GOMORRAH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO THE VIOLENT INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE OF NAPLES' ORGANIZED CRIME SYSTEM
The basis of the Sundance TV series Gomorrah A New York Times Notable Book of the YearGomorrah is a bold and important work of investigative writing...
BARRACOON: THE STORY OF THE LAST SLAVE
New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 - NPR's Book Concierge Best...
ZEROZEROZERO: LOOK AT COCAINE AND ALL YOU SEE IS POWDER. LOOK THROUGH COCAINE AND YOU SEE THE WORLD.
An electrifying, internationally bestselling investigation of the global cocaine trade now a series on Prime Video starring Andrea Riseborough, Dane...
History
SOLDIERS DON'T GO MAD: A STORY OF BROTHERHOOD, POETRY, AND MENTAL ILLNESS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Glass, Charles
A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare.
AMERICAN TRAITOR: GENERAL JAMES WILKINSON'S BETRAYAL OF THE REPUBLIC AND ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE
Written by Cox, Howard W
A fresh examination of the life and crimes of the highest-ranking federal official ever tried for treason and espionage
WHEN WASHINGTON BURNED: THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE CAPITAL AND A NATION'S RISE FROM THE ASHES
Written by Watson, Robert P
An insightful re-examination of one of the most dangerous moments in US history, the British assault on Washington, DC
SITTING BULL AND THE PARADOX OF LAKOTA NATIONHOOD
Written by Anderson, Gary C
In this newly revised biography, Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood, Gary C. Anderson offers a new interpretation of Sitting Bull's conflict with General George Custer at Little Big Horn and its aftermath, and details the events and life experiences that ultimately led Sitting Bull into battle.
FROM CHERNOBYL WITH LOVE: REPORTING FROM THE RUINS OF THE SOVIET UNION
Written by Cengel, Katya
2019 Foreword Indies Award, Gold
TWELVE DAYS: HOW THE UNION NEARLY LOST WASHINGTON IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Silber, Tony
In the popular literature and scholarship of the Civil War, the days immediately after the surrender at Fort Sumter are overshadowed by the great battles and seismic changes in American life that followed. The twelve days that began with the federal evacuation of the fort and ended with the arrival of the New York Seventh Militia Regiment in Washington were critically important.
TRUMAN AND THE BOMB: THE UNTOLD STORY
Written by Giangreco, D M
Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman's decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Truman's critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know about the end of the Pacific War.
DRUNK ON GENOCIDE: ALCOHOL AND MASS MURDER IN NAZI GERMANY
Written by Westermann, Edward B
In Drunk on Genocide, Edward B. Westermann reveals how, over the course of the Third Reich, scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry among the SS and police became a routine part of rituals of humiliation in the camps, ghettos, and killing fields of Eastern Europe.
LIFE AND TIMES OF AUGUSTINE TATANEUCK: AN INUK HERO IN RUPERT'S LAND, 1800-1834
Written by Fossett, Renee
One of the few biographies of an Inuk man from the 19th Century--separated from his family, community, and language--finding his place in history. Augustine Tataneuck was an Inuk man born near the beginning of the 19th century on the northwestern coast of Hudson Bay.
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