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Hollywood Confidential is the first truly in-depth look at the sexy, humorous, violent, and tragic history of the mob in Hollywood from the 1920s, when Joe Kennedy decided to buy a motion picture c

How migrants became the scapegoats of contemporary mainstream politics.

A gripping tale of 150 years of scientific adventure, research, and discovery at the Yale Peabody Museum.

Going beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredible Great Pyramid of Giza.

For years, a small unit of France's national police known as 'The Office in Charge of the Fight Against Crimes Against Humanity' has been discreetly chasing down war criminals.

From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border—a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

An Los Angeles Times Best Book 2003. A chilling, beautifully written narrative of African war. Sierra Leone is the world’s most war-ravaged country.

C'est une histoire authentique. Celle d'un jeune étudiant en théologie qui résista au nazisme et à la mainmise d'Hitler sur l'Église luthérienne.

"Il aura fallu quinze ans de cheminement incertain, une enquête menée aux confins de mémoires étiolées, pour retrouver une image sur laquelle j'espérais figurer, puis pour chercher mes co

Nearly forty years have passed since Ruth Hyde Paine, a Quaker housewife in suburban Dallas, offered shelter and assistance to a young man named Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina.

An in-depth exploration of how a transportation company created a vision for a burgeoning nation and played a leading role in driving immigration to the Canadian West.

A stolen sign, "No Jews Live Here," kept John Lorinc's Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust.

Non, en politique, les extrêmes ne se rejoignent pas. Ce livre démontre pourquoi.

Celia Sánchez is the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution.

Today, in violence-torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story . . . and ours.