Every disaster has a story, none more thrilling than this one. Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue--and murder--is...
In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its...
French Professor Aronnax and his servant join the Abraham Lincoln, an American frigate, on a mission to find and destroy a "sea-unicorn of colossal dimensions, armed not with a halberd, but with a...
In Peter Golenbock's shocking and revealing first novel, Mickey Mantle tells the hidden story of his life as a baseball hero, and asks for forgiveness from his friends and family. If the revelations...
RICHARD NIXON SAID HE WANTED HIS administration to be "the best chronicled in history. " But when Alexander Butterfield disclosed the existence of a voice-activated taping system to a Senate...
This accent reduction program is for professionals and non-professionals, from teachers to adults, who want to be able to speak standard American English.
In 1947, witty, outspoken, irascible Dalton Trumo (Academy Award - winning screenwriter of Roman Holiday and Spartacus) went to prison for defying the House Committee on Un -American Activities and...
Cult classics in the UK since their first publication there in the 1970s, Kyril Bonfiglioli’s wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai—degenerate aristocrat, amoral art...
