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For Romans, bathing was a social event. Public baths, in fact, were one of the few places where large numbers of Romans gathered daily in an informal contex...

"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...

Winner • Pulitzer Prize for History Winner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times ...

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...

Based On The Blog With More Than A Million Loyal Fans, A Beautiful, Heartfelt, Funny, And Inspiring Collection Of Photographs Capturing The Spirit Of A City...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the ...

In New Hampshire, nestled among the foothills of the White Mountains, lies one of the most beautiful bodies of water anywhere in the world, Lake Winnipesauk...

America, how well do you know your history? Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to d...

A Biography Of Former New York Governor And Vice-president Nelson A. Rockefeller. Joseph E. Persico. Includes Index.Categories: History United StatesState &...

The New York Times Bestseller!#1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we m...

Reconstructs the Pennsylvania anthracite miners' early attempts to organize and improve their working conditionsCategories: History United StatesState &...

Atlanta and Environs is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I ...

this Unique, Compelling Series Assembles The Greatest Players From The Most Celebrated Teams In College Football To Share Their Personal Memories. Filled Wi...

Clean pages. Bottom corner of book is lightly curled, sticker on back cover, name written on inside cover - other than that it's in good shape!Categories: H...

In Thomas Dixon's Novel That Became The Film The Birth Of A Nation, The Scalawag - A White Southerner Who Supported Congressional Reconstruction And The Rep...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Florida will lead you straight to the best attractions the Sunshine State has to offer. Explore the state's history, architectu...

An admirer of Pirate president Barney Dreyfuss, prolific baseball writer Frederick G. Lieb consorted with the club’s biggest stars, christened the legend...

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

Joyce Lee Malcolm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryUnited States

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War." "From diari...

The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor City. Using information from declassified federal documents...

First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Winning acclaim for its comprehensi...

Featuring A Wide Array Of Iconic Rock Posters, Period Photographs, Music Memorabilia And Light Shows, Out-of-this-world Clothing, And Avant-garde Films, Thi...

As World War II ended, dancing broke out in the streets of victorious capitals. But in Washington and Moscow, menacing ultimatums soon replaced declarations...

chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Has Been Called The Stonehenge Of North America. Its Spectacular Pueblos, Or Great Houses, Are World Famous And Have Attracted T...

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary det...

framed By Its Historic Harbor And Rivers, Poised Between Old And New, Boston Is A Special Place With A Dynamic Story. This Up-to-date Photographic Study D...

In Ten Unsuccessful Runs At The U.s. Presidency, Harold E. Stassen Became Infamous As A Perennial Candidate. But His Lifetime Of Achievements--as Minnesota'...

Now re-releasing as a part of the Lives of Faith series, the story of Jim Elliot’s life and martyrdom is one of the great missionary stories of modern tim...

Named A Best Book Of The Year By The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune And Bloomberg From Two Of America's Most Revered Political Journalists Com...

"Grips you by the throat from beginning to end."—Cleveland Plain Dealer Publishers Weekly In 1974, wealthy Californians Mac and Muff Graham sailed to Palmy...

Presents Twenty Significant Days That Have Had A Major Impact On World History, Including The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth Ii, The Dropping Of The Atom Bom...

Just Two Months Into His Presidency, Ronald Reagan Lay Near Death After A Gunman's Bullet Came Within Inches Of His Heart. His Recovery Was Nothing Short Of...

Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-sca...

Time Passages is a series of commemorative yearbooks, available for each year from 1940 through 2000. This collectible gift of memories offers a day-by-day...

An Account Of The Chicago World's Fair Of 1893 Relates The Stories Of Two Men Who Shaped The History Of The Event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, Who Coordina...

In A Life Filled With Meaning And Accomplishment, Michelle Obama Has Emerged As One Of The Most Iconic And Compelling Women Of Our Era. As First Lady Of The...

“Michael Portillo can be seen on screens on his second railway journey across the United States. His first took in historic East Coast sites, but these n...

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold’s failed attempt to betray t...

A Landmark Biography Of The Great American Writer Stephen Crane--Categories: HistoryUnited States

Tells The Story Of The Conservative Economists Espousing Free Market And Deregulatory Policies During The Four Decades Between 1969 And 2008. Leading Figure...

This project captures the spirit and contributions of women working in digital arts media and education in the Midwest--a region that, beginning in the mid-...

Examines the far-reaching social, economic, political, and legal changes inaugurated by the French RevolutionCategories: History United StatesGeneral

Foreward -- Preface To The Tenth Edition -- Introduction: The Burden Of History (to 1941) -- 1. Open Doors, Iron Curtains (1941-1945) -- 2. Only Two Declara...

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, ...

In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, a delta rich in fish, game animals, hard and...

A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical...

Recounts the search for a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and looks at the major expeditions, including Frobisher, Franklin, and ...