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Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s. Popular impressions of those years prior to the Second World War were shaped by the sin...

imagine Being An Interpreter Of Dreams In Ancient Egypt. what Was The Daily Grind Like For The Ancient Egyptians? Imagine It's Your Job To Carve Elaborat...

Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I is an one-volume encyclopedia of World War I warships of eight fleets of 1914: Great Britain, Germany, the United State...

Timeless Texts introduces a monograph series for ministry. The General categories introducing the series are Church, Counseling, Preaching and Theology. Oth...

On the 22nd April 1915, towards the end of the afternoon, a strange yellow-green cloud appeared over no man’s land and drifts on the wind towards the Fren...

The Torture Papers document the so-called 'torture memos' and reports which US government officials wrote to prepare the way for, and to document, coercive ...

paul Cartledge, One Of The World’s Foremost Scholars Of Ancient Greece, Illuminates The Brief But Iconic Life Of Alexander (356-323 Bc), King Of Macedon, ...

Alan Gordon Shows That While Individual Memory Is Crucial To Establishing And Maintaining Identity, Public Memory Is Contested Terrain - Official Customs An...

In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known accepted military practice — and indeed, the laws o...

As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that h...

Editor, Thomas Hinde. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 343-346.Categories: History Europe Great BritainEngland

Dramatic and filled with horror, the clash at Passchendaele Ridge was one of World War One's bloodiest. After years of stalemate, the British and French arm...

First published in "Rolling Stone" magazine in 1971, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to th...

Chris Gainor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 252-254).Categories: History MilitaryAviation

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all ti...

In This Book, Historian Judith Walzer Leavitt Tells The Remarkable Story Of Mary Mallon, The Woman Known As Typhoid Mary. Combining Social History With Biog...

In The Summer Of 2010, Photographer Brandon Stanton Began An Ambitious Project -- To Single-handedly Create A Photographic Census Of New York City. The Phot...

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction2013 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Projection is the st...

Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space HipstersThe dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle...

San Antonio catering company Don Strange of Texas, known across the state as the king of caterers, has earned a reputation for serving delicious, freshly pr...

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

Jutland has produced more inconclusive controversy from historians and naval officers than any other modern sea fight, and yet no previous account has made ...

Dealing With A Time When Followers Of Jesus Were Moving Toward Separation From The Movement's Jewish Origins, This Volume Of A People's History Of Christian...

This volume forms the third part of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of prevailing times. Lavishly illustrated, with numerous a...

1. The State And Estate Of Nature. The Landscape Garden ; The Outdoor Conversation Piece ; Gainsborough's Rustic Landscapes -- 2. The Picturesque Decade. Th...

In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East, Daniel Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand year...

A Preeminent Scientist Asserts The Irrationality Of Belief In God And The Grievous Harm Religion Has Inflicted On Society From The Crusades To 9/11. He Crit...

'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade ...

The Road to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as told—and experienced—by ul...

On A Winter Day In 1903, In The Outer Banks Of North Carolina, Two Unknown Brothers From Ohio Changed History. But It Would Take The World Some Time To Beli...

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany,...

A comprehensive reference book on every aspect of Christianity, especially in its historical development. The dictionary contains about 6,000 entries and ov...

The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussei...

With pages and pages of horrible facts about the Ancient Egyptions, youngnon-fiction lovers will learn all about the dire details of mummy-making, thetruth ...

The Surprising And Compelling Story Of Two Rival Geniuses In An All-out Race To Decode One Of The World’s Most Famous Documents—the Rosetta Stone—and ...

"If I could, I would put this book into the hands of every Christian in America." --Dr. David Jeremiah "Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, an...

The Election Happened, Remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-randall, Then Deputy Secretary Of The Department Of Energy. And Then There Was Radio Silence. Across All...

This Remarkable Collection Of Photographs, Captured By Internationally Acclaimed Photojournalist Tor Eigeland In 1967-before Saddam Hussein Dammed And Drain...

In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intell...

Throughout History, The Concept Of Command - As Both A Way To Achieve Objectives And As An Assertion Of Authority - Has Been Essential To Military Action An...

For More Than Three Decades, The Women's Movement And Its Scholars Have Exhaustively Studied Women's Complex History, Roles, And Struggles. In Manhood In Am...

An admirer of Pirate president Barney Dreyfuss, prolific baseball writer Frederick G. Lieb consorted with the club’s biggest stars, christened the legend...

Arguing that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has renovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to racial identity,...

In Gotham, Edwin G. Burrows And Mike Wallace Have Written An Epic As Vast And Varied As The City It Chronicles. Drawing On The Work Of Hundreds Of Scholars ...

By Carrie Young.Categories: History United StatesState & Local

Never before in German military history did the German Artillery possess such variety and magnitude as in the World War II era. From North Cape to Tobruk, B...

Canada And The Third World Provides A Long Overdue Introduction To Canada's Historical Relationship With The Third World.Categories: Politics & Social S...

As Canada heads towards a pivotal election, bestselling author Mark Bourrie charts the rise of Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and considers the history...