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A behind-the-scenes account based on hundreds of interviews with top officials surveys the first eighteen months of the Bush administration to consider how the president and his advisors are responding to unprecedented wartime circumstances and a faltering economy. Reprint. ... Read more

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An insider's account of the pivotal playoff game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox traces the season leading up to the game; the contributions of such figures as Carlton Fish, Reggie Jackson, and Carl Yastrzemski; and the stakes that rendered the contest of particular significance.... Read more

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Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. ... Read more

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For thirty days I was close by him at historic events -- in the places where writers never are.Before Britain could help the United States in the war against Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair faced a battle against his own voters, his own party, and his own allies in Europe. These were among the most tense... Read more

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"It would be hard to imagine a better, or more readable, analysis of United States policy over the last fifty years than Clyde Prestowitz's Rogue Nation." --Brian Urquhart, The New York Review of BooksAmerica's democratic ideals have long been the hope of the world, but our allies increasi... Read more

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A visual account of the thrilling exploration and discovery of the world's most astonishing treasures follows the stories of explorers, naturalists, archaeologists, and ordinary people who have made great discoveries and how their discoveries have changed our knowledge of the course of history. ... Read more

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Assembled from papyri, tablets, court records, temple texts, graffiti, and classical histories of the Greeks and Romans, this collection of eyewitness accounts of ancient Egypt introduces readers to the dietary habits, dress codes, laws, and dangers of this compelling civilization. Original. ... Read more

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An elated, victorious Truman brandishes a newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Theodore Roosevelt galvanizes the crowd with a fiery stump speech. Richard Nixon wipes away sweat during his debate with a poised JFK. Against the backdrop of a towering flag, Reagan captivates cr... Read more

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Presents a fictional account of two slaves who, in 1858, escaped from their masters in Kentucky and, aided by the people of the Underground Railroad, made their way to freedom in Canada. Original. ... Read more

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Shares anecdotes about the attack on Pearl Harbor from people who were there, including pilot Haruo Yoshino, sailor Charles Christensen, and civilian Claire Becker. ... Read more

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The "thoughtful" and "enlightening" collection from the bestselling Booknotes series, now in paperback (Los Angeles Times Book Review) Booknotes, the flagship of C-SPAN's book programming for fifteen years, was the premier place to see serious, thoughtful nonfiction get its telev... Read more

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Winston Churchill's personal physician kept an ongoing diary in which he recorded the public and private life of his most famous patient. Literate and insightful, the diary entries record the history Lord Moran witnessed first-hand as well as Churchill's own, unguarded views of people and events as ... Read more

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Traces the post-World War II partnership of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, profiling the statuses of both nations before and after the war while offering insight into how the efforts of both men set the groundwork for modern American-Japanese relations. By the author of A Few Bloody... Read more

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