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The First Lady and the Rebel: A Novel

by Susan Higginbotham

Published: 2019-10-01

Paperback: 400 pages

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From the celebrated author Susan Higginbotham comes the incredible story of Lincoln's First LadyA Union's First LadyAs the Civil War cracks the country in two, Mary Lincoln stands beside her husband praying for a swift Northern victory. But as the body count rises, Mary can't help but fear...

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The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West

by Michael Wallis

Published: 2000-07-17

Paperback: 672 pages

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Winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Book Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.Founded in Oklahoma in 1893, the 101 Ranch created one of the most exciting and influential trav...

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My Love Affair With America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative

by Norman Podhoretz

Published: 2001-12-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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My Love Affair with America is more than the poignant recovery of lost time. Podhoretz uses his own experience to launch a strong defense of America and American values at a time when he fears that his fellow conservatives are in danger of following the path of the New Left into contempt f...

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The Spirit of Lo : An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Journey

by Terry Detrich, Don Detrich

Published: 2000-09-01

Paperback: 280 pages

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An ordinary family is faced with an extraordinary challenge, a child with cystic fibrosis. This is their story, rich and moving, as they laugh and cry and learn and grow. Their love, faith, and commitment to each other carry them through battles with depression, anger, despair, and the ravages of the...

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Word of Honor

by Nelson DeMille

Published: 1998-09-01

Paperback: 880 pages

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Read the gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown).He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an...

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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession

by Peter L. Bernstein

Published: 2012-03-06

Kindle Edition: 448 pages

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"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein’s story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder that maintaining a fixed price for gold and fixed exchange rates were difficult even in a simpler financial environment….Peter Bernstein wa...

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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

by Mark Bowden

Published: 2015-07-14

Paperback: 304 pages

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A tour de force of investigative journalism-Killing Pablo is the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar's criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that would only end with his death...

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Casino Moscow: A Tale of Greed and Adventure on Capitalism's Wildest Frontier

by Matthew Brzezinski

Published: 2002-07-09

Paperback: 320 pages

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After awakening from its long communist slumber, Russia in the 1990s was a place where everything and everyone was for sale, and fortunes could be made and lost overnight. Into this free-market maelstrom stepped rookie Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Brzezinski, who was immediately pu...

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The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism (Vol 1)

by Simon Reeve

Published: 1999-10-07

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Details the manhunt for Ramzi Yousef, the terrorist behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, and the discovery that he was backed by Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden, an increasingly influential sponser of international terrorism.

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Flatbellies: It's Not About Golf, It's About Life

by A.B. Hollingsworth, Alan B. Hollingsworth

Published: 2001-03

Hardcover: 344 pages

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"Reads like a combination of American Graffiti and Hoosiers put on pages with humor and wit. It's a wonderful story.... I loved it."?Associated Press It's not about golf. It's about life. Set in a small Oklahoma town in the mid-1960s?a simple place in a confusing time?Flatbellies is partly...