Browsing: 20th Century

With over 11,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads, this “gripping” account (Publishers Weekly) details the rescue mission to save the survivors of the Bataan Death March. “Brings to life a forgotten adventure of World War II that you will always remember” (#1 New York Times bestselling author James Bradley).

“Superb” (The New York Times Book Review): Prince Albert Edward, Queen Victoria’s eldest son, led a notorious life of debauchery — only to become one of the most famed monarchs in modern British history. A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

This Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles how Japan set out to build an empire — only to fall into a disastrous conflict during World War II. “Quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific War” (Chicago Sun-Times).

A New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award: Having grown up a privileged member of the black Chicago elite, Margo Jefferson expounds on her experience with issues of race, class, and gender. “Brave… revelatory” (The New York Times Book Review).

A New York Times bestseller: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals illuminates the life of Lyndon Johnson in this “absorbing” biography (The Washington Post). A longtime confidante of the former president shares the candid thoughts of a complicated, conflicted man.

In 1943, a group of US Army medical personnel became trapped in a harrowing, months-long fight for survival after their plane crashed in Nazi-occupied Albania. This “amazing World War II survival-and-rescue story” (Booklist) documents their struggle and the courageous villagers who risked everything to help them.

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Pillars of the Earth: After two US citizens were taken hostage in Iran, World War II vet Colonel “Bull” Simons assembled an unlikely team and plotted a daring rescue. “A superb, edge-of-the-seat true story” (USA Today).

Experience the astonishing career of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock in this “highly readable” true account (Publishers Weekly) of the Marine sniper who recorded 93 confirmed kills during the Vietnam War. With over 4,100 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Shot down over Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, hundreds of American airmen relied on locals to survive. Their only chance of rescue lay in building a landing strip for cargo planes — without being detected by enemy forces. A “breathtaking” true tale (Booklist) of World War II with over 2,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.

First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America’s Depression years, by the folk singer, activist,…