Historical Study & Educational Resources

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

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 ...

Canada has the longest coastline of any nation on earth, together with the world’s largest lake and river system. In fact, bounded on three sides by oce...

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...

One of Canada's hippest, smartest cultural critics takes on the West's defining value.We live in a world increasingly dominated by the fake, the prepackage...

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...

For the first time, the Sunday Times bestseller Austerity Britain is available in one complete paperback volume. Coursing through Austerity Britain is an as...

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that be...

Although Most Of Us Think Of History--and Learn It--as A Conglomeration Of Facts, Dates, And Key Figures, For Professional Historians It Is A Way Of Knowing...

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

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

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...

The First Narrative History Of Gambling, Spanning The Stone Age To The Internet Era, Examining How It Evolved With ? And Influenced ? Human Civilization -- ...

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

Winner • 2021 An Post Irish Book Award ― Nonfiction Book of the Year • from the judges: “The most remarkable Irish nonfiction book I’ve read in th...

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? ...

Japan To 1600 Surveys Japanese Historical Development From The First Evidence Of Human Habitation In The Archipelago To The Consolidation Of Political Power...

The Popular Rock Singer Delivers Behind-the-scenes Stories From His Life In Music, From His Solo Career To His Decade-long Tenure As Lead Singer Of Van Hale...

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...

This Work Offers The First Look At How Religion Created And Prolonged The First World War. At The One-hundredth Anniversary Of The Outbreak Of The War, 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 companion to the Showtime documentary series, director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick challenge the prevailing orthodoxies of traditional his...

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...

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

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...

To thousands of young people, emigration has been the golden bridge by which they have passed from an apparently hopeless childhood to lives of useful serv...

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...

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...

robert Collins Examines The Critical And Controversial Developments Of The 1980s And The Unmistakable Influence Of Ronald Reagan On Their Making. Portrayi...

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

Find out who did what first in this compelling, informative look at great achievements and discoveries, from the first pizza delivery to the first submarine...

Written By Four Leading Authorities On The Classical World, Here Is A New History Of Ancient Greece That Dynamically Presents A Generation Of New Scholarshi...

A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain's leading military historian Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to reca...

"You've got only one life to live, so make it a hell of a ride." (Judy) "What good is sitting alone in your room?" (Liza) Judy and Liza were the greatest, m...

indispensable For Every Home, Library, And Office, the Knowledge Book Distills Thousands Of Years Of Humankind's Most Significant Ideas And Achievements.....

Includes The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, By Anne Frank ; Edited By Otto H. Frank & Miriam Pressler ; Translated By Susan Massotty, Ne...

“I love socialism, and I’m willing to die to bring it about, but if I did, I’d take a thousand with me.” —Jim Jones, September 6, 1975 In 1954, ...

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...

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

New Ed.: London : Longman, 1988. Includes Index. Maps On Lining Papers.Categories: History Historical Study & Educational ResourcesReference

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...

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...