Browsing: United States

“Remarkable” (The Washington Post): In Vietnam, American volunteers known as “tunnel rats” fought Viet Cong soldiers for control of a sprawling maze of underground tunnels. This gripping history “provides a striking view of a neglected but crucial aspect of the Vietnam War” (Publishers Weekly).

“Honest and engaging” (The New York Times): Three generations of women come together to sort out a lifetime of differences in this “emotionally raw memoir examining the delicate, inevitable shift from dependence to independence and back again” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

This New York Times bestseller offers a compelling portrait of the woman behind the myth of Camelot — and the ambition and trauma that shaped her life. “An intimate and revealing look at one of the 20th century’s most remarkable — and misunderstood — women” (Kirkus Reviews).

Both members of the French Resistance during World War II, philosopher Albert Camus and biologist Jacques Monod developed a deep friendship as they emerged as leaders in their fields. A “suspenseful… briskly paced” account (The New York Times) of two iconic Nobel laureates.

“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.

An indispensable collection of the Nobel Prize winner’s most renowned works.   “In ten years’ time,” wrote Edmund Wilson in…

New to New England and desperate for a job, Abigail becomes the assistant to Jackaby, a quirky investigator with a flair for the supernatural. And their first case together involves a serial killer whose identity may not be human… “Sherlock Holmes crossed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (Chicago Tribune).

“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).

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).

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).