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The Application Of Geo-spatial Technologies, Especially Geographic Information Systems (gis), To Issues In History Is Among The Most Exciting Developments I...

THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time -...

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

An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous mi...

On Its Release, The Seven Volume A People's History Of Christianity Was Lauded For Its Commitment To Raising Awareness Of The Ways In Which Ordinary Christi...

Established In 1898 In The Heart Of Paris On The Place Vendôme, The Hôtel Ritz Instantly Became An Icon Of The City Frequented By Film Stars And Celebrity...

Church Historians Have Long Known And Appreciated Christianity's Global History. Until Recently, However, Introductory Textbooks On The History Of Christian...

We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narr...

There were eighty of them. They were young, clever and cultivated; they were barely in their thirties when Adolf Hitler came to power. Their university stud...

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...

With sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as the “emerging ...

The murder of a prostitute in 19th-century New York may seem an unremarkable event in 20th-century America, but The Murder of Helen Jewett reveals parallel...

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...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than a...

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of t...

The Book Pieces Together How Coco Chanel Became A German Intelligence Operative; How And Why She Was Enlisted In A Number Of Spy Missions; How She Escaped A...

Published Simultaneously In New York By Alfred A. Knopf Under Title: Irresistible North : From Venice To Greenland On The Trail Of The Zen Brothers. Include...

From 1884 to 1911, over 1.5 million working-class Canadians attended approximately 800 revival meetings held by celebrity American evangelists. Revival in t...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (Th...

Nearly Thirty Years After The End Of The Cold War, Its Legacy And The Accompanying Russian-american Tension Continue To Loom Large. Russia's Access To Detai...

written By An Anonymous English Monk During The Late Fourteenth Century, the Cloud Of Unknowing Is A Sublime Expression Of What Separates God From Humanit...

Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as the...

Investigating Babyn Yar Tells The Story Of The Murder Of Kyiv's Jews Using Available Fragmentary Evidence. The Book Follows The Trail Of Discarded Property ...

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 ...

A Monumental Work That Shows Us At Once The Truly Global Reach Of World War Ii, And Its Deeply Personal Consequences. Hastings Simultaneously Traces The Maj...

"[The Book of] Revelation has served as a "language arsenal" in a great many of the social, cultural, and political conflicts in Western history. Again ...

Reveals the tradition of goddess worship in early Judaism and how Jesus attempted to restore the feminine side of the faith • Provides historical and arch...

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...

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

'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...

The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move i...

One Of America's Most Distinguished Military Historians Offers The Definitive Account Of The Greatest Tank Battle Of World War Ii--^ An Epic Clash Of Machin...

Gitta Sereny first saw Albert Speer on trial at Nuremberg. Over the last years of his life she came to know him - through hundreds of hours of conversation...

The Nazis planned to conquer the world with the aid of their Axis allies, in order to strip the defeated nations of their treasures, industry and natural re...

At 12.16am on Wednesday, June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in the kitchen service pantry of the Ambassador Hotel, Los An...

Bessner Conducted Hundreds Of Interviews And Extensive Archival Research To Paint A Complex Picture Of The Role Of Canadian Jews In The War Effort.Categorie...

A Biography Of Edith Stein, A Jewish Woman Who Converted To Catholicism, Became A Nun, And Went On To Achieve Success In The World Of German Philosophy, Onl...

Deirdre Jackson Offers An Original And Engaging Look At Medieval Spirituality, Whilst Demonstrating That Miracle Tales Are By No Means The Preserve Of The P...

Explore the wilderness alongside the people who, whether boatside or camped under the stars, call it home. Categories: HistoryWorld

Updated with new topics (post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent in the 1990s), 35 lessons ask students to locate key cities and regio...

Dancing Into Battle Is Nick Foulkes' Evocation Of The Social History Of The Battle Of Waterloo. The Summer Of 1815 Saw The Final And Desperate Efforts Of Eu...

Lucie Blackman—tall, blond, twenty-one years old—stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following ...

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Socialists Don't Sleep Is About All The Sneaky Ways The Secular Left Has Pressed Socialism Into American Politics And Life - And Why Christians Are The Only...

From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage a...

We live in a cynical age in which only one prejudice is tolerated--anti-Christian bigotry. Yet despite the unbridled slanders and attacks against the faith,...

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

A Net Of Complex Currents Flowed Across Jacobean England. This Was The England Of Shakespeare, Jonson And Bacon; Of The Gunpowder Plot; The Worst Outbreak O...