The tale of two American teenagers recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and the Mexican Americ... more

As Alan Seeger perceived the landscape before him, everything was of a piece. Right and wrong were n... more

Jonathan Bryan (1708-88) rose from the obscurity of the southern frontier to become one of colonial ... more

More than a gathering of essays, That Self-Forgetful Perfectly Useless Concentration is part memoir,... more

"The gentlest of renegades, the most tender of the French avant-garde poets, the co-author of the fi... more

Studs Terkel was an American icon who had no use for America s cult of celebrity. He was a leftist w... more

"This is not a history of the Korean War. It is for anyone who would like to read a memoir rich in d... more

Kaiser paints a fascinating picture of gender and power in early twentieth-century archaeology in th... more

FROM GROWING UP IN DETROIT, where he marched as a ten-year-old with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to a... more

In 1343 a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna (1326-1382) ascended the Neapolitan throne, becoming... more

The life and achievements of General Omar Nelson Bradley are legendary. During World War II, the fiv... more

Alan S. Milward was a renowned historian of contemporary Europe. In addition to his books, as well a... more

The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1920-1976, explores the political life of one of the most compell... more

Memories of my life as a National Serviceman in the RAF in Cyprus during the period 1956 to 1958.... more