The Monuments Men

As the Allies advanced into Germany in April 1945, General Patton's Third Army discovered the collections of the Berlin museums hidden in a salt mi...

Robert M. Edsel brings the story of his #1 New York Times bestseller for adults The Monuments Men to young readers for the first time in this dynam...

``A most valuable book.`` --Christian Science Monitor For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' system...

Reducere. Despite having attracted the attention of a stalker, Special Agent Jason West is doing his best to keep his mind on his job and off his own trouble...

Reducere. Salt Mines and Castles, originally published in 1946, is a first-hand account of the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of U.S. ...

Reducere. In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deploymen...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 150 years by presenting its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums and its vision for the fut...

DescriptionIn August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her aw...

Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, a...

Reducere. For more than a century, American communities erected monuments to western pioneers. Although many of these statues receive little attention today,...

Reducere. DescriptionDig into these fact-packed crossword puzzles and word searches about the American Civil War and see how much you know about the people, ...

Now a major film starring GEORGE CLOONEY, MATT DAMON, CATE BLANCHETT, BILL MURRAY, JOHN GOODMAN, HUGH BONNEVILLE, BOB BALABAN, JEAN DUJARDIN and DI...

Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the polit...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christian A. NappoPresidential libraries and museums are national monuments dedicated to the memories of men who served as ...

Reducere. The nation's capital that serves as the setting for the stories in Edward P. Jones's prizewinning collection, Lost in the City, lies far from the c...

Reducere. How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a ...

Reducere. The compelling WWII correspondence and artifacts of Major Dick Winters, commander of the Band of Brothers. Major Dick Winters of the 101st Airborne...

In this updated and redesigned edition of the New York Times bestseller, Newt and Callista Gingrich invite you on a walking tour of America's capit...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts describing Mithras *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a tabl...

Reducere. Now in paperback, the life and legacy of the much-overlooked yet highly influential Robert Goddard--the brilliant, eccentric, and controversial pio...

The USS Shenandoah was the pride of the American Navy in 1925 and America's first rigid dirigible. Her name is a Native American word often said to...

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller. "The Atlantic writer drafts a history of slavery in this country unlike anything you've read before" (Enterta...

Reducere. "Original and arresting.... Jones's] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers."--Washington Post "These 14 stories of Af...

Reducere. The heavily wooded slopes of Culp's Hill do not easily lend themselves to visions of long, gallant lines of charging infantry as do other areas on ...

Reducere. This is a truly original novel that has earned its place among my favorite works of historical fiction.--Jennifer Robson, USA Today bestselling aut...