Historical Study & Educational Resources

In This Signal Work Of History, Bancroft Prize Winner And Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lizabeth Cohen Shows How The Pursuit Of Prosperity After World War Ii Fuel...

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and po...

A Uniquely Personal Yet Deeply Informed Exploration Of The Hidden History Of Class In American Life From The Decks Of The Mayflower Straight Through To Dona...

Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden — just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat — Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childh...

Huston Smith, The Author Of The Classic Bestseller The World's Religions, Delivers A Passionate, Timely Message: The Human Spirit Is Being Suffocated By The...

On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whippi...

The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, independent uni...

Oh, Florida! That Name. That Combination Of Sounds. Three Simple Syllables, And Yet Packing So Many Mixed Messages. To Some People, It's A Paradise. To Othe...

This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live ...

From The Fearless Defense Attorney And Civil Rights Lawyer Who Rose To Fame With Netflix's The Staircase Comes An Essential Examination Of America's Corrupt...

'meticulously Researched And Beautifully Written, The True Story Of A Japanese American Family That Found Itself On Opposite Sides During World War Ii--an E...

For fans of Downton Abbey, this New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWIA...

Bestselling Author, Former White House Speechwriter, And Atlantic Columnist And Media Commentator David Frum Explains Why President Trump Has Undermined Our...

The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in more than 10 years, completely revised and upd...

A Transplant Surgeon Discusses The Pioneers, Science, And Ethical Challenges Of Organ Transplantation As Well As The Ways That Organ Transplants Have Revolu...

Surveys the history of America from Colonial America through the Civil War and industrialization to the First and Second World Wars and superpower negotiati...

From a longtime Vanity Fair writer and editor, a delightfully entertaining, intelligent, and illuminating history and tribute to teen movies—from Rebel Wi...

In the tradition of bestsellers likeThe Plant Paradox andThe Keto Reset Diet,The Carnivore Code reveals the shocking truth about so-called healthy foods,...

From Bestselling Author Ken Dryden, A Riveting New Book. On Tuesday, September 6, 1960, The Day After Labour Day, Class 9g At Etobicoke Collegiate Institute...

"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives." —New York Times Book Revie...

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of t...

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

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...

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

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...

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

The Mountie may be one of Canada's best-known national symbols, yet much of the post-nineteenth century history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police remain...

The one hundred conspiracy theories of all time-from Harold Wilson as a Soviet agent to Princess Diana's death, from the attacks on 9/11 in the U.S. and on ...

Edited By Bryan D. Palmer & Joan Sangster. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available Via The World Wide Web.Categories: HistoryHistorical Stud...

People, Places and Times is a 2-volume social history reader that was developed to combine primary and secondary sources resulting in a totally unique resou...

In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexu...

Personal Computers May Have Replaced The Typewriter In Most Homes And Offices, But The Venerable Writing Machine Is Currently Staging A Comeback. From Porta...

A Detailed Social History Of Childbirth Examines The Physical, Political, Social, Religious, And Anthropological Factors That Influence How Women Bring New ...

In 1939, fifty million Americans went to the movies every week, Louis B. Mayer was the highest-paid man in the country, and Hollywood produced 530 feature ...

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With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the li...

memory Is As Central To Modern Politics As Politics Is Central To Modern Memory. We Are So Accustomed To Living In A Forest Of Monuments, To Having The Pas...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * USA TODAY! BESTSELLER In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chr...

In This Book Niall Ferguson Argues That The British Empire Should Be Regarded Not Merely As Vanished Victoriana But As The Very Cradle Of Modernity. Nearly ...

modern Historiography Is The Essential Introduction To The History Of Historical Writing. It Explains The Broad Philosophical Background To The Different ...

In 1975, Four Teenagers Gathered In A Kitchen In Dublin To Discuss Forming A Band. The Drum Kit Just About Fit Into The Room, The Lead Guitarist Had A Homem...

During The 1990s, Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Was The Darling Of American Track And Field. An Outstanding Runner, A Major Sports Apparel Spokesp...

Tom Piazza’s sharp intelligence, insight, and passion fuel this new collection of writings on music, literature, New Orleans, and America itself in despe...

Today, Only Twenty Percent Of Americans Are Wed By Age Twenty-nine, Compared To Nearly Sixty Percent In 1960. The Population Reference Bureau Calls It A 'dr...

From Roger Rosenblatt, author of the bestsellers Making Toast and Unless It Moves the Human Heart, comes a moving meditation on the passages of grief, the ...

From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obsession with secret societies and the conspiracies of hidde...

Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam ha...