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Washington Irving, whom many describe as one of the first fiction writers to forge a distinctively American sensibility in his...

The story of Rosina Farrington Stone takes us from her childhood in Maine to the California Gold Rush in 1851....

This is the first major, book-length memoir of a political prisoner from Mexico's "dirty war" of the 1970s. Written with...

A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish...

Written with great energy and authority—and using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himself—the first volume of a majestic...

An evocative memoir about the emergence of a pre-eminent writer in a changing world'What I have to tell is largely...

This is American Naturalist John Burroughs' 1902 biography of John James Audubon. John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) was an...

Written and compiled by friends and former students, The Idea of Social Structure honors Robert K. Merton, considered one of...

The tormented saga of the Getty family reads like the script for Dynasty, interweaving boardroom battles, sex, money, drugs, power,...

The disease of alcohol and drug addiction affects millions of people-some of whom are willing to acknowledge their addiction and...

This book, which features the autobiographical narrative of Mistress Mary Hampson, a 17th-century woman in an abusive and violent marriage,...

Despite an abundance of literature on Richard Nixon, the man behind the most spectacular crash-and-burn career of modern political history...

Raising Royalty examines the struggles and successes of twenty sets of royal parents over the past thousand years as they...

Alexander Terrell's career placed him at the center of some of the most pivotal events in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century...

First published in 1822, this is the extraordinary story of John Nicol, a sailor who circled the globe twice, fought...

Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke only English, in 1929 Sean...

Silkworms. Originally published in 1892. This book presents an account of the history of silk culture and many detailed chapters...

Get up close and personal with some of the heavy hitters of British history in this engaging volume of brief...

Great Women In American History highlights twenty-three historical figures-including some famous, some not so famous-who had a profound impact...

SILVER EAGLE', the official biography of "Band of Brothers" veteran Clancy Lyall, written by his friend Ronald Ooms. After...