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After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letter...

how Much Of Our Political Tradition Can Be Absorbed And Used By Other Peoples? Daniel Boorstin's Answer To This Question Has Been Chosen By The Carnegie C...

F is for Fashion, Darling is an alphabet book parody for parents who know their Prada from their Pampers.Categories: Children's Books Activities, Crafts &am...

This elegant Bible edition honors the beauty and richness of the New King James Version featuring wide margins for notes and reflections to enhance your stu...

Ron Nicholas and others discuss how to begin and improve small groups in the church, stressing the need for a balance of nurture, worship, community, and mi...

"This beautifully illustrated book. . . . [is] Both an ethnographic study and an homage to a culture." -Los Angeles Times "Text and pictures combine to giv...

this Richly Illustrated Book Of Vintage Photographs Commemorates One Of The Most Memorable Episodes In The History Of Archaeology: The Discovery And Explo...

L'histoire des pâtisseries que l'on ne vous a jamais racontéeCategories: HistoryGeneral

From the critically-acclaimed author of Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon and founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about i...

as Meaningful Today As It Was When Sigurd F. Olson Wrote It, the Singing Wilderness Is An Essential Antidote To The Trials Of Modern Life. This Unique Volu...

Geoffrey Ellis Offers An Up-to-date Synthesis Of Recent Research Into The Aims And Effects Of Napoleonic Rule In France And In Conquered Europe. Thoroughly ...

Scripture clearly establishes how intensely God desires to display His goodness and His love toward man by pouring out His prosperity and abundance. From th...

Want To Impress Your Buddies At The Bar? Need To Think Of Something Interesting To Do At The Next Family Gathering? Want To Learn A Bunch Of Random Facts Ab...

Children's author Bobbie Kalman's new series Native Nations of North America is an ongoing series that looks at the lives of the indigenous peoples of Nort...

In The Late Nineteenth Century, People Were Obsessed By One Of The Last Unmapped Areas Of The Globe: The North Pole. No One Knew What Existed Beyond The For...

This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times t...

Recounts the end of British colonialism and the political events leading to the independence of India, Palestine, Malaya, Iran, Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Gold Co...

Drawn from the vast collections of the Library of Congress, World War II 365 Days is a unique compilation of riveting text and more than 500 images, many ...

Elizabeth R. Varon. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 435-487) And Index.Categories: HistoryMilitary

The true story of a former narcotics agent sent to Afghanistan to catch Taliban bomb makers, terrorists, and drug smugglers. Experience a dangerous and thr...

In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his ...

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of sc...

The Author Describes How Her Honeymoon Was Cut Short When Her Plane Crashed In The Jungles Of Peru, Forcing Her And Her Husband To Try To Survive Aboard A M...

A pictorial celebration of New Mexico’s history and landscape. In celebration of New Mexico’s statehood centenial, Richard Melzer focuses on the vario...

Mirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history ...

Susan Orlean Reopens The Unsolved Mystery Of The Most Catastrophic Library Fire In American History, And Delivers A Dazzling Love Letter To A Beloved Instit...

#1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Sunday Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Next Pick A Best Book Of The Year: The Washington Post * Npr * The Atlantic * New York ...

An Exploration Of The Arctic Sky--its Constellations, Legends And Mythology, The Sun, Moon, Planets, And 'shooting Stars, ' As Well As Atmospheric Phenomena...

Railroads played an integral role in the Second World War. Trains brought food, munitions, and essential supplies. They transported troops. They were a mean...

Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year! All kinds of important choices are made during the college years. Young men and women explore wh...

100 years of love, celebration, heartbreak, and even parades On December 19, 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially turn 100. In the spirit of the centen...

100 years of love, celebration, heartbreak, and even parades On December 19, 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially turn 100. In the spirit of the centen...

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Chu...

"Turning Point" is a comprehensive history of early A.A.'s spiritual roots and successes. It is the culmination of six years of research, traveling, and in...

marx -kierkegaard -nietzsche -freud -if We Do Not Learn From Them, It May Be At Our Own Peril. in Partly Right, Dr. Campolo Explores The Background And Cl...

From That Cheerful Puff Of Smoke Known As Casper To The Hunkiest Potter Living Or Dead, Sam Wheat, There Is Probably No More Iconic Entity In Supernatural H...

Ordeal by Fire blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story-...

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive account of Queen Elizabeth II's legendary reign. Painfu...

Although the Iron Curtain is gone, the memory of the high drama, tragedy, and comedy that was life in the Soviet Union remains. It meant endless lineups in...

With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic st...

As Recipient Of The Nobel Peace Prize, President Of The African National Congress, And Head Of The Anti-apartheid Movement, Nelson Mandela Has Been One Of T...

A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country’s most famous museum...

This national bestseller tells the story of James McBride and his mother—a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, m...

The 20th Century witnessed change unparalleled in history : from wars and conflicts, political upheavals, and social developments, to advances in medicine,...

Imagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing...

Now in paperback, Engineers tells the story of the brilliant minds that have constructed our man-made world, from ancient pyramids to modern spaceflight D...

liddell Hart Considered General Sherman The Dominant Military Genius Of The Civil War; To Prove His Point, He Traced Sherman's Military Campaigns, From The ...

Does your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? How many times have you resolved to really understand the ...