History

This excellent book is so important. It clearly and powerfully explains what the parallels are between Germany's fall from grace and the beginning of our o...

This book is the most thorough, yet concise history of world religions available in a single volume, discussing many subjects largely neglected in other boo...

The Twentieth Century Has Been Called 'the American Century', Given Its Economic And Military Rise To Superpower Status In World War Ii, As Well As Its Seem...

With Easily Accessible Cross-references That Build Bite-size Pieces Of Information Into A Narrative That Leads Readers Back And Forth Through Time, Timeline...

Critically acclaimed author Kathryn Casey delivers a riveting account of the brutal murders of young women in the I-45/Texas Killing Fields—a chilling tr...

In This Extraordinarily Rich And Engaging Book, John Hale Has Painted, On A Grand Canvas, What He Calls An Investigative Impression Of One Of The Highest Po...

[Read by Simon Prebble]A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today, 1453 tells the story of one of...

Product Description This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time.\If all goes...

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in spor...

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth ...

A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains, Stephen Cave’s Immortality investigates whether it just might be...

Winner of the Lincoln Prize This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln’s mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency ...

this Magisterial Survey Of The Historical Geography Of The West Indies Is At Bottom Concerned With The Causes And Consequences Of Three Complex And Inter-...

A visual history of the 20th century, the photographs in this volume cover events which range from the hard history of politics to new inventions, the arts,...

The household (domus) was the basic unit of Roman society. This sourcebook offers insight into the different and often conflicting roles and mores of house...

This Book Is A Global History Of The Interwar Period, Which Posits A New History For The Origins Of The Second World War. Jonathan Haslam Argues That It Was...

A groundbreaking, ambitious, and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about the Middle East today My Prom...

“Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek The Washington Post - Robert Kagan Today, the conventio...

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino Comes A Searing Account Of The Wilmington Riot And Coup Of 1898, An Extraordinary Event Unknown To Most AmericansC...

Tracing the evolution of social welfare from the early African origins of humankind through the New Millennium, A New History of Social Welfare, 6/e, provi...

What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--...

Legends, questions and theories abound about Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and tales of buried treasure there. For more than two centuries, the island has been ...

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westi...

This book tells a true story of intrigue, murder, forgery and eccentricity set in the steamy, surreal atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia.Categories: History Un...

this Book Presents The Concerns, Visions And Struggles Of Women In Chiapas, Mexico In The Context Of The Uprising Of The Zapatista Army Of National Libera...

Americans Have Disabled The Government's Ability To Solve Even Basic Problems, Making Us Vulnerable To The Most Dangerous Demagogue Ever To Pretend To The W...

A Major American Intellectual Makes The Historical Case That The Reforms Of The 1960s, Reforms Intended To Make The Nation More Just And Humane, Instead Lef...

Discusses The Failure Of America's Political Elites To Recognize How Group Identities Drive Politics Both At Home And Abroad, And Outlines Recommendations F...

Ken Stern Watched The Increasing Polarization Of Our Country With Growing Concern. As A Longtime Partisan Democrat Himself, He Felt Forced To Acknowledge Th...

A Girl Whose Fortunes Have Plummeted From Wealthy Aristocrat To Servant-girl. A Magic Hazel Twig. A Prince. A Desperate Escape From Danger. This Is Not The ...

From the author of Conclave and All the Pope’s Men comes the story of Pope John Paul II’s last days, the behind-the-scenes dynamics within the College o...

Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in CanadaCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & World PoliticsCan...

A "sharp and entertaining" (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our soc...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocativ...

Alternate covers for this ISBN can be found here and hereWAR IS OBSOLETEYou are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflictFAMINE IS DISAPPEARI...

Presented in two volumes for maximum flexibility, Patterns of World History, Brief Fourth Edition, offers a distinct framework for understanding the global ...

This Study Examines The Relationship Between The Two Dominant Ideologies Which Emerged In The 19th Century: Karl Marx's Communism And Friedrich List's Theor...

By Ronald H. Bailey And The Editors Of Time-life Books. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-172) And Index.Categories: HistoryMilitary

A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key personalities, period photographs, illustrations and art...

Examines The Events And Forces Leading Up To 1919 Race Riots In Chicago.--provided By Publisher.Categories: History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)20th Century...

The Jesus Discoveries: 10 Historic Finds That Bring Us Face-to-face With JesusCategories: History Ancient CivilizationsGeneral

A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary—revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch...

Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational t...

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rh...

Niall Ferguson Follows The Money To Tell The Human Story Behind The Evolution Of Finance, From Its Origins In Ancient Mesopotamia To The Latest Upheavals. T...

"At the heart of this sweeping tale of adventure, discovery and exploration is one woman's extraordinary journey, inspired by her love for a man she had not...

Warning!* This book contains the following: Unsafe use of powerful firearms in combination with explosives Cultivation of illegal crops Impressionable...

The Beak of the Finch tells the story of two Princeton University scientists - evolutionary biologists - engaged in an extraordinary investigation. They ar...