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|  | The Battle of Kursk by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
Gain an in-depth understanding of the largest tank engagement in history that led to staggering losses during WW II. Access to newly released Soviet material adds detail to this legendary conflict, reconstructing combat and tactical maneuvers. 45 photos. 32 maps. AUTHOR: David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo
When a shark began prowling the New Jersey coastline in the summer of 1916, the summer before United States entered World War I, those summering there in the idyllic hideaway of the nation's elite had cause for alarm. This study draws a portrait of this early assault on the Gilded Age--when a seemingly invulnerable leisure class saw early signs of its own mortality. Here, the four-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated author depicts the crisis through an investigation of its unique characters--its alarmed citizens, sensational press, and opportunist politicians. AUTHOR: Michael Capuzzo
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: History
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 | Imaginary Indians by David Thomas
Description not available.The riveting story of an archaeologist's relations with Native Americans describes how they deteriorated with the rise of scientific archaeology after the 1996 discovery of a nine-thousand-year-old Caucasoid skeleton near Kennewick, Washington. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. AUTHOR: David Thomas
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | From Columbus to Castro by Eric E. Williams
This landmark work, by the late Prime Minister of Trinidad, illuminates a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. 50 photos, maps. AUTHOR: Eric E. Williams
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Memphis Elvis-Style by Cindy Hazen, Mike Freeman
Elvis and Memphis go together like peanut butter and banana on toasted white bread. The city where Elvis spent his high school years in poverty, Memphis is also the place where he kept his roots long after becoming the premier superstar of the century. Memphis Elvis-Style provides the definitive guidebook to the King's city--where he lived and performed, the churches whose music drew him, where he bought his clothes and records, and more. Photos. AUTHOR: Cindy Hazen, Mike Freeman
PUBLISHER: Blair, John F. Publisher
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Black Soldiers in Blue by John David Smith
Inspired and informed by the latest research in African American, military, and social history, the fourteen original essays in this book tell the stories of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union cause. An introductory essay surveys the history of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) from emancipation to the end of the Civil War. Seven essays focus on the role of the USCT in combat, chronicling the contributions of African Americans who fought at Port Hudson, Milliken's Bend, Olustee, Fort Pillow, Petersburg, Saltville, and Nashville. Other essays explore the recruitment of black troops in the Mississippi Valley; the U.S. Colored Cavalry; the military leadership of Colonels Thomas Higginson, James Montgomery, and Robert Shaw; African American chaplain Henry McNeal Turner; the black troops who occupied postwar Charleston; and the experiences of USCT veterans in postwar North Carolina. Collectively, these essays probe the broad military, political, and social significance of black soldiers' armed service, enriching our understanding of the Civil War and African American life during and after the conflict. The contributors are Anne J. Bailey, Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., John Cimprich, Lawrence Lee Hewitt, Richard Lowe, Thomas D. Mays, Michael T. Meier, Edwin S. Redkey, Richard Reid, William Glenn Robertson, John David Smith, Noah Andre Trudeau, Keith Wilson, and Robert J. Zalimas, Jr. AUTHOR: John David Smith
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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