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  • A World Lit Only by Fire

    The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age

    by William Manchester ...
    An absorbing history of the Middle Ages from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion**.**From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Arms of Krupp

    The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War

    by William Manchester ...
    "A colorful, extremely readable account. . . . To be the biographer of Krupp is to write the history of modern Germany." — New York Times Book ReviewIn this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America's preeminent biographer/historian explores the German national character as no other writer has done. The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Last Lion: Volume 2

    Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940

    by William Manchester ...
    A #1 New York Times Bestseller, this biography of the legendary British Prime Minister explores his life in an era of rising fascism and encroaching war.“**Told with skill and vivid anecdotes ... the story continues to shock and horrify.” —**TimeIn Alone, the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, we witness the war within, bef... ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Last Lion: Volume 1

    Winston Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932

    by William Manchester ...
    The first volume in William Manchester's masterful, magnum opus account of Winston Churchill's life. The Last Lion: Visions of Glory follows the first fifty-eight years of Churchill's life--the years that mold him into the man who will become one of the most influential politicians of the twentieth century.In this, the first volume, Manchester follows Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • American Caesar

    Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

    by William Manchester ...
    The bestselling classic that indelibly captures the life and times of one of the most brilliant and controversial military figures of the twentieth century."Electric...Tense with the feeling that this is the authentic MacArthur...Splendid reading." -- New York TimesInspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Controversy

    And Other Essays in Journalism, 1950–1975

    by William Manchester ...
    An in-depth journey through America and the world in the postwar years, from a New York Times–bestselling historian and biographer.Among his many accomplishments, William Manchester was especially known for his book The Death of a President, the award-winning account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy that embroiled him in a lawsuit filed by Jackie Kennedy. The title essay in this collection ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Portrait of a President

    by William Manchester ...
    An up-close look at John F. Kennedy by one of his closest confidants, a New York Times–bestselling biographer.Written by a prize-winning historian and biographer of such giants as Winston S. Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, this intimately detailed account provides a rare personal glimpse into the emotions behind the Kennedy administration—from the elation of victory to the frustrating challenges ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Death of a President

    November 20-November 25, 1963

    by William Manchester ...
    William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death.Through hundreds of interviews, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Last Lion

    Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965

    by Paul Reid, William Manchester ...
    The long-awaited final volume of William Manchester's legendary biography of Winston Churchill.Spanning the years of 1940-1965, The Last Lion picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The War: Stories of Life and Death From World War II

    by William Manchester ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 22 min

    No one knew it was going to be that bad. World War II killed some 60 million people—20 million of them soldiers—and inflicted wounds, bereavement, poverty and suffering on countless others.But such destruction was an impossible to imagine in advance as it was for young pilots-in-training to imagine their coming fiery deaths; or for Jews to foresee their last moments in the gas chambers; or for ... Read more

    $34.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Glory and the Dream

    by William Manchester ...
    A New York Times–bestselling historian's in-depth portrait of life in America, from the Depression era to the early 1970s: "Magnificent" ( The New York Times).Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Lion Box Set

    Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965

    by Paul Reid, William Manchester ...
    The acclaimed trilogy—now in one volume. "Churchill was the greatest man of the last century, and this is the greatest biography of him." —John Lescroart, New York Times –bestselling authorBorn at the end of the 19th century when Imperial Britain still stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power, Churchill would witness the shift a few years later as the Empire hovered on the brink of a ... Read more

    $48.79 CAD