Old Is Gold

September 1, 1939: Lódź, Poland is on the brink of invasion.When the sirens begin, the professor is sitting at the Astoria Café. The Astoria Café really did exist, but the professor is only a figment of a boy's imagination.In this work of historical metafiction,...

Named One of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly - One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 - A National Bestseller - A New York Times Editor's Choice pick - Nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal...

North Carolina and the Two World Wars returns to print in a single volume two of the most popular titles published by the Historical Publications Section of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. Based on extensive research in the State Archives, Dr....

"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society."--Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On JuneteenthNew York Times Book...

May, 1945. Bennie Sherwood commands the police department in war weary Richmond, Virginia, but he's more interested in marrying his longtime girlfriend than in keeping the peace. On the eve of Victory in Europe Day, a double murder rocks the city and leads Bennie...

"A wonderful, provocative novel . . . I stepped into the stream of the narrative and didn't look up until I came to the last page." -Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes the final...

The adventures of James Bond have thrilled readers since Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published in 1953, and when the movie of Dr No was released in 1962, Bond quickly became the world's favourite secret agent. Science and technology have always been central...

Pale Horse is a thinly disguised retelling of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich. Written in the form of a diary by the leader of a group of five revolutionaries, the novel provides a straightforward and clinical account of the assassination and contains...

A heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson How far would you go to protect the people and country you love? It's 1940 and Hannie...

1917 - Russia is at war against the Central Powers, the Tsar has abdicated, and Russia is being "governed" by a shaky coalition of political interests.In the cities starving people are queuing for food. There are strikes and protests, and soldiers are starting to...

Author: Timothy EganPublisher: Penguin BooksPublished: 06/04/2024Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.91dISBN: 9780735225282

One of Lit Hub's most anticipated books of 2024"Adam Ehrlich Sachs makes books that make their own traditions. This is the highest praise I know, for serious." --Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus"Gretel and the Great War is the gift that keeps...

A wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of "one of the most sensational trials in American history" (New York Times Book Review). On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she'd had an affair with their pastor, Henry...

WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE AND BOOKPAGE! "Stunning...epic...impressive...It is a pleasure to simply...

In 1942, Hazel Francis left Wichita, Kansas for California, determined to do her part for the war effort. At Douglas Aircraft, she became one of many "Rosie the Riveters," helping construct bombers for the U. S. military. But now the war is over, men...

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a "captivating, thoroughly researched" (The New York Times Book Review) tale of the rise and fall of the world's largest airship--and the doomed love story between an ambitious...

It is on historical record that, on the evening of October 13th 1939, six weeks after war had been declared on Hitler's Germany, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, fierce and implacable opponents for years over the appeasement issue, met together with their two wives,...

Four generations. One remarkable hotel. Countless secrets. Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of...

The story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone from bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American...

Inspired by a real-life secret mission in World War Two, Operation Heartbreak is a perfectly told tale of defeat and glory. Orphaned in the first months of World War One, when his father is killed in action, Willie Maryington dreams only of joining the...