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The story of a legendary designer who pioneered high-end
streetwear, from a storefront in Harlem to the red carpet in
Hollywood, dressing everyone from Salt-N-Pepa and Eric B. &
Rakim to Beyoncé and JAY Z along the way.
DAPPER DAN IS.
DAPPER DAN IS.
From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes an oral history of
children's experiences in WWII across Europe and Russia, in the
celebrated tradition of her masterpiece, The Unwomanly Face of
War.
Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II.
Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II.
Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the
theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own
illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for
detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a
modern classic.
A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists
racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a
dramatic harbinger of climate change
Greenland. a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000.
Greenland. a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000.
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of
unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and
prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the
twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also
helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism
in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical
thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the
faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe
since the Enlightenment.
A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing
challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS
series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness
accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America
win the space race with the first lunar landing fifty years
ago.
A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on
the eve of World War II
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory.
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory.
An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of
1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its
deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence
throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop.
An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War
II. the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to
deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort.
On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs.
On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs.
Fifty years after his death, Stalin remains a figure of powerful
and dark fascination. The almost unfathomable scale of his
crimes–as many as 20 million Soviets died in his purges and
infamous Gulag–has given him the lasting distinction as a
personification of evil in the twentieth century.
After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the
ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three
crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean
cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissance--an
exciting debut history.
From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle
Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's
oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change
Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011.
Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011.
