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An account of the Grenada Invasion (Operation Urgent Fury) and why the Marine Expeditionary Force are my heroes for their stand at Grenada. 続きを見る

Includes numerous maps and illustrations. This monograph provides first-hand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe……続きを見る

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. Few men can have known General and Preside……続きを見る

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. Few men can have known General and Preside……続きを見る

The foundation for all modern economic thought and political economy, "The Wealth of Nations" is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith, who introduces the world to the very idea of econom……続きを見る

Whittaker Chambers had just participated in America's trial of the century in which Chambers claimed that Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, was a spy for the Soviet ……続きを見る

What is it like to lose your front porch to the ocean? To watch saltwater destroy your favorite fishing holes? To see playgrounds and churches subside and succumb to brackish and rising water? The r……続きを見る

Learn the story behind one of Detroit's most infamous mobs with rare photographs documenting their rise and fall. Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and……続きを見る

Orleans, at the crook of Cape Cod's elbow, is a place of extraordinary beauty and unforgettable people. From the first known Cape Cod shipwreck, the Sparrowhawk in 1626, to the last Cape Cod wreck o……続きを見る

In 1783, Revolutionary War hero Gen. Henry Dearborn built Monmouth�s first framed house. In his honor, the town was named for the Battle of Monmouth, where Dearborn had distinguished himself. The ar……続きを見る

Almost five decades of exhaustive research by Gladys Hansen, Official Archivist Emeritus of San Francisco, makes Earthquake, Fire & Epidemic the definitive discourse on one of the most devastating n……続きを見る

In this bold and suspenseful true-crime story, former homicide prosecutor Timothy M. Burke makes his case against one Leonard Paradiso. Lenny “The Quahog” was convicted of assaulting one young woman……続きを見る

Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies. Fully revised an……続きを見る

Folsom Prison is California�s second-oldest prison, dating back to 1880. In the decades following the Gold Rush, it housed some of the state�s most notorious prisoners in stone, dungeon-like cells b……続きを見る

Have you ever driven through a small town with an intriguing name like Wyandotte or Cuyamungue and wondered where that name came from? Or how such well-known placenames as Tucson, Waco, or Tulsa ori……続きを見る

One of the oldest settlements in Michigan, Monroe is a treasure trove of American history. The area had been occupied by various cultures of indigenous people for hundreds of years and later claimed……続きを見る

     The robberies on the road to Yosemite during the early 1900s were unique for several reasons. Despite the lack of money involved, the number of coaches and passengers robbed……続きを見る

Arizona never experienced a summer like this, as snipers Dale Hausner and Sam Dieteman took aim at anything?and everything?in their path. Phoenix was a city in terror as the deadly spree ultimately ……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”ーTruman Capote This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young ro……続きを見る

Dramatic, revealing entries ー including Columbus' own words ー document epochal voyage, heavy seas, discouraged crew, first sighting of land, appearance of island natives, more. Translated into Eng……続きを見る

This classic Cold War-era history looks at the way President Dwight Eisenhower managed America’s secret operations as general and as commander in chief and is based on privileged access to the presi……続きを見る

"PRAXIS HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES Study Guide 1 of 2: UNITED STATES HISTORY" 700 questions and answers (ILLUSTRATED). Essential names, dates, and summaries of key historical events. Topics: Discove……続きを見る

On February 23, 1778, Frederick William Baron von Steuben reported to General George Washington at the Continental Army's bleak winder encampment at Valley Forge. Speaking virtually no English and a……続きを見る

Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe. Under the direction……続きを見る

At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the schools ba……続きを見る

John Daniel Imboden (February 16, 1823 August 15, 1895) earned renown for leading his Rangers during the Civil War as a Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter. After the war he returned to……続きを見る

This publication contains papers contributed by the presenting authors during the June 5, 2004, symposium at the Pikes Peak Library District and contributes to the scholarship regarding the events t……続きを見る

From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the conviction of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), comes th……続きを見る

The 1859 “gold fever” emboldened many adventurous souls to head west to the mineral-rich regions of the Kansas and Nebraska territories. Their destination, commonly called “Pike’s Peak,” was the are……続きを見る

George P. McClelland, a member of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War, witnessed some of the war’s most pivotal battles during his two and a half years of Union service. Death and destr……続きを見る