GreeN - 20th Century 1

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SOPWITH CAMEL The Sopwith Camel is remembered as the deadliest British fighter of the First World Warーfast, furious, and famously unforgiving. Yet behind the silhouette th……続きを見る

The Harrier Jump Jet shouldn't have existed ー and yet it became one of the most extraordinary aircraft ever built. Conceived in a climate of Cold War panic, perfected by engineers who refused to ac……続きを見る

The airship was once the most extraordinary machine on earth. From the lakeside workshops of Friedrichshafen to the ocean-wide skies of the interwar years, the rigid Zeppelin rose from Count Ferdina……続きを見る

An Epitome of Electricity & Galvanism is a comprehensive and accessible treatise that delves into the fundamental principles and practical applications of electricity and galvanism as understood in ……続きを見る

Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines sto……続きを見る

Devon and Cornwall have long been attractive destinations, not only for holidaymakers, but also for railway enthusiasts, and it was in Devon, during a family holiday in 1959 that the author’s passio……続きを見る

How America's global financial power was created and shaped through its special relationship with Britain The rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been underst……続きを見る

In a dazzling and exhilarating display of narrative on-the-road reporting, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene takes readers on an unforgettable American journe……続きを見る

Was there ever really a black-Jewish alliance in twentieth-century America? And if there was, what happened to it? In Troubling the Waters, Cheryl Greenberg answers these questions more definitively……続きを見る

This book examines the radicalization of beliefs, tactics, and oppression by a dominant governing group when faced with a subordinate group’s historic quest for basic human rights dating back for fi……続きを見る

"[A] fascinating and indispensable book."ーChristopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2018ーThe Guardian Gold Medal for Contribution to Publishing, 2019 California Book Awards Carleton Watk……続きを見る

John Stuart Mill described the Conservatives as 'the stupidest party', yet they governed the UK for nearly three-quarters of the twentieth century. Conservative leaders typically have been and are e……続きを見る

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER The rise, fall, and redemption of the doctor behind America’s first public school for mentally disabled people From the moment he became superintendent of t……続きを見る

This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the direc……続きを見る

Distinguished Favorite, 2025 NYC Big Book Award: Nonfiction How an engineering crisis threatened a career, a building, and the lives of countless New Yorkers The Citicorp Center, a fifty-nine-story ……続きを見る

A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans. When Zora Neale Hurston traveled to New Orl……続きを見る

The dramatic story behind an extraordinary transformation: the reconciliation between Europe’s Protestants and Catholics, and the emergence of a new era of Christian collaboration. For centuries, Eu……続きを見る

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short In……続きを見る

6 September 1949, East Camden, New Jersey. The shocking true story of the first recorded mass shooting in America. In less than twelve minutes, twenty-eight-year-old Howard Barton Unruh shot thirtee……続きを見る

"...a praiseworthy examination of the evolution of the Soviet air force throughout the Cold War." ー Journal of Military History At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed s……続きを見る

Her country needs her. But her heart is elsewhere. After fleeing German-occupied Paris, Alix is back in her home in Belgrade, hoping to finally reunite with her parents. But while Alix has been figh……続きを見る

This book chronicles a University of Alabama historian’s efforts to engage public history over the course of a decade, highlighting personal and educational experiences inside and outside of the cla……続きを見る

The provocative true story of one Virginia school system's refusal to integrate after the US Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post……続きを見る

This fresh examination of Carter's presidency (1977-1981), the first in over twenty years, sheds new light on his time in office, reflecting on his domestic record, his key policies on the economy, ……続きを見る

The 25th Anniversary Edition of Keith Green's inspiring biography, revised and updated by his wife, Melody. This expanded biography contains many added stories and insights, never before published p……続きを見る

'The Home Guards are an attacking force lying in wait for, and ready to destroy, any enemy who dares to set foot on out shores.' The Home Guard has been immortalised in British culture in the TV ser……続きを見る

Author Mike Green provides new insights into the creation and ultimate failure of the German Panther tank. In most people's opinion, the German Panther tank was the most elegant tank design of World……続きを見る

In Little Helpers, historian John Robert Greene encourages us to rethink the scandals of Harry Truman’s presidency by providing the first political biography of the man who precipitated themーGen. H……続きを見る

The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle. Heavily outnumbered by the Chinese and subjected to 'human-wave' infantry attacks, he and his co……続きを見る

Far from home, will she fight for freedom? 21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris, far away from Sasha, her Serbian father and Leonora, her English mother, as World War Two breaks out. Finding hope e……続きを見る