History

"Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year." This was th...

Lipsky, a Rolling Stone writer and an award-winning novelist, chronicles daily life at the U.S. Military Academy during the most tumultuous period in its ...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Calibri} History comes alive for kids like no textbook can in this epic account of the American Civil W...

Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer. In those days, it was custo...

A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Habe...

Through A Thoughtful Interrogation Of The Effects Of Faith And Religion On Our Lives, Our Relationships, And Our Country, God Land Investigates Whether Our ...

"Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page -- as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. Through Tub...

Before John Glenn Orbited The Earth Or Neil Armstrong Walked On The Moon, A Group Of Professionals Worked As Human Computers, Calculating The Flight Paths T...

During World War II a community called Manzanar was created in the high mountain desert country of California. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanes...

At The Age Of Nineteen, Lara Prior-palmer Discovered A Website Devoted To The World's Longest, Toughest Horse Race--an Annual Competition Of Endurance And S...

Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at...

Calls Upon Intellectuals On The Left To Once Again Engage American Public Life And Resist The Trappings Of Knee-jerk Negativism, Intellectual Fads, And Poli...

Our Baffling New Multipolar World Grows Ever More Complex, Desperately Calling For New Ways Of Thinking, Particularly When It Comes To Political Risk. To Da...

The Annals Of History Are Littered With Horribly Bad Military Leaders. These Combat Incompetents Found Amazing Ways To Ensure Their Army's Defeat. Whether I...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and liv...

This book covers the crucial role of evolutionary biology in transforming our view of human origins and relation to the universe, and its impact on tradit...

Rosemary Neering. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 139) And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.Categories: HistoryUnited States

Why the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrong The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Midd...

discovered In The Attic In Which She Spent The Last Years Of Her Life, Anne Frank's Remarkable Diary Has Since Become A World Classic—a Powerful Reminder...

The Food We Eat Is Being Transformed Before Our Eyes. Biotech Companies Are Creating Designer Crops With Strange Powers - From Cholesterol-reducing Soybeans...

God Is The Master Potter. He Desire To Make Something Beautiful Of Each Of Us. However, A Long Process--involving Acquiring The Clay, Cleansing, Preparing, ...

Beginning in the late '60s, hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and ...

The Story Of The Royal Military College Drop-out Who Went On To Become Canada's Greatest War-time Hero.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & N...

Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and tr...

Jeffrey T. Richelson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeEspionage

Exact reproduction of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Authentic recipes for colonial favorites — pumpkin pudding, wint...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

An engrossing and fact-filled compendium of timeless lessons we keep forgetting—over and over and over . . . It is said that those who do not learn from...

When on July 20, 1944, a bomb—boldly placed inside Hitler’s headquarters by Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg— exploded without killing the Führer...

Did Jesus of Nazareth really rise from the dead? Of the many world religions, only one claims that its founder returned from the grave. The resurrection o...

The Ultimate Human Experience The interaction between mankind and spiritual beings — of Divine Encounters — as recorded inscriptures and ancient texts...

In A Dual Narrative, Elaine Struggles To Protect Herself And Brother Stephen In 1918 New York City, And Molly, Her Daughter, Does The Same For Her Brother, ...

This Volume Is A Biography Of King Henry Ii Of England (1133-1189). The Author Offers Both A Study Of His Character, And An Estimate Of His Work As A Ruler....

This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherma...

What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian t...

A Portrait Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; Her Mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss; And Her Sister, Princess Lee Radziwill, Discusses Their Ambitions, Stat...

Describes early techniques for grinding grain, the parts of a gristmill and how they worked, and the role of the mill in the communityCategories: Children's...

What would it really be like to live through the bombing of Baghdad? This poignant diary is a first-hand account of a family in a city living under attack. ...

From the assassination that set off World War I to the ethnic warfare sweeping Bosnia and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century--t...

written For Young Adult Readers, This Biography Of Einstein Includes Basic Summaries Of Some Of His Most Famous Scientific Theories Along With The Story Of...

Updated with information on the effects of the U.S. presence in Iraq. There is perhaps no other place in the world fraught with as much turmoil as the Midd...

Here is a guide for all Christians aspiring to union with God, which, according to Brother Lawrence, is the ultimate goal of every soul. The new Image edit...

Learn all about the BLITZED BRITS, with all the nasty bits left in. Find out what really happened in Dad's Army, see how to make a rude noise with a gas mas...

In the 1950s, Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals, a working-class neighborhood in Glasgow, Scotland. MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gor...

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseba...

Recalls The Nobel Laureate's War Years.Categories: HistoryMilitary

When Ben Hewitt And His Wife Bought A Sprawling Acreage Of Field And Forest In Northern Vermont, The Landscape Easily Allowed Them To Envision The Self-sust...

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary...