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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a "giant leap for mankind." This Ea...

The Discovery Of A Limestone Burial Box With The Inscription, James, Son Of Joseph, Brother Of Jesus Set The World Of Biblical Archaeology Abuzz. Hershel Sh...

this Concise Survey Is Designed To Make The Exciting History Of Europe In The Age Of The Renaissance And Reformation Come Alive To Readers. It Is The Firs...

The Soviet Union was hardly the first large, continuous, land-based, multinational empire to collapse in modern times. The USSR itself was, ironically, the ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning conflict journalist C.J. Chivers follows the arcs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the experiences of those who fought t...

when Florida Was A Wilderness And Only The Brave Chanced Swamps, Alligators, Hurricanes And The Lush, Tropical Forests. An Amazing Contrast To The Vacation ...

"What can you do? You can do a lot. You can support justice for all by speaking out loudly to your family, friends, community, politicians and religious le...

This Instant New York Times Bestseller—“a Jaw-dropping, Fast-paced Account” (new York Post) Recounts Seal Team Operator Robert O’neill’s Incredibl...

Why should the work of the ancient and the medievals, so far as it relates to nature, still be of interest and an inspiration to us now? The contributions t...

In this beautifully illustrated book, fifteen of the most compelling episodes in Canada's past are presented, each by a young narrator who witnessed histor...

The remarkable story of Our Lady's many appearances in the 16th century to a nun in Quito, Ecuador, Her stunning description of the 20th century crisis in ...

From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian’s efforts to promote peace through education...

Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April – June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brig...

The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of he...

Written by a specialist in Scottish history, this biography chronicles the life and times of one of the greatest heroes in the story of Scotland's long stru...

Years ago, a cartoon appeared in a Russian newspaper picturing a fork in the road. One path was labeled freedom; the other path was labeled sausage. As we ...

"All the King's Men" is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark,...

The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem is traced from the 1947-9 exodus and the first Arab-Israeli war through Israel's decision to bar refugee repatr...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Ethel, Joan - Women of Camelot, comes an engrossing and revealing portrait of the next generation of ...

From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts comes a collection of alternately playful and exquisite essays borne of a lifeti...

On 8 March 1421 The Largest Fleet The World Had Ever Seen Sailed From Its Base In China. The Ships, Huge Junks Nearly Five Hundred Feet Long And Built From ...

As One Of The Best-known Honky-tonkers To Appear In The Wake Of Hank Williams's Death, Faron Young Was A Popular Presence On Nashville's Music Scene For Mor...

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. Publishers Weekly In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discover...

In This Book Arthur Manuel And Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson Challenge Virtually Everything That Non-indigenous Canadians Believe About Their Relationship W...

Egypt's Queen-or, as she would prefer to be remembered, King-Hatchepsut ruled over an age of peace, prosperity, and remarkable architectural achievement (c....

LIKE NEW-BOOK/VERY GOOD-DUST JACKET, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover nonfiction, fast food, McDonalds. Book is signed by author, George Cohon, and inscribed, "T...

Change your life using Wayne W. Dyer's astonishing Nine Spiritual Principles: Are the decisions and actions in your life controlled by your ego? Do you ha...

In 1988, Michael Bradley Published The Canadian Bestseller, Holy Grail Across The Atlantic, Presenting Evidence That A European Settlement In Canada Had Bee...

A bestseller in its field, A History of Western Society examines the lives of both historical figures and ordinary people, using an engaging, lively writing...

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on soc...

A saga, previously published by Arrow Books in 1984. From the author of STREET SONG, WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE, BLACKBIRD'S TALE and PRINCESS OF POOR STREET.Cat...

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wildernes...

The Catholic Origins of Quebec's Quiet Revolution challenges a version of history central to modern Quebec's understanding of itself: that the Quiet Revolut...

Ontario's rich and diverse past provides many vivid narratives for writers and historians, and since 1903, the Archives of Ontario has been the central rep...

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Thisfirst serious volume focusing exclusively on Joseph Patrick Kennedy —Ronald Kessler recreates the life and times of this ambitious, powerful, masterf...

lynn V. Andrews Takes The Reader With Her As She Goes On Inward Journeys With The Help Of The Sisterhood Of The Shields, And Relates The Stories Of Others...

drawing Together Many Histories-of Anatomical Evolution And City Design, Of Treadmills And Labyrinths, Of Walking Clubs And Sexual Mores-rebecca Solnit Cre...

A New York Times BestsellerIn her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies ...

Studies the effects of the Vietnam War on West Point's class of 1966 and on the academy, recounting the loss of idealism that prompted many to leave their m...

A Biography Of The Leader Of The Independence Movement In India. William L. Shirer. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

military Rule And The Martial Tradition Of The Samurai Dominated Japanese Culture For More Than Eight Hundred Years. According To Thomas Cleary—translator...

Comprehensive yet concise, America’s Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but see...

"More than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center, it became clear that something else was being mou...

Whether chugging up the Congo on a paddle-wheel steamboat, rubbing elbows with pygmy chiefs (or wealthy colonial neighbors), being pursued through the dark...

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War\“Brillia...

In the tradition of John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, Douglas Preston weaves a captivati...

"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." ―Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvatio...