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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...

All Christians yearn to live at the center of God's will. But how to discern his will is an art that eludes many of us. And the advice we get often conflict...

NOMINATED FOR THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZE AS SEEN ON GLOBAL NEWS-TV'S THE MORNING SHOW Murderer. Salesman. Pirate. Adventurer. Cannibal. Co-founder of the Hu...

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This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain’s most brilliant mathematical brains and the scene of immense advances in techno...

In This Year's Highly Anticipated Massey Lectures, Internationally Acclaimed Historian Margaret Macmillan Gives Her Own Personal Selection Of The Great Figu...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

The definitive history of the Samurai, by acclaimed author of Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior The inspiration for the Jedi knights of Star Wars an...

The thrilling adventures of traveler, rancher, and fighter Big-Foot” Wallace in a bygone era of the American frontier. Amid the embroiling conflicts of f...

The Ultimate Human Experience The interaction between mankind and spiritual beings — of Divine Encounters — as recorded inscriptures and ancient texts...

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Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with comple...

Zia Award for Excellence, New Mexico Press WomenFrom the 1880s to the 1950s, the Harvey Girls went west to work in Fred Harvey's restaurants along the Sant...

More than at any time in the past, Roman Catholics & evangelicals are working together.They are standing shoulder to shoulder against social evils. They...

The violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, and its aftermath, highlight the importance of a detailed understanding of the Balkan region. The polit...

The moving story of her own search for God by the highly-acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianit...

A Recasting Of The Turning Points In World History, Including The One We're Living Through, As A Struggle Between Old Power Hierarchies And New Social Netwo...

Dark Continent Is A Searching History Of Europe's Most Brutal Century. Stripping Away The Comforting Myths And Illusions That We Have Grown Up With Since Th...

Presents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity.Categories: Politics & Social Sci...

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F. Kennedy.Tip the E...

The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics and its political and social functions, over the past five centuries. The diversity ...

This book examines some of the very earliest histories, beginning with the Babylonian ten kings before the flood, the story of Gilgamesh, and the foundation...

A Groundbreaking Narrative Exploration Of The Human Immune System--the Key To Human Health And Longevity--from The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Jou...

From a new star of American journalism, a riveting murder mystery that reveals the forces roiling today’s Africa From Rwanda to Sierra Leone, African cou...

The late 1960s and early 1970s, in New York City and America at large, were years marked by political tumult, social unrest—and the best professional bas...

“A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-me...

The Children Of Peace, Which Existed From 1812 To 1890, Was Started By Former Quakers From The United States Who Set Up A Utopian Community Near Toronto. Wi...

For years, Churchill warned the British government against the growing Nazi threat. For years he was ignored. Politically isolated in Parliament, sometimes...

In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money...

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children’s departure for college, and her own recent...

Worlds of Women is a groundbreaking exploration of the "first wave" of the international women's movement, from its late nineteenth-century origins through...

Introducing Chinese Religions is the ideal starting point for students exploring the fascinating religious traditions of China. This introduction covers th...

The Historical Foundations Of Women's Power In The Creation Of The American Welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands: Women, Voluntary A...

On The Eve Of Wwii, The Foreign-controlled Port Of Shanghai Was The Rendezvous For The Twentieth Century's Most Outlandish Adventurers, All Under The Watchf...

A Biography Of The Japanese Emperor Reveals A Powerful Man Who Successfully Cultivated An Image Of A Reluctant King While Manipulating Important Events Behi...

This is a comprehensive collection of readings from the work of Theodor Adorno, one of the most influential German thinkers of the twentieth century. What...

Today Technology Has Created A World Of Dazzling Progress, Growing Disparities Of Wealth And Poverty, And Looming Threats To The Environment. This Book Offe...

SOURCES OF GLOBAL HISTORY SINCE 1900 is a primary source reader designed to supplement modern world history courses. It contains both textual and visual sou...

Oriana Fallaci faces the themes unchained by the Islamic terrorism: the contrast and, in her opinion, incompatibility between the Islamic world and the West...

An Explosive, Headline-making Portrait Of Allen Dulles, The Man Who Transformed The Cia Into The Most Powerful And Secretive Colossus In Washington, From Th...

Japan was ruled by warriors for the better part of a millennium. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century its political history was dominated by the strug...

Best-selling book WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million users learn about the present by exploring the past. Jackson Spielvogel's engaging, chron...

"When I think of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, some words Gorky used about Tolstoy come into my mind -- 'Look what a wonderful man is living on the earth!' Reading [...

By Charles Mackay ; With A Foreword By Andrew Tobias. Originally Published As: Memoirs Of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. London : R. Bentley, 1841. Includ...

A Concise Edition with clear connections, comparisons, and sources in every chapter. The most globally integrated book in its field, Worlds Together, World...

Great philosophy meets powerful biography in this entertaining and immensely readable portrait of mid-20th century Paris and the fascinating characters of S...

"Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." --John le Carré From the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street: A tale of Nazi l...

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...