The man revealed in these pages seems to embody so much of what Americans claim to admire - self-reliance, honesty, humor, modesty, intelligence - the stuff of heroes. - The New York Times Book Review

Formerly published as Shadow of Death, this explosive true story captures all the drama of war, and a soldier's incredible encounter with the afterlife. Takes the reader from the ravaged jungles of Vietnam to the destruction of...

An excellent introduction to the life of the woman who helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, A Picture Book of Rosa Parks covers much more than her crucial role in initiating the Montgomery bus boycott. Such issues as school...

Benjamin's correspondence reveals the evolution of some of his most important ideas. Published here in English, these letters offer an intimate picture of Benjamin himself and the times in which he lived. They also provide an...

A magnificent collection of caricatures by the oldest and most distinguished practising cartoonist in Britain. The bulk of them date from his greatest period when he drew the major figures of World War II, from the goodies like...

Die Fr he Neuzeit hat in den Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften ein eigenes Profil gewonnen. Die Buchreihe Fr he Neuzeit dient der Grundlagenforschung in Gestalt von Editionen, Monographien und Sammelb nden. Sie strebt nicht die...

This book presents letters, treatises and poems from the manuscripts of Peter Sterry (1613-1672) at Emmanuel College Library, Cambridge. It is the first edition that includes complete writings by the chaplain of Oliver Cromwell,...

This is a novel about women, politics, secrets, and the keeping of a diary atCamp David by Lady Bird Johnson.