On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China "to the ends of the earth". When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and...
The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House pens the incredible true story of the accidental creation of Facebook, and the even more amazing tale of what followed.
Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Joseph J. Ellis
From the prize-winning author of the bestselling FOUNDING BROTHERS and AMERICAN SPHINX, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the...
Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation
Kenneth C. Davis
Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped...
Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the gripping, true story of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of its only female participant, the...
The author of the bestselling Ghost Soldiers returns with a thrilling chronicle of how the West was really won. Between 1846, when President James K. Polk declared war on Mexico, and 1865,...
Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom captures the high drama and tense moral conflict of a man at odds between his loyalty to his country and his faith as a Christian. Here's a story that resonates with...
Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
Tom Brokaw
In THE GREATEST GENERATION, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in BOOM!, one of...
