Browsing: United States

A “rollicking” New York Times bestseller (O, the Oprah Magazine) with over 1,200 five-star ratings on Goodreads: A counterculture icon tells dazzling stories from his long life on the wild side. “Beautiful… He knows words the way a pool hustler knows chalk” (NPR).

This New York Times bestseller depicts Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s personal and military life in vivid detail. “Superbly engaging” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

The acclaimed author of The Great Railway Bazaar takes a revealing journey through the Southern US in a ”vivid contemporary…

A New York Times bestseller with over 2,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Join a PEN New England Award–winning author on his 2,000-mile journey along the Oregon Trail. An “incredible true story… Weaving a tale somewhere between a travelogue and a history lesson” (Entertainment Weekly).

“Spellbinding and informative” (Booklist): Television personality and New York Times bestselling author Al Roker details the deadliest natural disaster in US history, a hurricane that struck Texas in 1900. “Compelling” (Kirkus Reviews).

This “engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) national bestseller and true “heartbreaking tale of tragedy and redemption” (Hampton Sides, bestselling author…

From “America’s nerviest journalist” (Newsweek)–a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage…

EXPANDED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE “The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . .” So…

Enjoy this beautiful and charming classic book about true sibling relationships. ‘Rich or poor, we will keep together and be…

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history…