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A riveting narrative history of America's first colony--and its mysterious disappearance

From acclaimed historian John Wukovits, the untold story of the USS Laffey and her crew, who heroically withstood twenty-two kamikaze attacks at Okinawa which the US Navy describes "as one of the great sea epics of the war"

First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einstein's theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accommodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the "fifth force."

"Blom skillfully evokes the characters of these young men.... [His] coupling of the lives of the "philosophes" with their thought helps make their ideas less desiccated than they might otherwise have appeared in the hands of a more academic writer. He has an admirable ability to get to the heart of what Spinoza, Hume or Voltaire argued."--"Wall Street Journal"

From one of the world's preeminent political historians, a magisterial study of political leadership around the world from the advent of parliamentary democracy to the age of Obama.

Ilardi outlines a clinically proven six-step program for beating depression by reclaiming lifestyle elements from humankind's evolutionary past.

Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.

Blending ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, this discussion explores such questions as: Can we really know what is going on in someone else's mind? Could a robot be conscious? If a being has the ability to think, does it therefore have moral significance?

From a preeminent social historian, the stories of six African-Americans whose struggles reveal the strange evolution of the concept of race in America from the seventeenth century to the twentieth.

Joan Borysenko offers a step-by-step program that unleashes the mind's power to manipulate physical well-being.

"Assume the cow is a sphere." So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe."

An authoritative history of five millennia of Chinese history

Hitler did not escape the bunker in Berlin but, seven decades later, he has managed to escape explanation in ways both frightening and profound. Explaining Hitler is an extraordinary quest, an expedition into the war zone of Hitler theories. This is a passionate, enthralling book that illuminates what Hitler explainers tell us about Hitler, about the explainers, and about ourselves.

The periodic kingdom is a systematic place and by detailing the geography, history and governing institutions of this imaginary landscape, the author demonstrates how physical similarities can point to deeper affinities, and how the location of an element can be used to predict its properties.

Gunpowder first emerged from the ancient Chinese alchemical experiments to usurp the sword, spear and arrow in war. A must-read for history fans and military buffs alike, "Gunpowder" brings together a rich terrain of cultures and technological innovations with authoritative research and swashbuckling style.

Two dozen of the nation's top experts answer the question: Can the melting pot work today, as it did in the past, to forge a new America?

From the author of "The Little Ice Age," a wide-ranging and surprising look at how climate changes have affected the whole of human history

"A blistering, honest journal of the Andersons' efforts to buy black, and those efforts can only be described as Herculean... A brisk call to action, offering clear-eyed perspective on how African Americans got to where they are today and what they can do to support black business owners."-BookPage

From an acclaimed historian, a compelling examination of the Civil War's "turning point"-forty crucial days in Virginia during the spring of 1864

From the writers of Why Does E equal mc2?, a highly engaging and accessible explanation of Quantum Mechanics and why it matters.

The 25th Anniversary Edition of a sports classic that is so much more than a sports book

A one-of-a-kind glimpse into the essence of creativity, with inspiring insights from some of the world's most creative minds.

"Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure our which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this fascinating, ingeniou"

Unknown to all but a few, Newton was a practicing alchemist who dabbled with the occult, a tortured, obsessive character who searched for an understanding of the universe by whatever means possible. Sympathetic yet balanced, Michael White's Isaac Newton offers a revelatory picture of Newton as a genius who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.

At last in paperback: The story of the savage war that drained Napoleon's armies and set the stage for his ultimate defeat at Waterloo. "A splendid book."-New York Times Book Review.

From the writer the Washington Post calls "the finest prose stylist in America," a collection of masterly short fiction--his first in over 30 years.

Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution.

A team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange, and the ethical, legal, and political controversies it has both uncovered and provoked.

This work is a portrait of the mechanism of terror in a dictatorship. Surveys and interviews were conducted with German perpetrators, Jewish victims and ordinary Germans who experienced the Third Reich at first hand, in order to settle many nagging questions about who was responsible for what.

The autobiography of one of the great musicians of our time, Tony Iommi-Grammy-winning revolutionary guitarist, co-founding member of Black Sabbath, and creator of the music known as Heavy Metal