Here is a fascinating account of the qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Greenstein surveys political skill, vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence, and concludes the last is the most important: In its absence all else ... more »

Has there ever been a history of the world as readable as this? In The Human Story , James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling how peoples of the world settled down and founded cities, conquered neighbors, and established religions, and continues over the course of history, when ... more »

A gripping chronicle of the greatest and most terrible confrontation between Allied forces and the Nazi army, based on groundbreaking archival research and the compelling first-person accounts of four hundred survivors on both sides of the conflict. Before D-Day there was Monte Cassino, the desperate ... more »

THE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT tells the fascinating story of how Israel became the Middle East's only nuclear power and -- unlike Iraq and Iran -- succeeded in keeping its atomic program secret. Veteran Israeli journalist Michael Karpin explains how Israel, by far the smallest of the nuclear powers, succeeded ... more »

Hodding Carter writes, The unsung hero of human history was, of course, the Brain of Drains, the Hub of Tubs, the Power of Showers, the Brewer of Sewers...the humble plumber.... The Irish may have saved civilization, once, but plumbers have done so countless times. When we consider the amenities that ... more »

o Did America win its independence because British generals were too busy canoodling with their mistresses? o Should America have annexed Mexico--all of it--and Cuba too? o Did 1776 justify Southern secession in the nineteenth century? o Should Patton have been promoted over Eisenhower? o Did the U.S ... more »

Pierre Ier et son impératrice paysanne, Catherine II et son vigoureux compagnon le prince Potemkine, Alexandre Ier et son égérie occulte, mais aussi les grands artistes et hommes de lettres russes et occidentaux (Pouchkine, Dostoïevski, les poètes du siècle d'Argent, le Chevalier d'Éon, le marquis de ... more »

In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany, and put to work as slave ... more »

Si l'on connaît la destinée exceptionnelle de Louis II de Bavière et celle de sa cousine Élisabeth, l'impératrice d'Autriche, on ignore souvent les liens qui unissaient ces souverains hors du commun. Visionnaires, idéalistes, géniaux, les deux cousins souffraient tous deux de leur lucidité, de leur avance ... more »

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing ... more »

An absolute must for your handheld device. Over 15,000 of the most famous quotes and sayings of all time. Thousands of Authors and Topics. Never before has such a library been available for your handheld. Does your mind ever go blank and you don't know what to say? Do you ever get discouraged thinking ... more »

En 1226 avant J.-C., à Pi-Ramsès, alors capitale de l'Égypte, naît un enfant nommé Masesaya, petit-fils du grand Ramsès II. Une prédiction faite à sa mère, la princesse Takhât, lui révèle que son nom perdurera par-delà les millénaires. Bernard Simonay nous propose, dans ce roman épique, une vision diff ... more »