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A survivor of Auschwitz recounts his harrowing experiences, his adjustment to freedom, and his work on behalf of the Jewish causeCategories: HistoryWorld

A provocative argument for a mystical, rather than historical, understanding of Jesus, leading to a radical rebirth of Christianity in our time. For forty ...

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II...

No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. On August 16, when rich gold deposits were discovered in Bonanza Creek, 100,000...

The Most Profound Characteristic Of Western Europe In The Middle Ages Was Its Cultural And Religious Unity, A Unity Secured By A Common Alignment With The P...

Canadian Writer. Vikings, Europeans To Reach Norhern Canada, Albans, Celt, Norse. Farley Mowat. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 335-354) And Index.C...

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

John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even approached Ra...

This major new anthology of Anglican spiritual writings was compiled by a trio of the Church's most widely respected scholars.The selections demonstrate by ...

A Leading Authority In Gender Studies Profiles American Males Between The Ages Of Sixteen And Twenty-six, Offering Insight Into Their Belief Systems, Relati...

Here is the unparalleled account of the most awesome and awful chapter in the moral history of humanity. Lucid, chilling and comprehensive, Lucy S. Dawidowi...

The Anglo-boer War (1899-1902) Is One Of The Most Intriguing Conflicts Of Modern History. It Has Been Labeled Many Things: The First Media War, A Precursor ...

There is no better record of events than the New York Times and now, The New York Times Book of the 1980s captures the history, culture and personalities of...

Sarah Palin, The First Female Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Recounts Her Political Experiences, Her Rapid Rise On The National Stage During The 20...

Kati Marton.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

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 Exacerbation Of Arab-israeli Conflict At The Time Of The Six-day War In 1967 Gave Birth In Some Quarters To A Radical Revision Of Jewish-arab History. A...

This unique landmark oral history uses first-hand accounts from ordinary men and women who were there. Gripping, poignant, surprising, and even humorous, th...

We often think of angels as winged creatures with supernatural powers that assist us when we are in danger. Where did that image of wings come from? Popul...

have You Ever Been Too Far From Home To Turn Back Yet Too Weary To Want To Continue Toward Your Destination? Renewing Your Spiritual Passion Looks At The Jo...

Is Civilization Teetering On The Edge Of A Cliff? Or Are We Just Climbing Higher Than Ever? Most People Who Read The News Would Tell You That 2017 Is One Of...

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...

Divorced at ten, a mother at thirteen & three times a widow. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen', Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the T...

A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became The Varieties of Religious Experience, one of the foremost thinkers in the...

I Shall Live tells the gripping true story of a Jewish family in Germany and Russia as the Nazi party gains power in Germany. When Henry Orenstein and his ...

Levi wrote of the moral collapse that occurred in Auschwitz and the fallibility of human memory that allows such atrocities to recur. Levi's last book pub...

The People Of God Throughout History Have Been A People Of Exile And Diaspora. For Much Of Its History, However, The Christian Church Lived With The Sense O...

In Beyond the Blue Horizon, archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's m...

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 ...

Two Of America's Leading Experts On Violent Extremism And Terrorism Explain The Genesis, Evolution, And Implications Of Today's Most Barbaric Jihadist Army,...

In the public mind, Islam is a religion of extremes: it is the worldÆs fastest growing faith; more than three-quarters of the worldÆs refugees are Islamic...

Based on Bentley and Ziegler's best-selling, comprehensive survey text, Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History provides a streamlined account o...

A clear-eyed look at the history of American ideas about motherhood, how those ideas have impacted all women (whether they have kids or not), and how to fi...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris ...

Witch-hunting In Scotland Presents A Fresh Perspective On The Trial And Execution Of The Hundreds Of Women And Men Prosecuted For The Crime Of Witchcraft, A...

The past is filled with stories of personal struggles, hard-fought triumphs, interesting trivia, common myths and serious misconceptions. Now, with "The Ha...

Jeffrey T. Richelson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeEspionage

The Beloved And Bestselling Author Takes An Intimate Look Back At A Life Of Reading And Writing. The Memory That We Live With Is The Moth-eaten Version Of O...

Joseph Kitagawa, one of the founders of the field of history of religions and an eminent scholar of the religions of Japan, published his classic book Rel...

Today The Word 'shtetl' (yiddish For 'small Town') Summons Only Hazy, Distant Associations: Images Of Chagall-like Crooked Streets And Glowing Sabbath Dinne...

Using images as primary historical evidence,Visions of Americabrings history alive for a generation of visual learners–and shows how conflicting visions of...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.On...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER\From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet, a groundbreaking and accessible roadmap to advancing true reconciliation acro...

Jamaica Used To Be The Source Of Much Of Britain's Wealth, A Tropical Paradise For The Planters, A Babylonian Exile For The Africans Shipped To The Caribbea...

American Christians Are Facing Uncertain Times. Our Nation's Values Are Under Assault. Religious Liberty Has Been Undermined. We Live In A Day When Right Is...

The decades-long Cold War was more than a bipolar conflict between two Superpowers-it had implications for the entire world. In this accessible, comprehensi...

Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed r...

Whether one views Mao Zedong as a hero or a villain, the ‘Great Helmsman’ was, undoubtedly, a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century China, a ma...