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Ex-President and explorer Theodore Roosevelt recalls in his journal of a hunting trip in Africa the many animals he stalked and killed for the Smithsonian institution, and his meetings with East Africans.
This is the true story of the massive thirty-year cover-up that followed the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
Tracing the history of Japanese aggression from 1853 onward, Hoyt masterfully examines the issues behind the war in the Pacific and sheds new light on the "China Question," the rape of Hong Kong, the Bataan Death March, and the murder camps of the East Indies.
The story of World War II from the vantage point of its instigator German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler (1889-1945).
Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature.
This comprehensive biography of prolific critic, essayist, historian and novelist Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) posits, quite successfully that the subject lived a life as romantic and chaotic as his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald's.
From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert and his brothers Lee and J.J., despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy, created a theatre monopoly unrivalled in history.
This unorthodox but delightful anthology of 42 essays focuses on the masters of world literature.
The first and only book to take readers fully into the bizarre universe of the stand-up comic, from its earliest origins in the antics of Milton Berle and Sid Caesar to today's hottest acts.
It is difficult to keep in mind that the era of illegal abortions ended only 27 years ago.
This is a comprehensive account of the eight religious wars between the Christian West and the Muslim East that dominated the Middle Ages.
Based on interviews with forty American and Filipino survivors who-battling hunger, dysentery, malaria, and rapidly encroaching Japanes-were the untested but brilliant defenders of General MacArthur and Wainwright's tiny island fortress.
As musically creative as his performances are destructive, the Who's main man gets the full biographical treatment from his childhood to his current role as a rock sage.
Desperados is the first full history to describe the development of ountry rock, the genre that spawned the world's bestselling record, The Eagles Greatest Hits (which has surpassed Michael Jackson's Thriller .
Based on oral testimony from field soldiers, both new recruits and veterans, The GI's War puts the reader on the frontlines and captures in unsparing detail the confusion, monotony, terror and glory of going to war.
Mark Twain's hilarity and irreverence shine through in this impeccably chosen collection.
Based on extensive interviews, Oscar Peterson is a well-informed and provocative exploration of Peterson's music.
Story of a remarkable life and the history of a movement.
This unsurpassed work illuminates the unpopular, blunder-filled War of 1812.
36 stories by one of the world's masters of literature, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Available in one volume, these two works represent both a triumph over personal adversity and an unsparing saga of religious imperialism.
Just after the sun has set, mama takes her hijo for a stroller walk down the lane, across the orchard, past the lake, through the woods, and back home again. The pair greets everything they pass along the way with a hello and an hola. The night, in kind, welcomes them with many of its hidden treasures.
Adri's mama and papa share some of the wisdom they have gained through the years with their eager son. Their words, simple and powerful, are meant to comfort and guide him as he goes about exploring the world.
Picture dictionary in English and Spanish featuring everyday settings and themes
This biography provides a redemptive view of the bloody career of Roman general and consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a fearless commander and ruthless politician wholly devoid of inhibitions, and the direct forerunner of Julius Caesar, who based his own grab for power on Sulla's methods.
This is the remarkable story of German and European Jehovah's Witnesses persecuted by the Nazis, who could have avoided persecution by simply renouncing their faith yet who refused in the majority of cases, instead continuing in their worship and criticism of Hitler's regime.
Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt.
The love and rituals surrounding the Mexican folk holiday The Day of the Dead.
This definitive volume celebrates the harmonica's illustrious history, focusing on every musical genre that has felt the harp's impact.
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