The Complete Messages and Papers of President Jimmy Carter. Includes his speeches, memorandums, press conferences, executive orders, and more during his years in office. Indexed for easy navigation This ebooks is included in the Ultimate Handheld US History Library CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT OVER ... more »

Chapter 1 The Will to Power At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. -Salvador Dalí How, first of all, was it possible for a poor Corsican boy, born with limited horizons, to scale such heights? By the time he had ... more »

A real-life Amadeus : Set against the backdrop of the Counter-Reformation, this is the story of the stormy collaboration between two revolutionary astronomers, Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. That collaboration would mark the dawn of modern science . . . and end in murder. Johannes Kepler changed forever ... more »

Here is a sweeping and evenhanded history of the Vietnam War as it was lived by U.S. presidents, Communist leaders, American Marines, Vietcong guerrillas, and South Vietnamese troops. With keen insight, the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war are woven into one engrossing, unforgettable ... more »

Voices in Our Blood is a literary anthology of the most important and artful interpretations of the civil rights movement, past and present. It showcases what forty of the nation's best writers -- including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Robert ... more »

John C. Fremont, nearly forgotten today, was one of the giants of nineteenth-century America. He led five expeditions into the American West in the 1840s and 1850s, covering a greater area than any other explorer. His expedition reports -- ghost-written by his beautiful and talented wife, Jessie Benton ... more »

From historian James Reston, Jr., comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward adventure and conquest changed the world forever.   The Dogs of God chronicles one of the most savage epochs in human ... more »

What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games? With the summer Olympics' return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic ... more »

History of the American Nation by William J. Jackman - 9 Volumes This ebooks is included in the Ultimate Handheld US History Library CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT OVER 55,000 WORKS!  Simply the largest ebook library of American history ever published for your handheld device. For less than $0 ... more »

The great general and conqueror of Europe, Napoleon may not have written any books, but he was a prolific writer. A century and a half after his death, Napoleon remains the greatest military genius of the modern world yet unlike Machiavelli or Sun Tzu, his name has not crowned any single literary work ... more »

From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of the mysterious world of the geisha. Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional ... more »

The world remembers Edison, Ford, and the Wright Brothers. But what about Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, an innovation that did as much as any other to shape the twentieth century? That question lies at the heart of The Boy Genius and the Mogul , Daniel Stashower's captivating chronicle ... more »