History

By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in...

Anyone Can Achieve A Reasonable Level Of Sanctity, But The Saints Are In A League Of Their Own. What Sets Them Apart? Does Holiness Come More Naturally To T...

Bishop John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Sins of Scripture, and many other books, is known fo...

The New York Times bestseller: the secrets of the City of Light, revealed in the lives of the great, the near-great, and the forgotten—by the author of t...

Provides Portraits And Cameos Of Over Sixty Women Who Were Influential In The Civil Rights Movement, And Argues That The Political Activity Of Women Has Bee...

In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections o...

Legend of the Lake is the story of the building, launching, and foundering of Ontario during 1779-80, reconstructed from archival documents, including Briti...

For Frederick The Great, The Prescription For Warfare Was Simple: Kurz Und Vives (short And Lively) - Wars That Relied Upon Swift, Powerful, And Decisive Mi...

Tammy Wynette, With Joan Dew. Includes Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

An ex-Marine captain shares his story of fighting in a recon battalion in both Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning with his brutal training on Quantico Island a...

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...

Autumn 1944. World War Ii Is Nearly Over In Europe But Is Escalating In The Pacific, Where American Soldiers Face An Opponent Who Will Go To Any Length To A...

Follows The 1925 Murder Trial Of African-american Doctor Ossian Sweet, Who Was Accused Of Murdering A White Person During A Mob Attack On His Home, And Incl...

In This Brilliant Work Of Historical Reconstruction Neil Macgregor And His Team At The British Museum, Working Together In A Landmark Collaboration With The...

Over Two Unbelievable Decades, The New England Patriots Were Not Only The Nfl's Most Dominant Team, But Also--and By Far--the Most Secretive. How Did They A...

Morality And Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Provides A Compelling Assessment Of The Powerful Role Moral Systems Play In Addressing Matters Of Health...

The Hero Of Hammondsport -- The Americas -- The Nancy Boats -- The Roaring Twenties -- Lean Years -- Good Years -- Coming Of Age -- The Great Clippers -- Th...

When News Of The Budding Romance Between A Beloved English Prince And An American Actress Broke, It Captured The World's Attention And Sparked An Internatio...

Tells how to analyze a situation, plan actions, obtain an advantage, make use of information, and gain a favorable positionCategories: Engineering & Tra...

The Age of Improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing. Widely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teachi...

In This Illuminating And Deeply Moving Memoir, A Former American Military Intelligence Officer Goes Beyond Traditional Cold War Espionage Tales To Tell The ...

The focus is the most severe mass extinction known in earth's history….The science on which the book is based is up-to-date, thorough, and balanced. Highly ...

How much do you know about Ireland? There’s so much to learn about the Emerald Isle that even its residents don’t know. In this trivia book, you’ll l...

Edited By Matt Eversmann An Dan Schilling. Includes Index.Categories: History Military United StatesGeneral

Deep In The Mountainous Jungle Of Malaysia The Aboriginal Sng'oi Exist On The Edge Of Extinction, Though Their Way Of Living May Ultimately Be The Kind Of E...

From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with sixte...

Combining keen analysis of current events with world history, Tim Marshall, author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, provides “an e...

Truman Capote Called His Account Of The 1959 Murder Of A Kansas Farm Family A Nonfiction Novel. Using Information He Collected Through Townspeople And The K...

"According to the author, the greatest danger for Americans confronting the radical Islamist threat is to believe - at the urging of U.S. leaders - that Mus...

Athanasius: The Life of Antony and The Letter to Marcellinus Translation and introduction by Robert c. Gregg Preface by William A. Clebsch "And it seems t...

Urbanization is a fact of Canadian life. With approximately 80 per cent of Canadians residing in cities, it is imperative that students understand the issue...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

This book places the revival of Indigenous ceremonialism in a new light. The author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions by showing the t...

Envisioning A Future In Which The Christian Church Plays A Viable And Transformative Role In Shaping Society, Gretta Vosper Argues That If The Church Is To ...

Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar Micheauxwith a revelatory look at the life of ...

Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews, and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russ...

A member of the 1980 Reagan-Bush election committee addresses questions concerning connections between the election of the two and the release of American h...

A compelling new set of interviews on our changing and turbulent times with Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost thinkers In this new collection of c...

Product Description From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography ALA Stonewall Honor Book Finalist for Jam...

The Pastons of Norfolk left behind them an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England in the earliest great collection of family letters in...

By Antwone Quenton Fisher And Mim Eichler Rivas.Categories: Science & MathEssays & Commentary

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

this Magisterial Volume Follows The Death Of Ancient Traditions, The Triumph Of New Classes, And The Emergence Of New Technologies, Sciences, And Ideologi...

The Inspiring Story Of A Young Armenian's Harrowing Escape From Genocide And Of His Granddaughter's Quest To Retrace His Steps. Growing Up, Dawn Mackeen Hea...

In a timely reminder of how the past informs the present, Baruch Kimmerling and Joel Migdal offer an authoritative account of the history of the Palestinia...

On The Eve Of Canada's Sesquicentennial Celebrations Comes A Richly Rewarding New Book From Acclaimed Historian Charlotte Gray About What It Means To Be Can...

A century after Albert Einstein began postulating his "Big Idea" about time, space, and gravity, a new biography examines the scientist whose public idoliz...