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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...

Discover the beautiful changing seasons that Jesus Christ interweaves with love Heaven is beautiful, like all the seasons, not just fall. But the most beaut...

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...

When civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Ab...

A pithy collection of the best of Carl Trueman's articles on culture and the church. A compelling, challenging, and sometimes uproarious look at how the wor...

Volume 32 of Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (Sixth Series) includes: 'The Making and Breaking of Kinetic Empire: Mobility, Communication and P...

Title: Cod( A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World) Binding: Paperback Author: MarkKurlansky Publisher: PenguinBooksCategories: Sports & Outdoor...

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...

The full story of the "other women" in Henry VIII's life is presented here—everyone knows about the six wives, but this thrilling account of love, lust, ...

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...

For four hundred years, explorers, traders, and settlers plundered North American wildlife in an escalating rampage, but in the twentieth century an incredi...

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...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

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

A Westerner’s travels among the persecuted and displaced Christian remnant in Iraq and Syria teach him much about faith under fire.Gold Medal Winner, 201...

Bess Hardwick, Born Into The Most Brutal And Turbulent Period Of England's History, The Fifth Of Six Daughters Of An Impoverished Derbyshire Nobleman, Did N...

The real stories behind famous people and events from ancient to modern times.Anecdotal, thought provoking and organized by topic. Chapters will include: Yo...

For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a public two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, a scraping of the body with a miniature rake, and a ...

This Book, By A Veteran Observer Of The Middle East, Tells The Story Of The Gassing Of Halabja. It Shows How Iraq Was Able To Develop Ever More Sophisticate...

The Americans did not simply outlast the British in the Revolutionary War, contends this author in a groundbreaking study, but won their independence by emp...

A Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Izzeldin Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaz...

Deeply spiritual and profoundly human, this 16th-century masterpiece is the work of a revered saint. Its insights into prayer and meditation as the keys ...

The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how t...

The Small Church Of Mary Magdalene In The Remote Village Of Rennes-le-chateau In Southern France May Well Hold The Key To The Proof Of Mary Magdalene's Marr...

God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the wa...

The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud & The Great Secret of FreemasonryCategories: Religion & Spirituality Other Religions, Practices &...

Highlights from the horrid series that gets you hooked on history! Age 8+. Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm. Titles:The Awesome Egyptians; The Groovy Greeks; ...

The Kennedys endure as American icons because of the mix between power and vulnerability that so many of them embodied. Our fascination and connection to th...

Ronald Wright. Previously Published Under Title: A Short History Of Progress. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History WorldCiviliz...

A serious and seriously entertaining exploration of the dark and varied obsessions that the “civilized West” has had with decapitated heads and skulls....

Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may...

A provoking and timely examination of one of the most important moments in Church history.In 381 AD, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman Empire, issued...

Hailed For Her “fearless Indictment Of The Most Powerful Man In Russia” (the Wall Street Journal), Award-winning Journalist Masha Gessen Is Unparalleled...

Gregory A. Freeman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [289]-291) And Index.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Transportation ShipsHistory ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Opportunities multiply as they are seized.' Written in the 6th century B...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

Heather Colyer Ross. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 158-159).Categories: HistoryAfrica

A Portrait Of The American Recon Platoon Of The 101st Airborne Division Describes Their Sixty-day Fight For Survival During The 1968 Tet Offensive, Tracing ...

It was the worst of times and the best of times. It was an era of unprecedented crisis and a time of unprecedented courage. In a single, comprehensive volu...

In This Moving And Accessible Narrative, Tried By Fire Speaks Across Centuries To Offer Insight Into The People And Events That Shaped The Faith That Contin...

The first of five volumes in a full-length biography of Jefferson. Categories: History Historical Study & Educational ResourcesHistoriography

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...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

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

Land of the Firebird is a WONDERFUL and ENGAGING in-depth look of Russian history from 987-1917, spanning the ascension of Vlad and the Orthodox Church to r...