I was batting a thousand, and as I watched his expressionless face, I could tell I'd hit a nerve, perhaps multiple nerves. He had expected me to simply roll over and obey his command as usual, but what he hadn't planned on was that without leverage, he had no bargaining chip to use in order to control me. That he would win in the end, I had no doubt, but I refused to make it easy for him. I'd done enough of that the last time I'd been his prisoner....

"American history has profoundly shaped, and been shaped by, Christianity. This book provides a brisk and lively yet deeply researched survey of these intertwined forces from the colonial period to the present"--

Details how the US State Department attempted, and failed, to save South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression and the powerful domestic political influences that ultimately led to America's defeat. Ten years after the end of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a career Foreign Service officer, Thomas J. Corcoran, set down in writing his thoughts on the history of US State Department policy during America's involvement with South Vietnam....

The campaign that led to the first Battle of Newbury in 1643 represents a vital phase in the English Civil War, yet rarely has it received the attention it deserves. In this compelling and meticulously researched new study, Jon Day shows how the campaign was critical to the outcome of the war and the defeat of Charles I. The late summer 1643 was the military high tide for the king and his armies, yet within two months the opportunity had been squandered....

In the early years of World War II, Germany shocked the world with a devastating blitzkrieg, rapidly conquered most of Europe, and pushed into North Africa. As the Allies scrambled to counter the Axis armies, the British Eighth Army confronted the experienced Afrika Corps, led by German field marshal Erwin Rommel, in three battles at El Alamein. In the first battle, the Eighth Army narrowly halted the advance of the Germans during the summer of 1942....

When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself surrounded by elderly residents. In this lively and provocative collection, other distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's moving account of her transition to becoming a member of a vibrant and sociable community that offers care-giving support, while encouraging her to pursue her own interests, including exercising,...

Sunderland AFC's official historian Rob Mason brings us a fascinating alternative history of the club as he ponders what could have been. How would Sunderland have fared if they had appointed Brian Clough, who was turned down as manager? What might hav

Colin Elliott is associate professor of history at Indiana University and the author of Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy. Cassandra Campbell is a prolific audiobook narrator with a background in theater and academia. She is the narrator of the New York Times bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, among other audiobooks. This audiobook narrated by Cassandra Campbell gives a dramatic account of the Antonine plague,...