Historical
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Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
$35.00 Add to cartA definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over nearly four- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601335
- Language: English
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
$24.00 Add to cartDoris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depre
- Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 01, 1995
- ISBN10: 0684804484
- Language: English
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
$17.99 Add to cartFor the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here at last is Miep Geis’s own astonishing story.For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Na… [more below]
- Author: Gies, Miep
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 10, 2009
- ISBN10: 1416598855
- Language: English
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
$21.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE WINNER – NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A landmark work of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, a… [more below]
- Author: Ellis, Joseph J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0375705244
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
$17.99 Add to cartA thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Recipient of an Abraham Li… [more below]
- Author: Shenk, Joshua Wolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618773444
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
$22.00 Add to cartIn this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America’s founders helped define our nation
- Author: Isaacson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: June 01, 2004
- ISBN10: 074325807X
- Language: English
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Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartA Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.
“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to surv- Author: McCourt, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 25 1999
- ISBN10: 068484267X
- Language: English
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
$20.00 Add to cartFrom beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, a rigorously researched, “funny and smart” (Jon Stewart) book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.
Mo Rocc- Author: Rocca, Mo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 02, 2021
- ISBN10: 1501197630
- Language: English
