have you believe, the South has always been the center of American culture. And with its emphasis on traditional values, military service, good manners, and small government, the South should certainly rise again.
- Using the first-hand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used...
- The Preacher and the Presidents reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together.
- Michael Beschloss's dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous Presidents changed the history of the United States.
- The ultimate guided tour of the nation's most famous dwelling, The President's House is truly a national treasure.
- In the first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel examines Rudy Giuliani's successes in N...
- The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men.
- At the outbreak of the Civil War, Amanda Graham’s husband dies a hero’s death. Left with no source of income, she smuggles medical supplies for Lieutenant Colonel William Jackson and the Confederacy. Although a rogue, Wil is a man of courage and fiercely loyal to Amanda. Lieutenant Samuel...
- This is the story of the battle of Antietam and the events leading up to the single bloodiest day in the entire Civil War. Union casualties topped 12,000 and Confederate casualties topped 11,000, a...
- Property fundamentally marks how we as individuals are related both to other individuals and to society at large. In its strongest form, property absolutely excludes others from possessing, using, ...
- Lifts the lid off today's legal system with details more shocking than any fictional TV show
- In The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman concentrates on society rather than the state. With an artist's selectivity, Tuchman brings to vivid life the people, places, and events that shaped the years le...
- Punishment is a harm or deprivation, imposed by a legitimate authority, based on a legitimate conviction of wrongdoing. In assessing guilt, considerations of intention, action and results are all r...
- In the fall of 1787, the call went out: Each of the 13 states assembled special conventions to consider ratification of a proposed Constitution of the United States. Without ratification by nine co...
- As one of the most listened to nationally syndicated radio talk-show hosts...
- Twenty years in the making, Reclaiming History resolves, beyond any reasonable doubt, every lingering question surrounding the Kennedy assassination.
- An epic work of fiction, the dramatic, intertwining tale of two families struggling to make a place for themselves in an America deeply divided after the Civil War.
- One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank close to American shores. Compelling evidence strongly sugges...
- In Red, White & Liberal, Alan Colmes addresses a fundamental question: In this time of uncertainty, how can we protect our freedom without diminishing our liberties?
- In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including women's dress, propriety, and beauty aids, with ad...
- Recommended listening for all Americans as well as for foreigners seeking to gain historical wisdom and insight, this magisterial and lucid history of America is written with a lighter touch. Alden...
- Pope John Paul II's recollections of his life and thoughts on issues facing the world.
- In this audio book based on his number one bestselling book, Dawkins presents a closely argued and intellectually exhilarating case for his radical Darwinian view of life on Earth.
- Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp.
- Edith Hamilton shows us Rome through the eyes of the Romans. Plautus and Terence, Cicero and Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Virgil, and Augustus come to life in their ambitions, their work, loves and hates
- Recent events have made it clear that the Soviet Union is not a monolith; it's a collection of nationalities, many with serious objections to union. The demise of communism holds great promise and ...
- The welcome, all-new return of Griffin’s New York Times–bestselling series about the OSS in World War II...
- Following the defeat of Confederate forces at Chattanooga, the battered Rebel army, including a bitter Cory Brannon, retreats slowly toward Atlanta. A large Union army is marching to Savannah, layi...
- The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
- Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
- The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
- The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
- Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
- Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
- This edition brings together the amalgamation of Scotland to the other British states, the succession of the first Hanoverian King and much more...
- Edition 7 covers George III succession, the potent political instability as well as the incredibly important ideological changes that were underway in the period of study.
- Volume 9 covers the years 1815 to 1837, describes a period of prosperity, wit and elegance as well as scandal, change and social ferment...
- Using a range of contemporary documents, this is an informative, engaging and fascinating insight into the rise - and eventual fall - of the British Empire.
- The new Sceptred Isle - the master storyteller is back! Vol 2 of the eagerly-awaited follow-up to Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed...
- Continuing the award winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day
- Continuing the award winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day
- Continuing the award-winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day
- The Twentieth Century, continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful country that stands on the brink of the millennium.
- Continuing the award-winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day
- Smallpox was a terrifying human scourge. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left survivors disfigured for life. This riveting book tells the story o...
- The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead.
- Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with W Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the Federal Bureau of Investigation who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon.
- Former CIA director Casey wrote this book because, he said, “I believe that it is important today to understand how clandestine intelligence, covert action, and organized resistance saved blood and treasure in defeating Hitler.” Based on his own WWII service, Casey recounts how the Allies...
- Seizing the Enigma provides the definitive account of how British and American code breakers fought a war of wits against Nazi naval communications and helped lead the Allies to victory in the cruc...
- The Sense of Wonder relates Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, in their walks along the sea coast and through forests and fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight, and storm clouds. It is a guide to capturing the simple power of discovery that Carson...
- Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations.
- This is the eighth book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one Southern family. Three Brannon brothers return home in the lull in the fighting, bu...
- General U.S. Grant and General Sherman are caught off guard by the entire Confederate Army
- Shiloh is the second book in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. The Brannon son, Cory, is working as a riverboat crewman when he sees Unio...
- John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, showing each of the title's six armies in a battle sequence testing them to the utmost..
- Six Days of War is the most comprehensive history ever published of the six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting in the summer of 1967. Oren spotlights all the participants--Arab, Israeli, Soviet,...
- The story Antonia Fraser tells is romantic and cruel, funny and sad, dramatic and enthralling. Henry's wives emerge not simply as appendages to their husband, but as intriguing individuals.
- The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages...
- Passion and property in Manhatten.
- The heroic true stroy of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy.
- On November 23, 1942, German U-boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond, and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim who, with no knowledge o...
- The Somme is an incredible documentary detailing the exact events and conditions endured by the Allied forces, an absolutely outstanding piece.
- Helen Colijn recounts her wartime experiences in a Japanese prison camp for women and children in Southeast Asia and how these prisoners of war used music to respond to their dire circumstances. Th...
- Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939), an educated and well-known Sioux, saw both sides of the great divide between Indians and whites, and he wrote eleven books attempting to reconcile the two cultures. This book is his illumination of Indian spiritual beliefs and practices. A convert to...
- South Africa has become the world’s symbol of racism. From the moment the Dutch colonists set foot on the Cape in 1652, this nation has steered a straight course toward apartheid; civil unrest has resulted. These tapes explore the economic and social forces that have brought South Africa into...
- On April 25th, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain. Less than seven months later, a victorious America claimed the former Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands. To the American diplomat John Hay, the Spanish-American War was “a splendid little war.” It...
- The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, a society of warrior-heroes who exemplified the heroic virtues of self-sacrifice, community endeavor, and achievement against all odds. Paul Cartledge engagingly examines the rise and fall of this singular society.
- One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan—one of our nation's most powerful and popular Presidents.
- An amazing insight into the life of one of histories greatest villains...
- If questioning certainties is an art, John Kasich has mastered it in his stand for something with eloquence, passion, and sincerity
- Stick It! Rocking Road Stories told by legendary classic rock drummer Corky Laing...
- Learn about the Pilgrims, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 in this educational full-cast presentation.
- The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and presenter Aled Jones.
- Ancient and medieval awareness of electrical effects included lightning, electric fish, St. Elmo’s fire, the amber effect, and (esp. in early China) the lodestone (magnet). Plutarch explained the electric effect in terms of air displacement. The following chart shows a timeline of topics...
- Charles Coffin’s The Story of Liberty, originally published in 1879, is not America’s story alone. It belongs to all those who are enjoying freedom and liberty in any part of the world. As we look at that which preceded our nation’s history and led to its founding, we will begin to have an idea...
- Farah is living proof that not only can the human heart endure, it can also thrive. The Story of My Life is our new great American memoir.
- Clara Barton was one of those women of the nineteenth century who was determined to make the world a better place. She was determined to help the unfortunate victims of wars and disasters. In 1881, she founded the American Red Cross, which today stands as a living memorial to the lifelong...
- 1972. The Munich Olympics. Members of the Palestinian group Black September murder eleven Israeli athletes. Prime Minister Golda Meir vows to track down those responsible. Thus begins the Israeli r...
- An important look at where America is today and that the future of America will get brighter.
- While the Pilgrims were struggling to survive in the New World, work began on one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Taj Mahal, buil