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|  | The Killers by Richard Rhodes
In this Holocaust history, Rhodes investigates the role of Hitler`s Einsatzgruppen, a killer task force deployed in Eastern Europe which carried out the vicious slaughter of over one-and-a-half million people through direct bullet fire in mass graves. Rhodes`s research leads him to conclude that this was the first wave of the murder of the Jews, and that its viciousness so disturbed the SS that it was followed by a decision to use gas chambers and crematoria. Rhodes also uncovers evidence that the murder of Jews was to be followed by the murder of other ethnic groups. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. AUTHOR: Richard Rhodes
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Nights of Ice by Spike Walker
Collected for the first time in Nights of Ice, these eight true stories recount the harrowing ordeals of those who haul fish aboard Alaskan fishing vessels. As workers in one of the world's most dangerous - and lucrative - professions, the crewmen in Nights of Ice face a constant onslaught of roaring waves, stories-high swells, and life-stealing ice. Within seconds, a vessel such as the forty-ton Tidings can fill with icy water and slip into the depths, hurling crewmen into the freezing ocean and entombing the skipper inside its sinking hull. A ship like the Mia Dawn can run aground on a piece of submerged rock and immediately ice over, sinking steadily as her crew, battered by hypothermia and ninety-mph winds, assembles a life raft to await helicopter rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard. Tested by the elements, ravaged by their own emotions, the seamen in these extraordinary stories battle both fear and the violent unpredictability of nature. As Spike Walker's deft narration reveals, they do so with courage, instinct, and an unrelenting will to survive. AUTHOR: Spike Walker
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Oregon Trail by Bernard Rosenthal, Dan Lazar, David Levin, E. N. Feltskog, Francis Parkman
Description not available.A classic account of the author's 1840s experiences on the American frontier with the Plains Indians describes such adventures as being lost, nearly starving, narrowly escaping Native American war parties during his journey down the Front Range and along the Santa Fe Trail. Reprint. AUTHOR: Bernard Rosenthal, Dan Lazar, David Levin, E. N. Feltskog, Francis Parkman
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Children of the Holocaust by Helen Epstein
Description not available.Born to survivors of Auschwitz and Terezin, the author recounts her private quest to come to terms with her parents' past, a quest which took her to Israel and into the home of other children of concentration-camp survivors AUTHOR: Helen Epstein
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Nathaniel's Nutmeg or, the True & Incredible Adventure of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
In October 1916, Nathaniel Courthope and his team sailed to the island of Run, Indonesia, where they fought the Dutch for several years. Following Courthope's murder, a deal ensued which would have extraordinary consequences: the British gave up the island's lucrative nutmeg harvest to the Dutch in exchange for the island of Manhattan. An incredible adventure tale by the British author Giles Milton. AUTHOR: Giles Milton
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Montezuma & the Fall of the Aztecs by Daniel San Souci, Eric A. Kimmel
Traces the life of the last emperor to rule the Aztec empire before it was conquered by the Spaniards. AUTHOR: Daniel San Souci, Eric A. Kimmel
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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