History

The real stories behind famous people and events from ancient to modern times.Anecdotal, thought provoking and organized by topic. Chapters will include: Yo...

For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a public two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, a scraping of the body with a miniature rake, and a ...

This Book, By A Veteran Observer Of The Middle East, Tells The Story Of The Gassing Of Halabja. It Shows How Iraq Was Able To Develop Ever More Sophisticate...

A Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Izzeldin Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaz...

God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the wa...

Highlights from the horrid series that gets you hooked on history! Age 8+. Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm. Titles:The Awesome Egyptians; The Groovy Greeks; ...

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science ...

A provoking and timely examination of one of the most important moments in Church history.In 381 AD, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman Empire, issued...

Policing Black Bodies Is A Timely And Much-needed Exposure Of Historical And Contemporary Practices Of State-sanctioned Violence Against Black Lives In Cana...

Gregory A. Freeman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [289]-291) And Index.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Transportation ShipsHistory ...

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...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

A Portrait Of The American Recon Platoon Of The 101st Airborne Division Describes Their Sixty-day Fight For Survival During The 1968 Tet Offensive, Tracing ...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

What Would The Founders Think? We Live In A Divided America That Is Currently Incapable Of Sustained Argument And Is Feeling Unsure Of Its Destiny. Joseph J...

"More imaginatively than any other Stevens biographer, Fawn Brodie has speculated upon the emotional springs of the man's behavior. More resourcefully than...

Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fishermen sailed out “to the ice” to hunt seals in the hope of a few pennies in wages from the p...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

The Classic History Reference, Brought Completely Up To Date, Linking More Than 30,000 Events In An Overview Of 7,000 Years Of Civilization. The Timetables ...

Asia's History Has Been Shaped By Her Waters. In Unruly Waters, Historian Sunil Amrith Reimagines Asia's History Through The Stories Of Its Rains, Rivers, C...

100 years of love, celebration, heartbreak, and even parades On December 19, 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially turn 100. In the spirit of the centen...

The Story Of Charlie Chaplin's Years Of Self-imposed Exile From The United States, When He Had Become A Pariah During The 1950s Red Scare. While Living Abro...

Some Americans Cling Desperately To The Myth That We Are Living In A Post-racial Society, That The Election Of The First Black President Spelled The Doom Of...

On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma City-style, and to le...

On June 6, 1944, Nearly 15,000 Canadians - At Sea, In The Air, And On The Ground - Joined The Long-anticipated D-day Invasion Of Nazi-occupied Europe On The...

The Legendary Fbi Criminal Profiler, Number-one New York Times Bestselling Author, And Inspiration For The Hit Netflix Show Mindhunter Delves Deep Into The ...

Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't fo...

David Johnston.Categories: Science & MathEvolution

Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first explorers to the present day.Categories: HistoryWorld

from The new York Times-bestselling Author Of In harm's Way Comes A True-life Story Of American Soldiers Overcoming Great Odds To Achieve A Stunning Milit...

In this technology-driven age, it’s tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sen...

The riveting story of a Canadian who serves as a senior officer in Israel's legendary Mossad. In 1982 a young Michael Ross joins the legion of Canadian twen...

sometimes It's Worth The Wait. Having Waited 40 Years To Tell His Story, Frank Mccourt Doesn't Pull Any Punches In His Story Of Growing Up Dirt Poor In Lim...

The Inside Story Of How President Donald Trump Became King Of Palm Beach, And How Palm Beach, And The Resort Mar-a-lago, Continue To Be His Spiritual Home E...

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...

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza Spent More Time Alongside President Barack Obama Than Almost Anyone Else. His Years Photographing The...

A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by...

A stunning year-by-year chronicle of world history from AD 1000 to the present day. From the great voyages undertaken by the Norse peoples at the dawn of t...

A Highly Comprehensive And Illustrated Account Of What Makes Us What We Are: How We Evolved, How Our Bodies Work And Develop, And How We Think And Behave, T...

Baseball during the Great Depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. Jewish player Hank Greenberg gave t...

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of sc...

When Did The Statue Of Liberty Turn Green? The Staff Of The New York Historical Society Library Answer More Than A Hundred Of The Most Popular And Compellin...

For: Thomas Jack Moody.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable People MilitaryGeneral

Arguing that fundamentalism is complex and innovative, and yet a failure in religious terms, Armstrong, a commentator and author on religious affairs, exam...

A popular history of the decade after Waterloo finds in it the seeds of the modern world, such as the establishment of constitutional democracy, internation...

An account of the extraordinary strength and courage exhibited by americans under the extreme and seemingly unending stress of three and a half years of cap...