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A learned, respected, accomplished man leaves a life of worldly success to serve Christ among "the least of these." Albert Schweitzer was a Renaissance ma...

A Best Book of the YearUSA Today * Time Magazine * Washington Post * Miami Herald * Richmond Times Dispatch * Christian Science Monitor * Daily Beast * Min...

Russell Means is the most controversial Indian leader of our time. Where White Men Fear to Tread is the well-detailed, first-hand story of his life so far, ...

A powerful and true story of warfare and human survival that exposes a side of World War II that is unknown by many— this is the story of Wolfram Aïchel...

• The secret sexual energy practices of Toltec-Mayan shamans revealed at last. • The author studied with don Juan Matus and the same circle of Nagual sor...

Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska—an area known as the Bohemian A...

A compulsively readable account of the most mysterious manuscript in the world, one that has stumped the world’s greatest scholars and codebreakers.The Vo...

On an August evening in the summer of 1973 in Tarboro, North Carolina a young woman walking alone was offered a ride by three young men. All of their lives ...

Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjure...

The First Book In The Women's Suffrage And The Struggle For Democracy Series Provides A Nuanced View Of Women's Fight For The Vote At A Federal Level. Accla...

From the mega-bestselling author of The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone, a no-holds-barred exposé of the people and institutions who are letting Amer...

In Their Thoughtful Study Of One Of Stanley Cavell's Greatest Yet Most Neglected Books, William Rothman And Marian Keane Address This Eminent Philosopher's ...

Reassesses The Life And Political Career Of Theodore Roosevelt And Examines His Accomplishments, Including His Dedication To Environmental Preservation, The...

An extension of Prof. Landes' chapter in Volume VI of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe includes a full-scale analysis of modern industrial Europe fr...

This Multiple Biography Is Centered On Lincoln's Mastery Of Men And How It Shaped The Most Significant Presidency In The Nation's History. Historian Goodwin...

In This Revelatory, Authoritative Portrait Of Donald J. Trump And The Toxic Family That Made Him, Mary L. Trump, A Trained Clinical Psychologist And Donaldâ...

This underground classic tells the story of oil-rich Azerbaijan's first years of independence from Moscow. Thomas Goltz became an accidental witness to Aze...

In this refreshingly revisionist history, Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism...

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "gold...

Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr. A University Of Florida Book. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 231-245.Categories: HistoryUnited States

The veterans of the Vietnam War were too shocked and scarred by the violent and bizarre conflict to understand the nightmare that had visited their lives. N...

One Hot Summer Night In 1945, Three Young American Writers, Each An Enfant Terrible, Came Together In A Stuffy Manhattan Apartment For The First Time. Each ...

Andrew Sullivan, "one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades" (The New York Times) and founding editor of The Daily Dish presents a c...

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

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclai...

The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill chal...

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the sta...

An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.Hatshepsut—the daughter of a...

revised In 2006 For Its Twenty-fifth Anniversary, This Best-selling Book Is The Bible For Families Caring For People With Alzheimer Disease, Offering Comf...

The Bush Foreign Policy And The Need For Statecraft -- Cases Of Statecraft : German Unification In Nato -- Cases Of Statecraft : Bosnia -- Cases Of Statecra...

A major new talent redefines the literature of rural life. Old world met new when a shepherd in the English Lake District impulsively started a Twitte...

The story of Irish music and its influence at home and overseas. Nuala O'Connor provides a superb account of the history of Irish music, from its origins in...

Hillary Rodham Clinton And Her Daughter, Chelsea, Share The Stories Of The Gutsy Women Who Have Inspired Them -- Women With The Courage To Stand Up To The S...

This Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipli...

A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride thro...

beech Mountain Was Once A Rugged Wilderness Known Only To The Cherokee Indians. Eventually Hunters, Loggers, Moonshiners, And Settlers Made Their Marks Upon...

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...

The #1 New York Times Best-selling Author Of In The Garden Of Beasts Presents A 100th-anniversary Chronicle Of The Sinking Of The Lusitania That Discusses T...

Political consultant Doug Schoen has been the power-behind-the-throne to Presidents, Prime Ministers and even a politician-priest whose brother was a mafia ...

The emergence in the nineteenth century of a new political and territorial entity - Canada - is dramatically portrayed in this book. Through breathtaking ...

Obama: An Intimate Portrait Reproduces More Than 300 Of Souza's Most Iconic Photographs With Fine-art Print Quality In An Oversize Collectible Format. Toget...

As Canadian As The Maple Leaf Is How One Observer Summed Up The United Church Of Canada After Its Founding In 1925. But Was This Canadian-made Church Flawed...

On September 4, 1755, The Pennsylvania Gazette Printed A Dispatch From The Maritime Province Of Nova Scotia: We Are Now Upon A Great And Noble Scheme Of Sen...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

The Transition From President Donald J. Trump To President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Stands As One Of The Most Dangerous Periods In American History. But As # 1 I...

1. Introduction -- 2. Building Trust -- 3. Shredding The Evidence -- 4. The Getty Cuts -- 5. The Klein Cuts: Where Albertans Stand Now -- 6. The Leaky Repor...

Praise for the first edition: "Aberth wears his very considerable and up-to-date scholarship lightly and his study of a series of complex and somber calam...

Writing about the events of his life through a historian's lens, Mosse gives us a personal history of our century, including his encounters with Carl Jung,...