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Outnumbered: Miraculous Stories of Incredible Victories Against the Odds
Fair Winds Press, Paperback, 9781592334056, $19.99
"[B]eautifully illustrated and entertainingly written... holds some superb insights. It is popular history at its best."—Washington Times
Watch Cormac discussing the First Ladies on Anderson Cooper 360
Cormac talks about Outnumbered on NPR's All Things Considered
Listen to Cormac discussing Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents on NPR's Weekend Edition
The Forgotten History of America: Little-Known Conflicts of Lasting Importance from the Earliest Colonists to the Eve of the RevolutionFair Winds Press, 9781592333028, $19.99
"Set against a grand landscape that inspires both awe and terror, The Forgotten History of America depicts a continent emerging as both a bloody battleground between Native Americans and Europeans and a place where alien cultures began to mesh."—Joseph Cummins, author of The War Chronicles: From Flintlocks to Machine Guns
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the Men of the White House, Revised EditionQuirk Books, 9781594743443, $17.95
Thanks to this unconventional, irreverent, and often surprising book, readers will understand the immortal words of Clarence Darrow: "When I was a boy, I was told that anyone could be president. I'm beginning to believe it."
Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the Women of the White House, Revised EditionQuirk Books, 9781594744327, $16.95
If you thought the presidents were an odd bunch, wait till you meet the women crazy enough to shack up with them. This is an edifying view into the lives of those who have held one of the strangest and most misunderstood jobs in Washington.
Secret Lives of the Civil War: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the War Between the States
Quirk Books, 9781594741388, $16.95
From Stonewall Jackson to Harriet Tubman, an offbeat and revealing look at figures from America's most tragic and defining conflict.
The Fall of Empires: From Glory to Ruin, an Epic Account of History's Ancient Civilizations
Pier Nine, Paperback, 9781741963823
What spelled the ruin of Egypt's pyramid-builders? Why did the city-states of the Maya fall into decline? How did the Carthaginians lose their hold on the Mediterranean world? Cormac O'Brien sheds light on these and many other questions about ancient empires in an enthralling tour of the deep past.