A devoted husband, father, and American, his missives include: a love letter to Barbara; a letter to his mother about missing his daughter Robin after her death from leukemia.
General Franks retraces his journey from a small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military service -- including his heroic tour as an Artillery officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times.
Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and year). They also observed th...
Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against segregation.
This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, this is a very powerful audiobook.
Traditional scientific determinism has suggested that the natural world is regular and predictable, and that timeless and universal nature is best understood by studying its parts in isolation. For...
The Curran case framed an era, from 1965 to 1990, and left behind unresolved questions about authority and freedom in the Catholic Church today. Through biography, history, theology, and courtroom ...
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin ...
After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped gro...
Subtitled True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors, this is the ultimate book of ordeals, with remarkable stories of castaways and other survivors from the 1500s to the present. Included are a...
Science is a way of knowing that's characterized by the rules of logic and the methods of experiment. But the conflict between logic and experiment has created a long-standing tension in scientific...
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma...
In García Márquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of García Márquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand ...
Rosin’s account follows America's most ambitious young evangelicals who, since 2000, have been making their way to Patrick Henry College, where they are groomed to become the Christian elite of tomorrow, waging battle on the frontlines of politics, entertainment, and science.
From the bestselling author of Hitler's Pope comes a gripping, in-depth account of Germany's horrific abuse of science and its consequences-then and now.
In one of the most compelling combat narratives ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, Army infantry platoon leader, gives a teeth-rattling, first-hand account of eleven straight days of heavy house-to-house fighting during the climactic second battle of Fallujah.
In this original, sweeping, and intimate biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) achieved momentous breakthroughs in three areas: mathematics (the calculus), a theory of colors, and gravitational attraction. His first insights in each of these areas occ...
New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers.
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen mont...
Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man.
Born in Dublin in 1865, Yeats drew strength from the Irish tradition, as can be seen in this special audiobook which presents the most important poems in the context of his life and ambitions.
The remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language.
Suetonius wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled their extraordinary careers, presenting perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns.
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is legend, but few know the astonishing story- of the Ross Sea party...
In this collection of lectures Feynman originally gave in 1963, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several mega questions of science. Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend.
After Rome fell in the 5th century A.D., Europe endured a long drought of ideas. The Middle Ages were a time when spiritual, other-worldly concerns dominated intellectual life; study of the natural...
Among the greatest natural historians was Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who influenced Goethe, Darwin, and America's leading naturalists. Humboldt's Cosmos, published in five volumes from 184...
The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom...
For most of history, the beginning of the universe has been understood through the many myths offered in various cultures. But in the modern age, scientific cosmology has emerged to offer new expla...
The Twentieth Century, continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful country that stands on the brink of the millennium.
Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with W Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the Federal Bureau of Investigation who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon.
The Sense of Wonder relates Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, in their walks along the sea coast and through forests and fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight, and storm clouds. It is a guide to capturing the simple power of discovery that Carson...
One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan—one of our nation's most powerful and popular Presidents.
The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the monasteries...
Titanic is a unique record of one of the most traumatic events in maritime history. Not only does Colonel Gracie describe his own experience on that fateful night but the stories of as many other survivors as he could track down. He also attended a court hearing to obtain the official record....
Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose—one of the country's most influential historians—confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs.
To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming obstacles within and without. It is the story of mankind's most wondrous technological achievement; and it is an account of the mystery of creativity.
The trial and death of Socrates remains a powerful document not least because it gives a first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history.
In 1716, Cornish cabin boy Thomas Pellow and fifty-two comrades were captured by Barbary corsairs. Their captors - fanatical Islamic slave traders - had declared war on Christendom.
William Hague’s biography is comparable to Roy Jenkins’s recent bestselling life of Churchill – an eminent politician writing an outstanding Prime Ministerial life.
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature for many generations to come...
