On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the e...

A funeral closes a life story, and a grave in a cemetery marks its end forever. But what happens when those left behind don't agree about the meaning of that story? Or when that disagreement extends all the way to arguments about the ...

The author of Abandoned Prayers provides an eye-opening account of the deadly fire that devastated the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg, Idaho, in May 1972, a disaster that claimed more than ninety lives, and the dramatic rescue of two miners...

THE FINAL BLOW They were the forgotten members of the Lost Generation, traumatized veterans of the Great War who grasped for one last chance at redemption under Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. Six hundred of them were shuffled of...

Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling 'Gonzo Papers' is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to...

This fascinating "what if" book will have you pondering how easily history could have been swayed differently.Ever wondered what would have happened if the Confederates had won the Civil War? This book not only says that it ...

In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced ...

There are a few books that belong on the shelf of every Civil War buff: James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom, one of the better Abraham Lincoln biographies, something on Robert E. Lee, perhaps Shelby Foote's massive trilogy The ...

This book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. It also explains why July 4th isn't really Independence Day.

From the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea -- winner of the National Book Award -- the startling story of the Plymouth Colony. From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of America...

Keckley was a former slave who became a successful Washington, D.C., dressmaker — and a confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. This intimate bond allowed her to witness the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within...

Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, this audiobook presents a vivid snapshot of Ameri...

On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded a cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, fifty years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was ...

Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wis...

This newest book by Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Kaplan is a sparkling combination of biography, social history, architectural appreciation, and pure pleasure Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, two heirs of arch-...

A historian debunks four-dozen PC myths about our nation's past. Over the last forty years, history textbooks have become more and more politically correct and distorted about our country's past, argues professor Larry Schweikart. The...

The true-life stories in this unique collection provide 'a window into the American mind and heart' (The Daily News). One hundred and eighty voices - male and female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - t...

BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE EDGAR FINALIST, MURDER OF THE CENTURYIn the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Fe...

In the early 1900s two Virginia gentlemen carried out what we know today was paper genocide. Elite white people thought little of the disappearance of Indians from our census records. It was a tiime when bigotry was acceptable and com...

What if you were told that the revered leader Abraham Lincoln was actually a political tyrant who stifled his opponents by suppressing their civil rights? What if you learned that the man so affectionately referred to as the “Gr...

More than 1,600 interesting and little-known facts are assembled in a volume that will tantalize Civil War buffs. Includes more than forty unusual photographs and stories, lists, and sidebar articles. Illustrated and indexed.

In this critical study of the ecology of the Florida everglades and the policies that have rendered it a virtual wasteland, Michael Grunwald takes a long view of how things went bad, beginning with the arrival of the Spanish, followed...

A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest ...

Generation of Swine, the second volume of the legendary Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling 'Gonzo Papers,' was first published in 1988 and is now back in print.Here, against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fo...

A history of coastal Maine's lobster communities describes their ongoing defense of local traditions against forces that would exploit their resources, their communal values, and the wisdom they have gleaned from lifetimes spent in co...

Presents a witty collection of the most outrageous, scandalous, and offbeat events in American history takes a close-up look at the misdeeds and misbehavior of America's founding fathers, including infamous sex scandals, treacherous p...

In whimsical survey of human history, the author of A Treasury of Great American Scandals looks back at some of the greatest deceptions of all times, from the forged document that the Vatican used to lay claim to much of Europe, to th...

The highly praised book in which cherished stories from American history are exposed as myths. Widely praised following its initial publication, Founding Myths is a page-turner created out of the stuff of American history primers. ...

The 2013 National Book Award WinnerA New York Times BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2013One of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of 2013A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013An NPR Best Book of 2013One of t...