Books published by Hachette Books

A riveting Vietnam memoir that takes you behind enemy lines with the U.S. Rangers who silently hunt-and sometimes kill-their foe in one dangerous mission after another

A fabulous book...one of the better volumes written on the battle in many years.-Civil War News

A terrific new, can't-put-it-down autobiography (New York Observer) by the extraordinary man who pioneered music festivals in Newport, New Orleans, and around the world

After more than forty years together, NPR host Diane Rehm and her husband, John, engage in an honest and insightful discussion of the joys and challenges of marriage

The true story of three young women who left their peaceful New England homes to undertake a harsh new life-as nurses taking care of Lincoln's soldiers in the aftermath of the Fort Sumter surrender

A detailed examination of one of the Civil War's most tragic battles pitting Robert E. Lee against Ulysses S. Grant

The only book that traces George Washington's campaign from the battle of Brandywine through the battle of Monmouth.

"Whether writing about boxers, body builders, horses, the guys who ride the horses, or the guys who kill the horses for a slice of the insurance money, Nack...is brilliant."-Boston Globe

The classic history of the Mongols, by a highly respected writer and translator Jeremiah Curtin

Called a "masterpiece" by Civil War News, this is the most detailed regimental analysis of the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.

The first full biography of James S. Wadsworth--important Union general, prominent New York politician, and anti-slavery statesman.

The first comprehensive study of Confederate midshipmen and the naval academy where they were trained and educated.

Matt Groening returns to his music journalism roots in the fourth volume of Da Capo's highly acclaimed series

This guidebook includes in-depth descriptions of all of Philadelphia's Civil War museums, archives, libraries, historical buildings, underground railroad sites and cemeteries, and all the commemorative statues and plaques that abound throughout the city.

There is no better guide to the fascinating history of submarine technology that evolved during the Civil War.-Clive Cussler

The latest collection of essays by peerless music and culture writer Francis Davis, who "has long combined Gary Giddins's musical acuity with Whitney Balliett's literary flair"-Boston Phoenix

The first comprehensive chronicle of every Union and Confederate brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg--where they fought, how they fought, and who led them

Based on original Lee family documents never before published, this is the first biography of the famous General's son, William "Rooney" Lee, who commanded a cavalry division with great distinction during the Civil War

Announcing the third annual collection of the year's best essays and articles on music. It's "music-geek rapture."-Entertainment Weekly

A handy compendium to the most elite fighting force in the world today

The first biography of Nathan "Shanks" Evans, an important Confederate general, based upon a large cache of newly discovered and previously unpublished sources

Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit

Now in paperback: From jazz saxophonist to one of President Nixon's closest advisers-"I zipped through Crazy Rhythm in record time and enjoyed every last page."-Saul Bellow.

"The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar."-Mark Twain.

Reissued on the 165th anniversary of the War: A strategic examination of one of America's most dramatic battles

First time in paperback: "Waugh's excellent account reminds me of Bruce Catton: both are marvelous storytellers."-Grady McWhiney, author of Grant, Lee, Lincoln, and the Radicals

"Here, at last back in print, is the classic dual biography of Ross Lockridge and Thomas Heggen, two authors who achieved sudden fame and fortune and then self-destructed. Ross Lockridge, the author of"

One of the most compelling figures in American history-John Brown-as portrayed in two classic works by a renowned African-American historian, with a new introduction

"Dwight D. Eisenhower once remarked that "the history of alliances is a history of failure." This provocative, absorbing work, based on a study by the General and written by his son, is a history of on"