To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [Americas] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear. New York TimesIn June 1773, King George III attended a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britains bright future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the kings soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America. The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause, the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and the creation of a new republic.Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about the Second World War has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the first twenty-one months of Americas violent effort to forge a new nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 177677, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the worlds most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation.It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of Americas greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nations wiliest diplomat; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost

British Are Coming

RICK ATKINSON

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Selections of Frost's poetry are accompanied by a brief account of his life, a description of the critical reception of his work, and an assessment of his place in American literature

The Road Not Taken: An Introduction to Robert Frost

Literature & Fiction

FROST, ROBERT

Poetry

The Old Man and the Boy

Ruark, Robert

Contemporary

This volume: The United States Navy: 200 years, is the most readable, exciting, and judgmental history of the Navy history. Painstakingly researched and colorfully written.

The United States Navy: 200 years

History

Beach, Capt. Edward

Military

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti

Politics & Social Sciences

Gerald McDermott

Social Sciences

'I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' These notorious words, spoken by Churchill in 1942, encapsulate his image as an imperial die-hard, implacably opposed to colonial freedom -- a reputation that has prevailed, and which Churchill willingly embraced to further his policies. Yet, as a youthful minister at the Colonial Office before World War I, his political opponents had seen him as a Little Englander and a danger to the Empire. Placing Churchill in the context of his times and his contemporaries, Richard Toye evaluates his position on key Imperial questions and examines what was conventional about Churchill's opinions and what was unique. Combining a lightness of touch and entertaining storytelling with expert and insightful analysis, the result is a vivid and dynamic account of a remarkable man and an extraordinary era. 'Wonderfully informative' Daily Telegraph 'Excellent' Spectator 'Mature, intelligent, thoughtful, judicious' Washington Times 'One of Britain's smartest young historians' Independent

Churchill's Empire

Biographies & Memoirs

Richard Toye

Leaders & Notable People

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Liane Moriarty

Thrillers & Suspense

Leaving Breezy Street: A Memoir

Told in an inimitable voice,Leaving Breezy Street is the stunning account of Brenda Myers-Powell's brutal and beautiful life. "Careful--don't think prostitution is just about money. It's never just the money. It's about slipping in at all the wrong places. Getting into dangerous situations and getting out of them. That's exciting. That's what you want. But you want something else, too." What did Brenda Myers-Powell want? When she turned to prostitution at the age of fifteen, she wanted to support her two baby daughters and have a little money for herself. She was pretty and funny as hell, and although she called herself "Breezy," she was also tough--a survivor in every sense of the word. Over the next twenty-five years, she would move across the country, finding new pimps, parties, drugs, and endless, profound heartache. And she would begin to want something else, something huge: a life of dignity, self-acceptance, and love. Astonishingly, she managed to find the strength to break from an unsparing world and save not only herself but also future Breezys. We have no say into which worlds we are born. But sometimes we can find a way out.

Myers-Powell, Brenda

REYNOLDS, April

Community & Culture

General FictionLarge Print EditionPulitzer Prize-winner Butler has come upon his heart of darkness . . . starred, BooklistThirty years after his tour in Vietnam, Benjamin Cole returns to the country where he lost his innocence and falls in love with Tien. Bit by bit, they reveal the pains of their lives to each other and find that their paths intertwine in a most disturbing way. To resolve a secret that they both fear is true, Ben and Tien travel together up the infamous Highway One to find the one person who knows . . .

The Deep Green Sea: A Novel

BUTLER, Robert Olen

Samuel Johnson: A Life

Physical description; xx, 415 pages, [8] plates of plates : illustrations, plates (some colour). ; 25 cm. Subject; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784.

Nokes, David

Arts & Literature

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