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A remarkable feat--clear, compelling and accessible--.Critical background for any appreciation of the Jewishstate.-- The New York Times Book Review With his characteristic grace and lucidity, Howard M. Sachar,renowned author of thirteen earlier books on Middle Eastern andJewish history, brings to life the complex and dramatic story ofthe friendships and fallings-out between Israel and the variousEuropean powers over the last half-century. Dr. Sachar chronicles the always uneasy relationship between Israeland Great Britain; its early love-affair and nasty break-up withFrance; the shifting Soviet policies toward Israel; and theunlikely emergence of Germany as the new nation's chief Europeanbenefactor. A master of historical narrative, Sachar once againenlightens us with fine scholarship, insightful analysis, and anunerring knowledge of human--and national--motivations.
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkestyears of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before orsince. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues thisiconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour deforce of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and theircommunities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells oftheir desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dustblizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantlycapturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equaljustice to the human characters who become his heroes, "the stoic,long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgencyand respect" (New York Times). In an era that promises ever-greaternatural disasters, "The Worst Hard Time" is "arguably the bestnonfiction book yet" (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatestenvironmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and apowerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling withnature
In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renownedscholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent ofwritten records–the overwhelming majority of our time here onearth–and gives an incisive, concise, and lively survey of thepast, and of how scholars and scientists labor to bring it tolight. Renfrew begins by looking at prehistory as a discipline,detailing how breakthroughs such as radiocarbon dating and DNAanalysis have helped us to define humankind’s past–how things havechanged–much more clearly than was possible just a half centuryago. As for why things have changed, Renfrew pinpoints some of theissues and challenges, past and present, that confront the study ofprehistory and its investigators. Renfrew then offers a summary ofhuman prehistory from early hominids to the rise of literatecivilization that is refreshingly free of conventional wisdom andgrand “unified” theories. In this invaluable account, Colin Renfrew delivers a meticulouslyresearched and
A companion book to The History Channel specialseries of ten one-hour documentaries 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America pinpoints pivotaldays that transformed our nation. For the series and the book, TheHistory Channel challenged a panel of leading historians, includingauthor Steven M. Gillon, to come up with some less well-known buthistorically significant events that triggered change in America.Together, the days they chose tell a story about the greatdemocratic ideals upon which our country was built. You won’t find July 4, 1776, for instance, or the attack on FortSumter that ignited the Civil War, or the day Neil Armstrong setfoot on the moon. But January 25, 1787, is here. On that day, theragtag men of Shays’ Rebellion attacked the federal arsenal inSpringfield, Massachusetts, and set the new nation on the path to astrong central government. January 24, 1848, is also on the list.That’s when a carpenter named John Marshall spotted a fewglittering flakes of gold in a California riverbed.
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.Fifty-five menmet in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create acountry and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of thatfateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popularhistory of the Constitutional Convention available."--LibraryJournal From the Paperback edition.
