History

1. January 1 To March 31 -- 2. April 1 To June 30 -- 3. July 1 To September 30 -- 4. October 1 To December 31. By George Poulos. Includes Indexes.Categories...

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...

John Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism." Some have said that ...

A clear, engaging description of the six most prevalent models of worship in North American churches, presented by advocates for each position. The contrib...

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...

Toronto's Cabbagetown in the Depression...North America's largest Anglo-Saxon slum. Ken Tilling leaves school to face the bleak prospects of the dirty thirt...

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,...

Railroads played an integral role in the Second World War. Trains brought food, munitions, and essential supplies. They transported troops. They were a mean...

The never-before-told story of the scandalous courtroom drama that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. On the evening of Novembe...

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...

About the Author Shelley Puhak is a critically acclaimed poet and writer whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, Lapham's Quarterly, Teen Vogue, Virgi...

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 ...

A magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed...

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 ...

A Real-life Political Thriller About An American Financier In The Wild East Of Russia, The Murder Of His Principled Young Tax Attorney, And His Dangerous Mi...

"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...

the Coeditor Of The Enormously Popular Jewish Catalog Help[s] Readers Understand More Fully The Meaning Of Our Holidays And Thereby To Observe These Festi...

Legends, questions and theories abound about Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and tales of buried treasure there. For more than two centuries, the island has been ...

Pieter Spierenburg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-269) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeMurder & Mayhem

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...

In a memoir about life in small-town America, the author relates her adventures growing up in the 1950s as the daughter of a pharmacist in Lewiston, New Yor...

The Author Describes How Her Honeymoon Was Cut Short When Her Plane Crashed In The Jungles Of Peru, Forcing Her And Her Husband To Try To Survive Aboard A M...

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...

[by] Thomas E. Mails. Bibliography: P. 601-606.Categories: Arts & Photography History & CriticismCriticism

Few war films made about the 1939-45 period are complete without sight of a boxy little Kübelwagen light utility vehicle being smartly driven by a German o...

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,...

Medieval Women: Voices & Visions: The Book of the British Library ExhibitionCategories: History WorldWomen in History

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War." "From diari...

The 1971-72 Basketball Season Was One To Go Down In History. For The Los Angeles Lakers It Was A Season Of Records, An Incredible Championship, And Many Per...

Diane Francis. Includes Index.Categories: History Americas CanadaGeneral

The First Narrative History Of Gambling, Spanning The Stone Age To The Internet Era, Examining How It Evolved With ? And Influenced ? Human Civilization -- ...

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...

Truths and Their Reception, Considered in Relation to the Doctrine of Homoeopathy: To Which are Added Various Essays on the Principles and Statistics of Hom...

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

Hitler’s rise to power, Germany’s march to the abyss, as seen by Americansdiplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athleteswho watched hor...

this Remarkable, Never-before-told Account Of The Ovitz Family, Seven Of Whose Ten Members Were Dwarfs, Bears Witness To The Best And Worst Of Humanity An...

Ripper: The Making of Pierre PoilievreCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & World PoliticsCanadian

In the museums of Ürümchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known as Chinese Turkestan), a collection of ancient mummie...

In this 60th anniversary edition is Ted Barris' telling of the unique story of Canada's largest World War II expenditure - $1.75 billion in a Commonwealth-w...