In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women were forbidden to work or go to school, they could not leave their homes without a male chaperone, and they could not be seen without a head-to-toe covering called the burqa . A woman's slightest infractions were met with brutal public beatings. That is why it ... more »

At the very edge of recorded history the world's largest single army spent ten long years battling against the world's best fortified city. Torn by ambition, jealousy and rivarly, caught between the idealism of their code of conduct and the pragmatic reality of their politics the attackers were ... more »

The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion -- from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal. No campaign in World War II was undertaken with as many shortcomings as Operation Watchtower -- the invasion of Guadalcanal in the ... more »

From the earliest times to the present day, the story of Scotland has been interwoven with tales and traditions of paranormal activity. Ancient legends of ghosts and ghouls, hauntings and horror - from the handless spectre of Cawdor Castle and the White Lady of St Andrews, to the phantom stagecoach of ... more »

Hitler and the Holocaust is the product of a lifetime's work by one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of anti-Semitism and modern Jewry. Robert S. Wistrich begins by reckoning with Europe's long history of violence against the Jews, and how that tradition manifested itself in Germany ... more »

Matthew Currier Burden founded www.blackfive.net, one of the most popular military blogs on the Internet. His blog began as an homage to a friend killed on duty in Iraq and quickly became a source of information about what was really happening in Afghanistan and Iraq. In The Blog of War Burden presents ... more »

ho was Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character in The Godfather? Was it Joseph Joe Bananas Bonanno? The infamous Salvatore Maranzano? No . . . it was Puzo's mother! Senator Joseph McCarthy was responsible for the infamous Hollywood Blacklist, right? Well, actually . . . no, he had nothing to ... more »

Richard Nixon resigned the presidency twenty-five years ago. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies against future abuses of power, would have an enduring impact on the country. Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton came under the scrutiny of new ethics laws, an emboldened Congress, and ... more »

Who killed Kennedy? Many keen minds have their doubts about the findings of the Warren Commission. Could Oswald have fired 3 shots in 5.6 seconds with the inaccurate rifle he had - and hit a moving target? Did he even kill patrolman Tippit (the bullets in the body were smaller than the barrel of his ... more »

From Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author Susan Griffin comes an unprecedented, provocative look at the dazzling world of the West's first independent women, whose lively liaisons brought them unspoken influence, wealth, and freedom. While they charmed some of Europe's most illustrious men honing their social ... more »

The shadowy past and present of Las Vegas--and its role in the shaping of today's America--are here revealed as never before by two of the country's leading investigative reporters. After five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris make clear how and why Las Vegas ... more »