... the number of people able to give a first hand
account of day-to-day life in the early part of the last
century naturally diminishes. The small but telling
detail disappears. Ethel May Elvin was born in 1906; she
recalls her father's account of standing sentry at Queen
Victoria's funeral, the privations and small pleasures of
a ......
How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception. The result is a fascinating and illuminating narrative history that underscores how we behave in the face of potential calamity - then and now.
Confessions of a Former New York Times Washington Correspondent
A former New York Times White House and investigative correspondent, Robert M. Smith, discloses in Suppressed: Confessions of a Correspondent how some stories make it to print, some do not, how the filters work, and how the paper may have suppressed the most important U.S. political story of the day--Watergate.
The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule
By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons, 2014), here is one of the great untold stories of World War II. The Hidden Hindenburg finally catches up with a German conman who mislead the world about the Hindenburg to bury his own Nazi connections.
True Stories from One of the Last British Police Officers in ColonialHong Kong
Sex, drugs, gambling, ghosts, drinking, rugby, overseas adventures - and even some police work. Hong Kong on the edge of empire was a place teeming with triads, smugglers, Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees.
A highly illustrated introductory account of the aircraft and aces of the nations that participated in aerial combat during the First World War. This book features the aces of Allies and the Central Powers and with 469 black and white photographs provides comprehensive illustrations of aircraft, pilots, balloons, Zeppelins and ground crew.
The Hidden and Tumultuous Saga of Congress and the Capitol Building
The Secret History of the Capitol is an account of the many bizarre, tragic, and violent episodes that have occurred in and around the Capitol Building, from the founding of the federal capital city in 1790 up to contemporary times.