This monumental work--in which the creator of the Tower of Life at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the 900-year history of an Eastern European shtetl destroyed by the Nazis in 1941--is a singularly magnificent re-creation of a vanished place, people, and culture. 430 photos.
Barzun unpacks a lifetime of learning in this comprehensive overview of history and culture. The distinguished historian reexamines major themes in Western civilization from the Renaissance through modern times.
Relates the story of the only French writer to be executed for treason during World War II, from his rise during the 1930s to his trial and death in front of a firing squad.
A <IT>New York Times<RO> reporter offers a powerful indictment of the CIA and its intelligence-gathering capabilities as he traces the history of the organization from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a study that condemns the CIA for its record, its inability to understand world affairs, the vio ...
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The life of the Massachusetts governor accused of accepting and promoting British for controls provides a loyalist perspective on the events that precipitated the American Revolution.
Patterson links the birth of freedom in primitive societies with the institution of slavery and traces the evolution of three forms of freedom: personal, civic, and sovereign or organic (exercising power over others).
In this biography - a work that won three of the most prestigious literary prizes this country offers - W. Jackson Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's awesome intellect and fueled his prodigious output. The first great modern biography of Johnson, it confirms that his statement ...
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