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Maajid Nawaz spent his teenage years listening to American hip-hop and learning about the radical Islamist movement spreading throughout Europe and Asia in the 1980s and 90s. At 16, he was already a...

Here, in this engrossing and often hilarious book, Stephen Birmingham explores how the Irish elite emerged in America frequently in less than a generation s time out of poverty into positions of both...

Red Rose CrewAuthor: Daniel J. BoynePublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2005Number of Pages: 232 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1592287581ISBN-13: 9781592287581

In Remembering the Civil War, historians Michael Barton and Charles Kupfer carefully select excerpts from the memoirs of key participants and weave them together to tell the story of the war in a...

From the day it opened in 1923 with Babe Ruth's famous third-inning home run, Yankee Stadium has been, to baseball fans and New Yorkers alike, the ultimate sports icon. When "The House That Ruth...

"A heart-stopping saga of the rescue from the very brink of extinction of one of the grandest of all birds."--Thomas Lovejoy, president of the Amazon Biodiversity Center. RETURN OF THE CONDOR is the...

From perpetually snow-capped peaks to stifling deserts below sea-level, the Colorado cuts the deepest and truest cross-section through the heart of the continent.It flows through time as well as...

We go back in time twenty-five years to meet Service as a young conservation officer. Still fresh from Vietnam, but on home turf, Service has been tapped for an unusual assignment that threatens to...

Running With The Buffaloes: A Season Inside With Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, And The University Of Colorado Men'S Cross Country TeamAuthor: Chris LearPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Apr 01,...

The infamous Sonny Barger once declared that the Hells Angels would never be infiltrated. Running with the Devil chronicles the story of the ATF sting and the two undercover agents who risked their...

Author: Dave FranzelPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Jan 15, 2018Number of Pages: 168 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493029800ISBN-13: 9781493029808

She would appear in more than thirty films and be named after a Road Atlas by Cecil B Demille. A football play would be named after her. She would appear on To Tell the Truth. She would be arrested...

"It's been said that no one should look too closely into how sausages or laws are made. The legislative system may still be in unspeakable shape, but A. D. Livingston has rescued sausages for our...

The history of one of the most dramatic and underreported stories of WWII.Author: Buckner Melton, Jr.Publisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: 1-Sep-21Number of Pages: 344 pagesLanguage:...

The Rocky Mountains have inspired travelers for centuries. The vast majority of those who visit this vast area might write to their friends, "Having a great time! Wish you were here!" Meanwhile, a...

Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel takes readers back in time to the days when H. H. Holmes lurked in his...

This treasure hunting book is the prequel to History Channel's popular show The Curse of Oak Island. In this new edition, D'Arcy O'Connor shares the most recent treasure hunts and finds on Oak...

Many baseball fans may not be aware of lesser-known but equally engaging stories about the Fall Classic. Shadows of Glory recounts 18 of these stories and will encounter some unlikely World Series...

This book pieces together the story of the Valencia and her tragic end, weaving together not just the threads of the ill-fated voyage itself, but also relevant contextual history, including the...

At the age of five, Shirley Temple became the world's most famous and acclaimed child--the most talented, beautiful child performer ever to capture the public's imagination. By the time she was ten,...

Cindy Williams, best-known as half of the comedic duo of Laverne & Shirley, has had a lively career in show biz. This book is an engaging and heartfelt journey from Williams's blue collar roots to...

Baseball's October showcase has provided some high drama over the years. Willie Mays's spectacular catch in 1954, Bill Mazeroski's walk-off homer in 1960, and Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit blast in 1988...

In-depth biography of baseball player Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson who was involved in the Black Sox scandal, but maintained his innocence until his death.Author: Harvey FrommerPublisher: Lyons...

Here is the help you need to take control of your life and be a success, on your own terms: Getting all your permits and licensesHow to finance your businessCreating and using a business planDo you...

Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heros.Author: Martha Laguardia-KotitePublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Sep 02, 2008Number of Pages: 272...

Captain Bunn founded SOAR to develop effective methods for dealing with flight anxiety. Therapists who have found this phobia difficult to treat will find everything they need to give their clients...

Mark Twain wrote in a dizzying variety of genres, and much of his work resists categorization by exploring themes well outside the realms of normal human experience. This is an entertaining...

Focuses on six thefts as well as other stories that span the late 1970s through the twenty-first century. Discusses thefts and how museum personnel, along with local and sometimes federal agents,...

The Columbianna, an ancient tramp steamer with a notably eccentric crew, 200 layers of paint on her decks, a sailing history going back to 1945, and demons in her plumbing, was crossing the Atlantic...

Steel City is the story of a young man exposed to the turbulent world of 1890's Pittsburgh who confronts many of the same issues that we grapple with today: immigration, tariffs, unionism and income...