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Designed to accompany the survey text Early Modern England: 1485-1714, this updated and expanded Sourcebook brings together an impressive array of Tudor-St...

Early Modern England, 14851714: A Narrative History is a lively, up-to-date survey of the TudorStuart period. The narrative shows how England transformed it...

The City Is Widely Regarded As The Most Characteristic Expression Of The Social, Cultural And Economic Formations Of The Roman Empire. This Was Especially T...

This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern concep...

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting...

Volume One Examines How An Immense Diversity Of Ethnic And Religious Groups Ultimately Created A Set Of Distict Regional Societies. Volume Two Emphasises Th...

Most social geography undergraduate textbooks are structured around different social categories, splintering the discussion of gender, class, race and incre...

Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeChanges in the Land offers an original and persuasive interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plan...

Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essa...

This History Of Amerindian And Inuit Experience From First Arrival From Asia To The Present Day, Uses And Interdisciplinary Approach To Describe The Various...

At The Age Of Sixteen, Edith Eger, A Trained Ballet Dancer And Gymnast, Was Sent To Auschwitz. Hours After Her Parents Were Killed, The 'angel Of Death, ' N...

Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the ...

This Fun, Informative Celebration Of Canada Is A Combination Rhyming Alphabet Book And Compendium Of Factual Information About Canada From Aurora Borealis T...

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound hum...

Book by Owen Beattie, John GeigerCategories: Politics & Social SciencesPolitics & Government

The Riveting Tale Of Two Pioneering Botanists And Their Historic Boat Trip Down The Colorado River And Through The Grand Canyon. In The Summer Of 1938, Bota...

For The First Time In The Ultimate Reunion, The Ladies Of The Real Housewives Dish On The Iconic Moments We’ll Never Forget And The Off-camera Drama We’...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a cle...

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this super...

Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs The de...

Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age. A true Renaissance man, Lorenzo daz...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy. We think the way we do because ...

Appian ; Translated With An Introduction By John Carter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxxiv-xxxvi) And Index.Categories: Travel Europe Netherland...

Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain’s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed t...

Written In Greek By The Only Roman Emperor Who Was Also A Philosopher, Without Any Intention Of Publication, The Meditations Of Marcus Aurelius (ad 121-180)...

American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb,” the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led t...

Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of A PEOPLE AND A NATION, Tenth Edition, offers rea...

“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Priz...

In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Gran...

This Fascinating Title Offers A New Study Of The Loss Of Six British Ships During The Falklands War Of 1982. Based On New Evidence Released Following Freedo...

In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the...

an Outstanding And Authoritative Biography Of One Of Britain's Greatest Masters. publishers Weekly phenomenal Drinking Habits, Chronic Sleep Deprivation, A...

Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western world and one of the most influential women in modern history. A blend of Emma Goldman and Ma...

In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are...

Now in paperback, and following her extraordinary, bestselling, and much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War, here is a ...

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloo...

#1 New York Times Bestseller?Peter Schweizer says that, in a quarter-century as an investigative journalist, this is the scariest investigation he has ever ...

Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcyc...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

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

The Author Of The Gnostic Gospels Draws On Personal Experiences And The Perspectives Of Neurologists, Anthropologists, And Historians To Illuminate The Endu...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITYThe effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our t...

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was...

Bruno Latour ; Translated By Catherine Porter. Includes Glossary.Categories: Engineering & Transportation EngineeringIndustrial, Manufacturing & Ope...

The devastating accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, occurred on April 26, 1986. On April 29, Alexander ...

A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an aberration, but a regu...

Maria Rentetzi Surveys The Experimental Practices Of Radioactivity Research In Earlytwentiethcentury Vienna, Focusing On Radioactive Materials, Instruments,...