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A truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains.

The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization.

A young marine in Vietnam has big ambitions to command a company, but two other soldiers stand in his way.

A young woman and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall.

Kathleen Krull turns the spotlight on the women who have wielded power, revealing their feats--and flaws--for all the world to see.

On November 20, 1820, the whale ship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale.

The adventures of two boys growing up in rural Vermont in the 1920's.

Commissario Guido Brunetti must contend with ingenious corruption, bureaucratic intransigence, and the stifling heat of a Venetian summer.

The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history and one shrouded in mystery.

The ninth edition of this widely acclaimed text has been revised to reflect the latest scholarship and the most recent events in the Middle East.

Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs.

As newspaper editor of the Payday Pioneer, Sam Flint finds himself in the middle of an all-out war for control of the town, putting his life on the line for what he believes in.

Filled with the life, color, and spirit of pioneer days, this is the story of the bravery and heroism of Betty, beautiful young sister of Colonel Isaac Zane.

The pirates of legend sailed the seven seas, exercised a salty vocabulary, and pursued lives full of swordplay and adventure. But what was life like for the real pirates of history?

This long-awaited book, based on six years of intensive research, dismantles the myths surrounding Joe McCarthy and his campaign to unmask Communists, Soviet agents, and flagrant loyalty risks work