A Distant Mirror
In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life.
The Guns of August
In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world.
With the Old Breed
Lying in a foxhole sweating out an enemy artillery or mortar barrage or waiting to dash across open ground under machine-gun or artillery fire defied any concept of time. Eugene B. Sledge’s With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a classic memoir that has left an indelible mark…
Hawaii
Therefore, men of Polynesia and Boston and China and Mount Fuji and the barrios of the Philippines, do not come to these islands empty-handed, or craven in spirit, or afraid to starve. There is no food here. In these islands there is no certainty. Paradise Found and Flawed: A Look…
Centennial
A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life.