Browsing: History

Army

Another River, Another Town

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“A balanced first-person report from the greatest generation” (Publishers Weekly): In 1945, a Pennsylvania teenager becomes a tank gunner on the German front in this “spare, honest memoir” (Booklist) that pays tribute to heroism while dispelling illusions of battlefield glory.

19th Century

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

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“A triumph” (Library Journal) with over 1,100 five-star Goodreads ratings: This award-winning military history of the Battle of Gettysburg provides “a thoroughly readable description of every hour of those three hellish days, in enough detail to satisfy the keenest student of tactics” (The Washington Post).

American Revolution

Book of Ages

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This New York Times Notable Book paints a vivid portrait of Jane Franklin — who suffered hardship while her brother Benjamin Franklin rose to fame. “As Lepore sheds light on this one, unsung life, she brilliantly illuminates an entire era” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks).

20th Century

The Long Way Home

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This “engrossing and moving” history (Booklist) tells the stories of the immigrants who became US soldiers in World War I. “A riveting remembrance of the Great War by a master writer… Deeply compelling” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brinkley).

Authors

Making Toast

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After their daughter’s unexpected death, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife moved in with their son-in-law to help him raise his three young children. “Sad but somehow triumphant, this memoir is a celebration of family” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

19th Century

To Hell on a Fast Horse

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This “fine effort to demystify a legendary episode in the history of the American West” (Booklist) follows Pat Garrett’s hunt for Billy the Kid. “So richly detailed, you can almost smell the gunsmoke and the sweat of the saddles” (New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides).

20th Century

All the President’s Men

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“Perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time): This New York Times bestseller chronicles the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation that blew open the Watergate scandal and ended Richard Nixon’s presidency. With over 21,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!