Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy (Nerburn Kent)(Paperback)

Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy (Nerburn Kent)(Paperback)

Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men,

American Default: The Untold Story of Fdr, the Supreme Court, and the Battle Over Gold (Edwards Sebastian)(Paperback)

The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economyThe American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression, he

Neither Wolf Nor Dog - On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder (Nerburn Kent)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of two men, one white and one Native American, connected by their own understandings of life yet struggling to find a common voice. As they journey together through small Indian towns and down forgotten roads, these two men will travel beyond myth and stereotype, revealing an

Woman of No Importance - The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy (Purnell Sonia)(Paperback / softback)

The New York Times bestseller: the incredible untold story of Virginia Hall, an American woman with a wooden leg who infiltrated Occupied France for the SOE and became the Gestapo's most wanted Allied spy, written by acclaimed biographer Sonia

The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend (Drury Bob)(Paperback)

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud: 'a page-turner with remarkable immediacy...and the narrative sweep of a great Western' (The Boston Globe)

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History (Greene Andy)(Paperback)

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors When did you last hang out with Jim, Pam, Dwight, Michael, and the rest of Dunder Mifflin? It might have been

Korea: The Untold Story of the War (Goulden Joseph C.)(Paperback)

'An absolutely brilliant book ... One cannot understand America and its history without reading it.' -- Merle Miller Between World War II and Vietnam there was the Korean War, 1950-53. Often described as 'the forgotten war,' the conflict nevertheless had a huge impact on the course of Cold War

A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis (Roberts Sam)(Pevná vazba)

From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and

Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11 (McMillan Tom)(Paperback)

The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 have earned their rightful place among the pantheon of American heroes. Flight 93 provides a riveting narrative based on interviews, oral histories, transcripts, recordings, personal tours of the crash site, and voluminous trial

The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America's Deal with the Devil (Reuter Dean)(Paperback)

He's the worst Nazi war criminal you've never heard of Sidekick to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and supervisor of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, General Hans Kammler was responsible for the construction of Hitler's slave labor sites and concentration camps. He personally altered the design

Father Lincoln: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Boys--Robert, Eddy, Willie, and Tad (Manning Alan)(Paperback)

President Abraham Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, and an American martyr to the people who read about him. But that was not how his sons knew him. Presidential historian Alan Manning invites readers to see not the thoughtful, burdened president delivering the

The Artist's Journey: On Making Art & Being an Artist (Nerburn Kent)(Paperback)

A rallying cry for artists. When Kent Nerburn received a letter from a young woman questioning a life in the arts, the writer and artist was struck by how closely her questions mirrored the doubts and yearnings of his own youth. So Nerburn resolved that he would write his own letter: one of

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Holt Nathalia)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, 'richly detailed' story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures). From Snow White to Moana, from

Women's War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War (McCurry Stephanie)(Paperback)

Winner of the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award 'A stunning portrayal of a tragedy endured and survived by women.'--David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass 'Readers expecting hoop-skirted ladies soothing fevered soldiers' brows will not find them here...Explodes the fiction that men fight

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II (Mundy Liza)(Paperback)

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a 'prodigiously researched and engrossing' (New York Times) book that 'shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history' (Denver Post). Recruited by the U.S. Army and

Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North (Serreze Mark C.)(Paperback)

An insider account of how scientists unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world. The

Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley (Sheckley Robert)(Paperback)

An NYRB Classics Original Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic city­scapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth

The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (West Elliott)(Paperback)

This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of

How The Irish Saved Civilization - The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Cahill Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval

Striking Back: The Untold Story of an Anti-Apartheid Striker (Manning Mary)(Paperback)

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Kiernan Denise)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb. 'The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written, and a

American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (Failmezger Victor)(Paperback)

As the war began to swing in the favor of the Allies, it became clear that no final defeat of the Third Reich would be possible until the armored monsters of the Panzerwaffe were defeated. But who would, or even could, take on the mighty Tigers and Panthers, just a handful of which could stop

New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story (Gallagher Winifred)(Pevná vazba)

A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women

Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians (Lehmann Herman)(Paperback)

Here is a genuine Little Big Man story, with all the color, sweep, and tragedy of a classic American western. It is the tale of Herman Lehmann, a captive of the Apaches on the Southern Plains of Texas and New Mexico during the 1870s. Adopted by a war chief, he was trained to be a warrior and waged