Scott Martelle 
Madman and the Assassin [PDF ebook] 
The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

"History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Frederick the Great Volume XX " by Thomas Carlyle is a biographical work that delves into the life and reign of the influential Prussian monarch. This h …

"History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Frederick the Great Volume IV" by Thomas Carlyle is a biographical work that delves into the life and reign of the influential Prussian monarch. This hi …

"History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians" by Old Humphrey is a seminal work of ethnographic literature that delves into the rich tapestry of Indigenous cultures across N …

 »Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we »ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek » In his speeches as president, Barack Obama had the pow …

This collection of published and unpublished creative non-fiction essays represents the lifelong reflections of a creatively afflicted mind, from humorous to serious, extraordinary to ordinary, biogr …

Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize! Henry Ford is the man who doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced over 2 million units a year. Time has not diminished the progressiveness of his …

A Mill Village Story is the record of one man’s upbringing in a place and time that is quickly vanishing. A quintessentially American small town, West Point, Georgia is a place defined by its local i …

This book assesses contrasting interpretations of President Roosevelt »s relations with the Nye Committee. It explores the complexity confronting Rayburn in weighing the factors that influenced his a …

As an adult, I learned this: persist. Work hard. Face rejection, weather the setbacks, until you meet the gatekeeper who will open a door for you. Jesmyn Ward grew up in a poor, rural community in Mi …

LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEIn frantic flight from the Vietnam War, Jay Parini leaves the United States for Scotland. There, through unlikely circumstances, he meets famed Argentinian autho …