In 1876, sailor Jack Renton was rescued from the Pacific island home of the headhunting Malaitans, after spending eight years in their captivity. His best-selling memoir of how he went from the slave of their chief, Kabou, to his most trusted warrior and adviser remains the only…
Ranging from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no child or civilian is exempt from the horrors of combat, the author shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations. He demonstrates that the underlying purpose of war h…
Ranging from the tumbling walls of Jericho to the modern advent of total war in which no child or civilian is exempt from the horrors of combat, the author shows how the martial instinct has evolved over the human generations. He demonstrates that the underlying purpose of war h…
This election was the only time that six once-and-future presidents -- Warren G. Harding, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt -- were jockeying for the White House at the same time. It was the first to generate extensive…
"With thirty-eight books currently in print and seven of his novels and short stories adapted into blockbuster films, Philip K. Dick is recognized worldwide as one of our time's greatest and most influential novelists. Lawrence Sutin's Divine Invasions, acknowledged by the Dick …
"This book tells the story of Bonington's Boys: a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement, and heart-breaking loss. Chris Bonington's inner circle included …
Set off on a magical history tour with Milbourne Christopher's classic, The Illustrated History of Magic. For years, this wonderful book has been considered the premier chronicle of the world's most mysterious art. This edition includes a new section featuring today's best magic…
A Canadian general and former United Nations peacekeeper shares his harrowing eyewitness account of the genocide in Rwanda, revealing how he and his men managed to rescue thousands of people despite the orgy of bloodletting that was erupting all around them. Reprint.
