Historical Study & Educational Resources

Criticizes The Way History Is Presented In Current Textbooks, And Suggests A Fresh And More Accurate Approach To Teaching American HistoryCategories: Educat...

Is Civilization Teetering On The Edge Of A Cliff? Or Are We Just Climbing Higher Than Ever? Most People Who Read The News Would Tell You That 2017 Is One Of...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling World Almanac comes a full-color book celebrating the world's most breathtaking, exciting, and astonishing attraction...

This Work Focuses On Such Subjects As John Wayne And Howard Hughes, Growing Up A Girl In California, Ruminating On The Nature Of Good And Evil In A Death Va...

from It's Inception By Dj Kool Herc To Its Modern Form, Can't Stop, Won't Stop Follows The History Of The Most Pivotal Music Phenomenon's Of Our Time, Hip...

With a New Afterword by the Author The New York Times bestseller, praised as hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have...

Examines The Stuart Dynasty During A Turbulent Seventeenth Century Marked By Civil War, The Execution Of Charles I, The Rule Of Oliver Cromwell, And The Dep...

A myth-busting ride through London’s history and the city's character! Think that the tower that holds Big Ben is called St Stephen's Tower? Think again ...

A Workbook That Examines World History On A Middle School Level. Organized By Key Concepts, The Text Includes Mnemonic Devices, Definitions, Timelines And D...

The pivotal and troubling role of progressive-era economics in the shaping of modern American liberalism In Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines ...

Mix Drinks Like A Pro Now you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both prof...

Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in pri...

From The Bestselling Author Of Waking Up And The End Of Faith, An Adaptation Of His Wildly Popular, Often Controversial Podcast Civilization Rests On A Seri...

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our ...

Calls Upon Intellectuals On The Left To Once Again Engage American Public Life And Resist The Trappings Of Knee-jerk Negativism, Intellectual Fads, And Poli...

The Annals Of History Are Littered With Horribly Bad Military Leaders. These Combat Incompetents Found Amazing Ways To Ensure Their Army's Defeat. Whether I...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and liv...

discovered In The Attic In Which She Spent The Last Years Of Her Life, Anne Frank's Remarkable Diary Has Since Become A World Classic—a Powerful Reminder...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

An engrossing and fact-filled compendium of timeless lessons we keep forgetting—over and over and over . . . It is said that those who do not learn from...

When on July 20, 1944, a bomb—boldly placed inside Hitler’s headquarters by Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg— exploded without killing the Führer...

The New York Times Bestselling Freakonomics Was A Worldwide Sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner Return With Superfreakonomics, And Fans A...

The Call of Stories presents a study of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery. Here is Dr. Coles's study ...

A quarter-century after its first publication, A Shopkeeper's Millennium remains a landmark work—brilliant both as a new interpretation of the intimate co...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERExecutive producer and host Mike Rowe presents a delightfully entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episo...

* Financial Times And Mckinsey Business Book Of The Year * Winner Of The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize​ * 800-ceo-read Business Book Of The Year * A New Yor...

I think people marry far too much; it is such a lottery, and for a poor woman-bodily and morally the husband's slave-a very doubtful happiness. -Queen Vict...

one Of The Vital Challenges Facing Thoughtful People Today Is How To Read The Bible Faithfully Without Abandoning Our Sense Of Truth And History. reading T...

With selections drawn from both constitutional and cultural history, this book invites students to examine evidence as historians do. Documents are arranged...

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpieceThe Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the perv...

Why exactly is Paul Revere revered? Was the lightbulb really Thomas Edison's bright idea? * Best-selling author Leland Gregory employs his masterful wit t...

Idenifies Key Individuals, Events, Places, Organizations, Movements, Political Parties, And Battles. Consultant Editor, Bruce P. Lenman ; Editor, Hilary Mar...

Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling PostSecret series. For The Secret Lives of Men and Women, Warre...

From Msnbc Correspondent Steve Kornacki, A Lively And Sweeping History Of The 1990s--one That Brings Critical New Understanding To Our Current Political Lan...

A fascinating, erudite, and witty glimpse of the human side of ancient Egypt-this acclaimed classic work is now revised and updated for a new generation Di...

Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their per...

"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could h...

From One Of The Most Respected Figures In The Dog Rescue Community Come The Harrowing, Funny, And Inspiring Stories Of Nine Incredible Dogs That Shaped Her ...

Wouldn’t it be great to understand all our Christmas traditions? Here, Jonathan Green offers the fascinating history behind our most beloved holiday tradi...

Widely praised as "impressive" (The Washington Post Book World), "ambitious" (The Wall Street Journal), and "alluring" (Los Angeles Times), Dancing in the ...

A history of Britain told through the story of one very special pub, from "The Beer Drinker's Bill Bryson" (Times Literary Supplement)Welcome to the George...

We live in a world the Victorians created. Their two great inventions go hand-in-hand: industrial capitalism and imperialism. A.N. Wilson illuminates these ...

Are scrolls containing the secret teachings of Jesus buried in Scotland?The discovery that the most important incantation of Freemasonry is spoken in ancien...

The past is filled with stories of personal struggles, hard-fought triumphs, interesting trivia, common myths and serious misconceptions. Now, with "The Ha...

Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty Brings A Fresh Perspective To Our Most Divisive Cultural Issue, Race, In This Illuminating Memoir Of Southern Cuisine A...

From Civil Rights To Ferguson, Franchise Reveals The Untold History Of How Fast Food Became One Of The Greatest Generators Of Black Wealth In America. Often...

The Author Describes The Devastating Impact Of His Father's Alcoholism And Suicide On His Personal Life As Husband, Father, Writer, And Minister. The Dwarve...

For more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate, unyielding, and even violent con...