DescriptionCdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At 38, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer. In November 2004…
DescriptionFrom the best-selling author of The First World War and Intelligence in War comes the most up-to-date and informed study yet of the Iraq War. John Keegan, whom the New York Review of Books calls "the best historian of our day", now…
DescriptionLaughter and wedding bells ring as Jan Karon takes her millions of fans back in time to the most cherished event in Mitford! Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyful event…
DescriptionSubtitled The Evolution of a Constitutional Right, this is the most comprehensive works ever written on the right to bear arms, which is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Its author, Stephen P. Halbrook, holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Ph.D. in social philosophy from Florida State University. He presents a powerful argument based on philosophy, history, and legal precedent that the American citizen's right to possess arms is as fundamental to democracy as is freedom of speech.
DescriptionAn unusual invitation to dinner and an evening of bridge turns into a murder investigation for Hercule Poirot. His host, the eccentric Mr. Shaitana, also invited three other detectives and four people he greatly admires. When their host is found dead, the crime experts turn to the other guests to find the culprit. After all, Mr. Shaitana admired them because he believed each of them had already gotten away with murder. Considered the best of Christie's closed-door mysteries, Cards on the Table offers Poirot an intriguing cast of suspects on which to exercise his little grey cells.
DescriptionIn this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Steve Martin's gifts were confined to the screen will discover what readers of The New Yorker already know: that Martin is a master of the written word. Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic at hand, these pieces, some of which first appeared in The New Yorker, feature Martin at his finest. With a playwright's ear for dialogue, a sense of irony only Martin could muster, and a first-class comic ability to perfectly time the punch line, Pure Drivel will have listeners crying with laughter, and marveling at the fact that in addition to all of his many talents, Steve Martin is also a superb writer.
