Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War


Nathaniel Philbrick - 2006
    As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new book, the story of the Pilgrims does not end with the First Thanksgiving; instead, it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic and heroic, and still carries meaning for us today.

The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding


Robert Hughes - 1986
    With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps.One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read . . . Hughes brings us an entire world. --Los Angeles Times