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Close to Shore - Michael Capuzzo; Mike Capuzzo
Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimme... -
Churchill - Paul Johnson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **An elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of the inimitable leader. ** Paul Johnson's books are acknowledged as masterpieces of historical analysis. In *Churc... -
Caprice and Rondo - Dorothy Dunnett
With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The ... -
Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy - Eamon Javers
In this penetrating work of investigative and historical journalism, Eamon Javers explores the dangerous and combustible power spies hold over international business. Today's globa... -
Boon Island - Kenneth Roberts
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (18... -
Belgrave Square - Anne Perry
"The author has the eyes of a hawk for character nuance and her claws out for signs of the criminal injustices rampant among the privileged classes during this gilded historical pe... -
Anonyponymous_ The Forgotten Pe - John Marciano
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures better known as... -
An Edible History of Humanity - Tom Standage
More than simply sustenance, food historically has been a kind of technology, changing the course of human progress by helping to build empires, promote industrialization, and deci... -
Alice I Have Been_ A Novel - Melanie Benjamin
SUMMARY: Few works of literature are as universally beloved as" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright s... -
Agincourt - Bernard Cornwell
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet — the heroic tale of Agincourt.Young Nichol...