Historical Study & Educational Resources

A major new talent redefines the literature of rural life. Old world met new when a shepherd in the English Lake District impulsively started a Twitte...

The enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged Man and The...

"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...

Is It Possible To Reach Back In Time And Solve An Unsolved Murder, More Than 170 Years After It Was Committed? Just After Midnight On April 21, 1842, John M...

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...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE. Celebrate thirty years of...

Edited By Geoffrey Barraclough. Includes World Chronology, Glossary, And Index. Reprint. Originally Published: London : Times Books, 1993.Categories: Scienc...

This Is The First Beautifully Illustrated Book On Department Stores, With Photographs And Ephemera From All Over The World. Born In The Gilded Age In France...

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

A stunning year-by-year chronicle of world history from AD 1000 to the present day. From the great voyages undertaken by the Norse peoples at the dawn of t...

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...

From The Acclaimed Biographer Of The Sisters, The Story Of One Of The Most Remarkable Women Of The 19th Century, Who Traveled Far And Wide On A Quest For Tr...

An Exhilarating History Of Humankind, Chronicling Thousands Of Years Of Trial And Error--but Mostly Error--in The Rise Of Civilization Modern Humans Have Co...

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

The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchant...

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

Exploring Toronto's history through tantalizing true tales of romance, marriage, and lust. Toronto's past is filled with passion and heartache. The Toronto...

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

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...

Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, ...

On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That acc...

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...

Leave it to Uncle John to find a new way to make history fun and exciting. This quirky collection of lists, the latest volume in the Bathroom Reader’s bes...

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...

liz Goldwyn's Lifelong Fascination With The Inimitable Glamour Of Classic Burlesque Inspired Her To Spend The Past Eight Years Corresponding With, Visitin...

The Millennium Between The Breakup Of The Western Roman Empire And The Reformation Was A Long And Hugely Transformative Period--one Not Easily Chronicled Wi...

The Classic History Reference, Brought Completely Up To Date, Linking More Than 30,000 Events In An Overview Of 7,000 Years Of Civilization. The Timetables ...

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

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...

In this poignant memoir, Claudia Williams, the last surviving child of legendary Boston Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Ted Williams, tells her father’s ...

George W. Bush. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government Specific TopicsCommentary & Opinion

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...

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 ...

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

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

From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most...

Completely new selection of guns featured - this book does not repeat the content of other similar volumes by the same author or with the same title.Categor...

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...

The Spellbinding Story Of Chris Mccandless, Who Gave Away His Savings, Hitchhiked To Alaska, Walked Into The Wilderness Alone, And Starved To Death In 1992,...

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

All Quiet On The Western Front : Through The Eyes And Mind Of A German Private, The Reader Shares Life On The Battlefield During World War I.Categories: Ref...

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

Pieter Spierenburg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-269) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeMurder & Mayhem

Sharon Wall ; Foreword By Graeme Wynn. Include Bibliographical References (p. 334-354) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesC...

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...

The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Topics: Organization of Living Things & Chemistry of Life, Str...

A new and major contribution to the field, Women in European Culture and Society is a transnational history of women in Europe from the beginning of the ei...

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