Author name(s)

Once Upon a Time in Russia

Once upon a time in Russia

the rise of the oligarchs -- a true story of ambition, wealth, betrayal, and murder

Simon and Schuster

1966- | 1946-2013 | e-ru--- | Berezovskiiíëäóæ, B. A. (Boris Abramovich) | Oligarchy | Political corruption | Businessmen | Russia (Federation) | Abramovich, Roman Arkadievich | Biography

The Dog Who Could Fly

dog who could fly

the incredible true story of a WWII airman and the four-legged hero who flew at his side

Antis (Dog) | Aerial operations, British | Czechoslovakia | e-uk--- | War use | Airmen | World War, 1939-1945 | Bozdeíë�Ích, VaíëŒ�clav R. (VaíëŒ�clav Robert) | History | German shepherd dog | Squadron, No. 311. | PETS / Dogs / General | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical | 20th century | Czechs | Great Britain | Royal Air Force. | e-cs--- | Great Britain. | Human-animal relationships | HISTORY / Military / World War II | Biography

Andy Warhol's plastic fantastic cross-country adventure

Simon and Schuster

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers | Friends and associates | 1928-1987 | Travel | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century | ART / History / Contemporary (1945-) | United States | Automobile travel | n-us--- | History | 20th century | Warhol, Andy

Do Not Sell at Any Price

Do not sell at any price

the wild, obsessive hunt for the world's rarest 78rpm records

Amanda Petrusich

Simon and Schuster

Collectors and collecting | Sound recordings

How to Catch a Russian Spy

How to catch a Russian spy

the true story of an American civilian turned double agent

Simon and Schuster

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs | Espionage | e-ru--- | n-us-ny | Espionage, Russian | 21st century | Spies | United States | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence | New York | TRUE CRIME / Espionage | Jamali, Naveed | Foreign relations | n-us--- | Russia (Federation) | New York (State) | Biography | History

the first hero of World War II and how the FBI outwitted and destroyed a Nazi spy ring

Simon and Schuster

e-gx--- | History | New York (State) | Espionage, German | Norden bombsight | German Americans | 20th century | New York | Spies | United States | Secret service | Germany | World War, 1939-1945 | United States. | n-us--- | Sebold, William G | 1899- | Biography | Federal Bureau of Investigation

the Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and baseball's most absurd and entertaining controversy

Simon and Schuster

New York (State) | Baseball rules | Baseball | 20th century | Pine Tar Game, New York, N.Y., 1983 | New York | Kansas City Royals (Baseball team) | n-us--- | History | New York Yankees (Baseball team)

the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War

Simon and Schuster

Politics and government | Emancipation Proclamation | President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). | United States | 1861-1865 | Slaves | United States. | Emancipation | n-us--- | Lincoln, Abraham | 1809-1865

Season of Saturdays

a history of college football in 14 games

Simon and Schuster

SPORTS & RECREATION / History | SPORTS & RECREATION / Football | Football | SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports | United States | n-us--- | College sports | History

James B. Donovan

Simon and Schuster

MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson

the genius of Michael Jackson

Simon and Schuster

United States | Jackson, Michael | Jackson 5 (Musical group) | 1958-2009 | Rock musicians | n-us--- | Biography

Simon and Schuster

Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman

Simon and Schuster

John Julius Norwich

HISTORY / Historical Geography | Kings and rulers | HISTORY / Europe / General | Civilization | HISTORY / Europe / Western | e-it--- | History, Military | Sicily (Italy) | History

World without end

Spain, Philip II, and the first global empire

HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) | History | 16th century | II, King of Spain | Colonies | n------ | a------ | e-sp--- | Asia | 1527-1598 | s------ | Discovery and exploration | Spanish | Philip | America | HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal | Spain | HISTORY / Military / General

Being Nixon: A Portrait in Light and Shadow

Politics and government | 1969-1974 | Presidents | Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) | United States | n-us--- | Biography | 1913-1994

The 50s: The Story of a Decade

the story of a decade

United States | n-us--- | Civilization | Nineteen fifties | 1945-

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

...and how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet, discovered relativity, and deciphered the universe

Thomas Levenson

Vulcan (Hypothetical planet) | Einstein, Albert | Relativity | 1879-1955

Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

Destiny and power

the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

Politics and government | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State | 1989- | Presidents | 1945-1989 | United States | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political | Bush, George | 1924- | n-us--- | Biography | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

George H.W. Bush

Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

how Portugal forged the first global empire

16th century | Portugal | e-po--- | Colonies | Imperialism | History

Household Workers Unite

Household workers unite

the untold story of African American women who built a movement

Premilla Nadasen

African American household employees | Women labor leaders | 20th century | Household employees | Women household employees | United States | African American labor leaders | Labor unions | n-us--- | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies | History

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Jeanne Theoharis

Course correction

a story of rowing and resilience in the wake of Title IX

Title IX | College sports for women | Law and legislation | Sex discrimination in sports | Women athletes | Rowing | Gilder, Ginny | Legal status, laws, etc | Women rowers | United States | SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports | United States. | SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics | n-us--- | Education Amendments of 1972 | Title IX. | Biography

One righteous man

Samuel Battle and the shattering of the color line in New York

1883-1966 | Police | n-us-ny | Police Department | New York (N.Y.) | Race relations | African American police | Battle, Samuel J | New York | New York (State) | Biography

the hidden story of how the Americans with Disabilities Act gave the largest US minority its rights

LAW / Disability | Services for | Law and legislation | Legal status, laws, etc | Discrimination against people with disabilities | United States | Social conditions | People with disabilities | HISTORY / Social History | SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities | United States. | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | n-us---

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Lafayette in the somewhat United States

Politics and government | Generals | 1789-1900 | Biography | Revolution, 1775-1783 | Participation, French | Influence | marquis de | 1757-1834 | France | United States | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier | n-us--- | History | e-fr--- | Statesmen

Marquis de Lafayette

The League of Outsider Basketball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes

league of outsider baseball

an illustrated history of baseball's forgotten heroes

Gary Cieradkowski

Touchstone Books

Baseball players | United States | Baseball | n-us--- | Biography | History

David McCullough

Simon and Schuster

Aeronautics | Wright, Wilbur | Wright, Orville | 20th century | United States | 1867-1912 | n-us--- | 1871-1948 | Biography | History

Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright

Hell and Good Company

Hell and good company

the Spanish Civil War and the world it made

Simon and Schuster

Civil War, 1936-1939 | e-sp--- | Spain | History

five partnerships that built America

Simon and Schuster

Politics and government | Madison, James | History | Friends and associates | Presidents | HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) | 1775-1783 | Influence | United States | Marriage | 1751-1836 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State | 1783-1865 | n-us--- | Political aspects | Friendship | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General | Biography | Statesmen

the story of history's most famous assassination

Simon and Schuster

e------ | Caesar, Julius | aw----- | Assassination | ff-----

The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties

the fight to secure America's liberties

Simon and Schuster

Constitutional history | Madison, James | United States | Constitution | Civil rights | United states | 1st-10th Amendments | 1751-1836 | United States. | n-us--- | 1st-10th Amendments. | History

how the founding fathers became infallible and our politics inflexible

Simon and Schuster

Collective memory | Political culture | United States | Founding Fathers of the United States | Persuasion (Rhetoric) | n-us--- | Political aspects

a new American journey

Simon and Schuster

Frontier and pioneer life | n-usp-- | Travel | n-us-or | West (U.S.) | Oregon National Historic Trail | Buck, Rinker | 1950-

the LAPD and the battle to redeem American policing

Simon and Schuster

Police | Criminal justice, Administration of | California | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology | Police misconduct | TRUE CRIME / General | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement | Police administration | Police Department. | Los Angeles | Los Angeles (Calif.). | n-us-ca | History

The Making of Asian America

making of Asian America

Simon and Schuster

Asian Americans | Asians | HISTORY / Social History | Racism | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies | United States | Emigration and immigration | Ethnic relations | South Asia | HISTORY / United States / General | n-us--- | Race relations | History

the story of the struggle

Simon and Schuster

Gay rights | Gay liberation movement | United States | Gays | n-us--- | History

Once in a great city

Simon and Schuster

HISTORY / General | 20th century | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) | Detroit (Mich.) | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century | n-us-mi | History

1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History

FDR and the year that changed history

Simon and Schuster

United States | Political leadership | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) | 20th century | Influence | 1882-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 | n-us--- | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | History

Simon and Schuster

Simon and Schuster

Friends and associates | Helms, Richard | Espionage, American | Donovan, William J. (William Joseph) | Europe | 1883-1959 | Casey, William J | Spies | 1920-1996 | HISTORY / General | 1893-1969 | Central Intelligence Agency | United States | World War, 1939-1945 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military | History | Office of Strategic Services | e------ | 20th century | Dulles, Allen | Secret service | Colby, William Egan | United States. | n-us--- | HISTORY / Military / World War II | Biography

Simon and Schuster

1564-1616 | History and criticism | England | Literature and society | English drama | 17th century | Tragedies | Criticism and interpretation | LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh | e-uk-en | History | Shakespeare, William

Simon and Schuster

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) | 1912-2007 | Presidents | Married people | 1908-1973 | United States | Marriage | Presidents' spouses | n-us--- | Johnson, Lady Bird | Biography

Lady Bird Johnson

West Point History of World War II, Vol. 1

United States Military Academy

Simon and Schuster

Lion of the Senate

When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress

Nick Littlefield, David Nexon

Simon and Schuster

Politics and government | Legislators | Senate | Congress. | 1993-2001 | United States | Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore) | United States. | n-us--- | 1932-2009 | Biography

Life and Death in the Andes

Simon and Schuster

Andes Region | Death | Description and travel | Revolutionaries | HISTORY / Latin America / South America | TRAVEL / South America / General | Outlaws | HISTORY / Modern / General | Social conditions | Heroes | sn----- | Biography | History

Dancing With the Devil in the City of God

Touchstone Books

Brazil | Social life and customs | Description and travel | HISTORY / Social History | Economic development | s-bl--- | Barbassa, Juliana | Rio de Janeiro | Social change | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics | Social problems | HISTORY / Latin America / South America | Social conditions | Economic conditions | Travel | City and town life

from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi

United States | 20th century | 21st century | Intelligence service | n-us--- | History

Tragic Encounter: The Peple's History of Native America

Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape

a journey through memory, history, and the American land

Public history | Race relations | Description and travel | Social aspects | Travel | Philosophy | United States | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography | Memory | Social conditions | n-us--- | History | Landscapes | Savoy, Lauret E

Nature conservation | Nature | Human ecolology | Effect of environment on | Human beings | Effect of human beings on | NATURE / Essays

Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God

a pomegranate in the hand of God

Steven Nightingale

Description and travel | History | e-sp--- | Civilization | Granada (Spain)

The Irish Brotherhood: John F. Kennedy, His Inner Circle, and the Improbable Rise to the Presidency

Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America

the true story of a small farm, big politics, and the future of wilderness in America

Drakes Bay | n-us-ca | Drakes Bay (Calif.) | Shellfish fisheries | Oyster fisheries | Point Reyes National Seashore | California | Marine ecosystem management | Shellfish culture | Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.)

America's Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States

America's secret jihad

the hidden history of religious terrorism in the United States

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Tism | Violence | Religious aspects | United States | n-us--- | Tism

The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty Year Voyager Mission

inside the forty-year Voyager mission

SCIENCE / Astronomy | zo----- | Voyager Project. | Exploration | Planets | Outer space | SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science

The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

the death of Tin Pan Alley and the rebirth of the great American song

United States | n-us--- | Popular music | History and criticism

The End of Tsarist Russia: World War I and the Road to Revolution

end of tsarist Russia

the march to World War I and revolution

World War, 1914-1918 | 1894-1917 | e-gx--- | Nicholas II, 1894-1917 | Influence | Revolution, 1917-1921 | e-ur--- | Germany | Foreign relations | Soviet Union | Russia | Causes | History

How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family

Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War

life after nuclear war

Atomic bomb victims | Nagasaki-shi | Nagasaki-shi (Japan) | Bombardment, 1945 | Japan | History | Personal narratives, Japanese | Biography | a-ja---

Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Churchill

the life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

Churchill, Clementine | Churchill, Winston | 1874-1965 | Great Britain | Marriage | Biography | 1885-1977 | Prime ministers' spouses | Prime ministers | e-uk---

Clementine Churchill

Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge

e-lu--- | Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 | e-fr--- | e-be---

To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949

Europe, 1914-1949

Europe | World War, 1914-1918 | e------ | 1918-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 | History

American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity

American reckoning

the Vietnam War and our national identity

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | Influence | United States | a-vt--- | National characteristics, American | n-us---

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom

great leader and the fighter pilot

the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea and the young lieutenant who stole his way to freedom

HISTORY / Asia / Korea | Korea (North) | Escapes | HISTORY / Military / Korean War | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State | 20th century | No, Kum-Sok | Dictators | Politics and government | Defectors | a-kn--- | Theft | 1948-1994 | 1912-1994 | Kim, Il-soíëäóæng | Fighter pilots | Korean War, 1950-1953 | Biography | History

Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab

President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab

Politics and government | Five Civilized Tribes | Indians of North America | Government relations | 1812-1815 | 1767-1845 | Jackson, Andrew | Ross, John | United States | Relations with Cherokee Indians | n-us--- | 1790-1866 | 1815-1861 | Cherokee Indians | 19th century | History

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society

fierce urgency of now

Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society

Politics and government | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) | Social policy | 1908-1973 | United States | Economic policy | n-us--- | 1963-1969 | 1961-1971

Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the First Age of Terror

America's radical underground, the FBI, and the forgotten age of revolutionary violence

In Montmarte: Picasso, Matisse, and the Birth of Modernist Art

Picasso, Matisse and Modernism in Paris, 1900-1910

Friends and associates | Picasso, Pablo | Paris | 20th century | 1869-1954 | France | Modernism (Art) | Homes and haunts | Art, European | 1881-1973 | Matisse, Henri | e-fr--- | History

The Religion of Democracy: Seven Liberals and the American Moral Tradition

religion of democracy

seven liberals and the American moral tradition

Politics and government | RELIGION / History | Democracy | Religion | Intellectual life | Christianity and politics | HISTORY / United States / 19th Century | United States | HISTORY / United States / General | Politicians | Biography | Moral conditions | Intellectuals | n-us--- | Liberalism | Christians | History

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

secret teachers of the western world

Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers the Life and Lessons of the Civil Rights Icon

the family of Rosa Parks remembers her life and lessons

Eddie B. Allen Jr., Sheila McCauley Keys

African American women civil rights workers | Older women | Keys, Sheila McCauley | Family | McCauley family | African Americans | Michigan | African American political activists | Detroit | Parks, Rosa | 1913-2005 | Montgomery (Ala.) | Detroit (Mich.) | Alabama | Montgomery | n-us-al | n-us-mi | Biography | Civil rights workers

Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President

Washington's circle

the creation of the president

David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler

1783 - 1809 | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Adams, John | 1743-1826 | Politics and government | Jefferson, Thomas | 1732-1799 | 1735-1826 | 1751-1836 | Madison, James | Cabinet officers | United States | 1783-1809 | Washington, George | History | Presidents | 1757-1804 | Influence | Hamilton, Alexander | 1789-1797 | n-us--- | Biography

George Washington

influence machine

the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the corporate capture of American life

Congress | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy | Business and politics | United States | Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties | United States. | n-us--- | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations | Power (Social sciences) | History

the search for the Golden Fleece

Pirates | Deep diving | nwdr--- | Mattera, John | Treasure troves | Golden Fleece (Ship) | Chatterton, John | Dominican Republic | (Wreck diver) | Shipwrecks | History

e-gx--- | National socialism | 1933-1945 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical | HISTORY / Holocaust | 1897-1945 | Germany | Biography | World War, 1939-1945 | Goebbels, Joseph | 1918-1933 | HISTORY / Europe / Germany | Nazis | History

Joseph Goebbels

Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

Autonomy | n-us-fl | Social aspects | Gulf Coast (U.S.) | nm----- | Revolution, 1775-1783 | HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century | United States | History, Military | West Florida | 18th century | Social conditions | n-us--- | HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) | HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) | Biography | History

Sometimes an Art: Nine Essays on History

Sometimes an art

nine essays on history

Historiography | Philosophy | United States | Great Britain | n-us--- | Colonies | e-uk--- | History

Washington's Revolution: The Making of America's First Leader

Washington's revolution

the making of a leader

Robert Middlekauff

Campaigns | Generals | Revolution, 1775-1783 | 1732-1799 | United States | Washington, George | n-us--- | Biography | History

George Washington

Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947

Anonymous soldiers

the struggle for Israel, 1917-1947

Counterinsurgency | Politics and government | 1917-1948 | a-is--- | 20th century | Zionism | World War, 1939-1945 | Palestine | History

Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership

Roosevelt and Stalin

portrait of a partnership

United States | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) | 1878-1953 | 1882-1945 | e-ur--- | World War, 1939-1945 | Diplomatic history | Stalin, Joseph | n-us--- | Foreign relations | Soviet Union

Women of Will: The Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays

following the feminine in Shakespeare's plays

1564-1616 | Women in literature | Shakespeare, William | Characters | Women

Went the Day Well? Witnessing Waterloo

Went the day well?

witnessing Waterloo

Personal narratives, British | Social conditions | England | e-be--- | Social aspects | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain | 19th century | Sources | HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century | e-uk-en | HISTORY / Military / General | War and society | History, Military | History | e-uk--- | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815

The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune

Life of Saul Bellow

to fame and fortune, 1915-1964

Novelists, American | 20th century | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General | n-us--- | Bellow, Saul | Biography | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution 1783-1789

orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789

Constitutional history | Politics and government | History | HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) | 1783-1789 | Federal government | United States | HISTORY / Revolutionary | Politicians | 18th century | HISTORY / United States / General | n-us--- | Confederation of states | Biography | Statesmen

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

the rise and reign of Vladimir Putin

Steven Lee Meyers

Politics and government | 1991- | HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union | Political leadership | e-ur--- | Presidents | e-ru--- | Political and social views | 1952- | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political | Soviet Union. | Russia (Federation) | HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century | Komitet gosudarstvennoiíëäóæ bezopasnosti | Biography | Power (Social sciences)

Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America

Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America

Judges | Officials and employees | 20th century | 1908-1993 | Supreme Court | United States | United States. | n-us--- | Selection and appointment | Marshall, Thurgood | History

Thurgood Marshall

The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America

Its History and How It Changed America

Stephen M. Silverman, Raphael D. Silver

n-us-ny | Social life and customs | Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) | Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) | History

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

a life on the frontier of a new America

Generals | Indians of North America | Army | n-usp-- | Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 | Wars | 1839-1876 | United States | Great Plains | United States. | Civil War, 1861-1865 | n-us--- | Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) | Biography | History

George Armstrong Custer

This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

Europe | Lisbon (Portugal) | NATURE / Natural Disasters | Tsunamis | HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century | Portugal | Earthquake relief | e------ | 18th century | HISTORY / Europe / General | Disasters | Social aspects | Fires | e-po--- | Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755 | Lisbon | Social conditions | Enlightenment | Earthquakes | History

The Washingtons: George and Martha, "Join'd by Friendship, Crown'd by Love"

Generals | Presidents | Revolution, 1775-1783 | Presidents' spouses | 1732-1799 | United States | Washington, Martha | Generals' spouses | Marriage | Washington, George | n-us--- | 1731-1802 | Biography | History

George and Martha Washington

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

the struggle against religion in ancient Greece

e-gr--- | Atheism | Religion | Greece | Christianity and atheism | History

Germany: Memories of a Nation

e-gx--- | HISTORY / Social History | Civilization | Germany | HISTORY / Modern / General | HISTORY / Europe / Germany | History

The English and Their History

HISTORY / Historical Geography | HISTORY / Social History | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain | Great Britain | e-uk-en | History

Politics and government | 1981-1989 | Reagan, Ronald | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State | United States | Presidents | HISTORY / United States / General | n-us--- | Biography

The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal

David E. Hoffman

Aeronautics | Tolkachev, Adolf | Cold War | e-ru--- | Research | 20th century | United States. | Central Intelligence Agency | Spies | United States | e-ur--- | Espionage, American | Foreign relations | Soviet Union | 1927-1986 | n-us--- | Russia (Federation) | Engineers | Moscow | Biography | History

Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim

Chicago | 1918-1992 | Illinois | Pimps | n-us-il | Biography | African American authors | n-us--- | African Americans | Iceberg Slim