Historical Study & Educational Resources

Follows The 1925 Murder Trial Of African-american Doctor Ossian Sweet, Who Was Accused Of Murdering A White Person During A Mob Attack On His Home, And Incl...

When News Of The Budding Romance Between A Beloved English Prince And An American Actress Broke, It Captured The World's Attention And Sparked An Internatio...

In This Illuminating And Deeply Moving Memoir, A Former American Military Intelligence Officer Goes Beyond Traditional Cold War Espionage Tales To Tell The ...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

By Antwone Quenton Fisher And Mim Eichler Rivas.Categories: Science & MathEssays & Commentary

On The Eve Of Canada's Sesquicentennial Celebrations Comes A Richly Rewarding New Book From Acclaimed Historian Charlotte Gray About What It Means To Be Can...

The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud & The Great Secret of FreemasonryCategories: Religion & Spirituality Other Religions, Practices &...

It was the worst of times and the best of times. It was an era of unprecedented crisis and a time of unprecedented courage. In a single, comprehensive volu...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

The Legendary Fbi Criminal Profiler, Number-one New York Times Bestselling Author, And Inspiration For The Hit Netflix Show Mindhunter Delves Deep Into The ...

In this technology-driven age, it’s tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sen...

Why The Modern World Forgot How To Sleep Why Is Sleep Frustrating For So Many People? While Human History Presents A Vast Diversity Of Sleeping Styles, Toda...

An Award-winning Author Reconsiders The Role Of Historians In Political Debate. For Generations, British Thinkers Told The History Of An Empire Whose Story ...

On 2 June 1953, 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen, the eyes of the world upon her as she dedicated herself to her country. It is fasc...

A National bestseller, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy has been widely acclaimed for identifying and defining the core body of knowledge that no litera...

An Extraordinary Book That Explores How The Earth Itself Has Shaped The Western Imagination And How, As A Result, Our Interaction With The Environment Is Fa...

Product Description The #1 New York Times BestsellerSo, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable ...

Using history to challenge Communist Party rule.Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future describes how some of China's best-kn...

Gender History : Meanings, Methods, And Metanarratives -- Feminist History After The Linguistic Turn : Historicizing Discourse And Experience -- Difficult D...

This is a fascinating 2008 study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls...

The history of Guinness, one of the world’s most famous brands, reveals the noble heights and generosity of a great family and an innovative business. It...

The Rich Pageant Of Britains History Emerges Nowhere More Colorfully Than In The Story Of Its Kings And Queens. This New Paperback Offers An Attractive And ...

A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret...

Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of th...

Macmillan Illustrates How Dangerous History Can Be In The Hands Of Nationalistic Or Religious Or Ethnic Leaders Who Use It To Foster A Sense Of Grievance An...

Now completely revised and updated, this new edition of the essential consumer guide to wine features all the most current information for today’s wine la...

From acclaimed author Scott Eyman comes the fascinating story of how the transition from silent films to ‘talkies’ transformed Hollywood.It was the end ...

Letters of Noteis a collection of over one hundred of the world's mostentertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website...

The Roaring Twenties - the Jazz Age - has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, ...

Presents An Intellectual History Of The West's Bias Against Tribalism That Explains How Acts Of War And Dispossession Have Been Justified In The Name Of Civ...

From the front fly-leaf: "The television series 'Upstairs, Downstairs' -- a brilliant portrait of British life during the late nineteenth and early twentiet...

Displaying Gleaming New Shopping Centers And Refurbished Row Houses, Harlem Today Bears Little Resemblance To The Neighborhood Of The Midcentury Urban Crisi...

In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known accepted military practice — and indeed, the laws o...

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all ti...

The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussei...

For More Than Three Decades, The Women's Movement And Its Scholars Have Exhaustively Studied Women's Complex History, Roles, And Struggles. In Manhood In Am...

Canada And The Third World Provides A Long Overdue Introduction To Canada's Historical Relationship With The Third World.Categories: Politics & Social S...

It’s the celebration of an era. At a mind-blowing price, this ultimate, beautiful, illuminating, and really groovy look at the 1960s counterculture is ri...

Letters Are Tangible Language. Joining Together In Endless Combinations To Actually Show Speech, Letters Convey Our Messages And Tell Our Stories. While We ...

The contested creation of free movement—for people and goods—in the Schengen area of EuropeEurope is a place of free movement among nations—or is it? ...

In This Thoughtful Treatise Spurred By The 2015 Death Of African-american Academic Sandra Bland In Jail After A Traffic Stop, New Yorker Writer Gladwell (th...

Review\"[Major’s book] results in a detailed study that impressively brings out the handling of biblical texts across a range of retellings throughout the...

In A Natural, Cultural, And Artistic History Of Our Favorite Mood Enhancer, The Authors Show How Caffeine Was Discovered, Its Early Uses, And The Unexpected...

The definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II Library Journal First published in Hungarian in 1998, Ungvary's account of the 100-d...

Dizzy Gillespie has secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. But he was much...

Through This Magnificent Collection Of Historical Maps, Travel Writer Francisca Mattéoli Takes Us On A Geographical Adventure, Telling The Stories Of Twent...

To some it's the classic "gateway drug," to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from pain. Some fear it is dangerous and addictive, wh...

Fourth in the Kennel Club Books’ Classics series, The Golden Retriever recognizes the ever-popular all-American breed in this one spectacular volume. Writ...