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A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M+...

In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy - one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society. In The Long Road to Antietam, Richard Slotkin, a renowned cultural historian, reexamines the challenges that Lincoln encountered during that anguished summer 150 years ago.

On a cold May morning in 1940, Adrian Vincent arrived in France with his battalion. His war didn’t last long. Within five days the Siege of Calais was over, and nearly all his comrades were killed, wounded or, like him, taken prisoner. After a brutal journey across the breadth of Germany, Vincent and his fellow survivors began their life in Stalag VIIIB, set to work in terrible conditions down a Polish mine. For the next five years, they waged a war not against enemy soldiers but instead versus monotony, disease, cruelty, starvation, and hopelessness.

A military memoir by a biracial child of refugees and survivors, Roadside is about life and death, about family lost and gained, and about America, as a dream and a reality. It’s about the roads one takes to leave home and find it again.

Dark clouds cast a shadow over 17th century Europe and color the continent in a dark fog. When they break out, a deluge of blood and sweat rolls over the countries, destroying landscapes and wiping out entire cities. There has never been a more merciless war in the history of Europe. Between state-building and religious conflicts, soldiers are sent to certain death and villages are razed to the ground.

The true story of the most notorious crime in American nautical history -- a uniquely grotesque triple murder -- and the long journey to truth. The Herbert Fuller, a three-masted sailing ship loaded with New England lumber, left Boston bound for Buenos Aires on July 8, 1896 with twelve people on...

Dive into the enchanting world of ‚AúTen Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now,‚Aù a captivating children‚As book that transports readers through time to explore the lives of ten boys from various historical eras. Each chapter paints a vivid picture of their daily routines, detailing their homes, meals, education, clothing, religious practices, and cultural customs. Starting in the ancient Indus River Valley and journeying through to the modern industrial age, this book offers a delightful and educational experience for young readers. - Summary by Virginia Neville

Have you ever thought about your childhood teachers' lives outside of school? This is the story of cherished educator, John “Yo” Strang and the secrets he silently carried as a WWII P.O.W. Executive Produced by Sam Strang and narrated by Jakob Lewis of Great Feeling Studios. Includes interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, historian Duke Richey, and more. Find out what nobody knew about their beloved teacher.

La fecha cumbre de la historia uruguaya. El 18 de mayo de 1811, jugándose el todo o nada, se enfrentaron las fuerzas uruguayas con las españolas, en la batalla de Las Piedras, que resultó victoriosa para la causa revolucionaria. La independencia uruguaya sería un hecho importantísimo, para el posterior levantamiento de la América Latina.