History Pack 3 (Retail ePub)

Yet another collection of history books from Demonoid.

Included here:
Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation by Charles Glass
Charles Glass has written an exciting, fast-paced and elegant account of the moral contradictions faced by Americans in Paris during France's most dangerous years. His discovery of letters, diaries, war documents and police files reveals as never before how American expatriates were trapped in a web of intrigue, collaboration and courage. This is an unforgettable tale of treachery by some, cowardice by others and unparalleled bravery by a few.

Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikotter
Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward. It lead to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known. Dikotter's extraordinary research within Chinese archives brings together for the first time what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people.

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945 by Andrew Roberts
"Masters and Commanders" explores the degree to which the course of World War II turned based on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the 20th century.

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin
Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London. This diary lies at the heart of Claire Tomalin's biography.

The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960 by Douglas Brinkley
In this follow up to his acclaimed "Wilderness Warrior, New York Times"-bestselling historian Brinkley offers a fascinating look at Alaska's wilderness.

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley
Award-winning historian Brinkley examines the life and achievements of America's Naturalist President. The author argues that it was Theodore Roosevelt--by setting aside 230 million acres of Wild America for posterity--who turned conservationism into a universal endeavor.

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented slaughter of the Civil War.

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild
In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings WWI to life as never before, focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of its critics, alongside its generals and heroes. A brilliant new history of the Great War that raises the eternal question of why such a terrible war was ever fought.

Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe
The author of "Napoleon & Wellington" takes a brilliant look at the conflict that ended Napoleon's reign and ushered in the modern world, with new evidence of just how the battle was lost.