Guy LarsonWar Dogs: The True Story of How Three Stoners From Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History Soon to be a major motion picture from the director...

Ian Morris A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society―for the better"War! . . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says...

Angelo Codevilla and Paul SeaburyThis book explores the causes, operations, endings, and justifications of war. In the process, it demolishes many currently fashionable illusions, such as that peace is always...

Ariel Sharon with David ChanoffIsrael's newest prime minister as of February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon is a dynamic and controversial leader. A hero in Israel's wars, perhaps the most daring...

James Reston, JrWarriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third CrusadeRichard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. This is a provocative look at two towering...

Alexandria Richie The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was a shocking event in a hideous war. This account recalls the tragedy from both German and Polish perspectives and asks why, when...

Alice OutwaterAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.Water:...

Graham GreeneWith superb skill and feeling, Graham greene retraces the experiences and encounters of a long and extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; he has travelled like an explorer seeking...

Elizabeth M NormanWe Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the JapaneseHailed by "The New York Times Book Review" as a "grippingly told" story...

Fintan O'Toole Fintan O’Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government—in despair, because all the young people were leaving—opened the country to...

Selma Leydesdorff Through effective use of oral history and a comprehensive study of existing documents, Selma Leyesdorff captures the lost world of the Jews who lived in the Amsterdan ghetto...

Werner M Loval From pre-Hitler Germany to Kristallnacht, a lastminute escape from the Holocaust, and on to a life on three continents, this book catalogs the experiences of one Jewish...