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Since its first appearance in 1967, Russell Harper's classic study of Canadian painting has been recognized as the outstanding authority on the subject. Th...

This Text Focuses On A Selection Of Case-studies Drawn From Events In The Habsburg, Romanov And Ottoman Empires, As Well As The Nation-states That Arose Fro...

Leonard W. Levy. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 520-544.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPolitical Science

A funny and intimate look at fatherhood from the actor and writer/director of The Boss and Tammy that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad a...

A Portrait Of Saint Paul Identifies His Crucial Role In The Formation Of Christianity While Considering How Beliefs About His Character Have Transformed Him...

Algernon Percy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 230-233) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

memory Is As Central To Modern Politics As Politics Is Central To Modern Memory. We Are So Accustomed To Living In A Forest Of Monuments, To Having The Pas...

Discusses The Works Of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, And Emily Dickinson. Pt. 1. Toward A Feminist Poetics: The Q...

Windfall: Viola MacMillan and Her Notorious Mining ScandalCategories: History WorldWomen in History

From the opening shots at Bull Run until silence fell over Appomattox, the young men of Minnesota were active combatants in the nation's epic struggle.Minne...

“Heroic and inspiring.”―The New York Times Grace Humiston was a lawyer, a detective, and the first female U.S. District Attorney. She was also a soci...

Jan Wong, A Canadian Of Chinese Descent, Went To China As A Starry-eyed Maoist In 1972 At The Height Of The Cultural Revolution. A True Believer - And One O...

Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating ...

In the first full-scale history of the reign of Catherine to appear in almost a century Isabel de Madariaga uses a broad range of Western and Soviet scholar...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the drama...

A Biography Of Former New York Governor And Vice-president Nelson A. Rockefeller. Joseph E. Persico. Includes Index.Categories: History United StatesState &...

The author of fourteen books, Charles Maier is one of the most prominent contemporary scholars of European history. Recasting Bourgeois Europe, his first b...

"There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freed...

How Did Women In 16th Century Western Europe Cope With The Consequences Of Being Considered Inherently Sinful--as Well As Being Legally And Economically Sub...

Maude Travers gulped for air. Why had this man struck her? Why was she on this kitchen floor in this ramshackle tenement? Blinking hard she was instantly si...

Hundreds of period photographs, artifacts, paintings, and drawings from the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, accompanied by detailed timelines, ca...

"An Italian ROOTS." The Washington Post Book WorldAt long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gi...

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

The third edition of Europe 1783-1914 provides a comprehensive overview of Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the origins of the First Wo...

Asian American Identities and Practices: Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life probes the intersection, interplay, and interconnection of Asian and Asian A...

Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award • Finalist for the 2023 Ottawa Book Award in English Nonfiction • Longlisted for the 2023 National Bu...

467 page hardcover edition published in CanadaCategories: History Americas CanadaGeneral WorldWomen in History Law Rules & ProceduresCivil Pro...

An oral history of the "New York Intellectuals"--political essayist Irving Kristol, critic Irving Howe, and sociologists Daniel Bell and Nathan Glazer--capt...

Fighter Combat in the Jet Age covers the entire history of jet fighters in action, from the end of World War II to the present. Meticulously detailed, it f...

From the CORE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION, which brought you the popular “What Your ___ Grader Needs to Know” series. WORLD RIVERS reinforces map skills and ge...

Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most ...

From William H. Chafe, the best-selling author of The Unfinished Journey, comes a new text that offers in-depth and enlightening coverage of the history of ...

The greatest accomplishment of Western civilization is arguably the achievement of individual liberty through limits on the power of the state. In the war...

"... the definitive analysis of the battle of Chippawa. Donald Graves establishes its historical background, describes the opposing armies, brings them int...

"Walking readers through a rich but often overlooked part of American history, this compendium addresses the people, times, and events that influenced and c...

Was the now widely unpopular war in Afghanistan ever justified? Why do many otherwise fact-driven journalist still endorse the official account of 9/11, des...

The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create® includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest an...

The household (domus) was the basic unit of Roman society. This sourcebook offers insight into the different and often conflicting roles and mores of house...

H.p. Willmott. Second Vol. Of A Trilogy That Began With Empires In The Balance. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [569]-576.Categories: History MilitaryWor...

Documents The 1946 Survival Story Of Six Navy Officers Whose Martin Mariner Seaplane Crashed In The Antarctic During A White-out Snowstorm, Describing The H...

Leonardo of Pisa-better known today as Fibonacci-was the first Westerner to recognize the power of the Hindu-Arabic number system (featuring the numerals 0 ...

Respected for its coverage of foreign policy and domestic politics, Present Tense also provides a thorough examination of social and cultural history. Thi...

An Allied unit comprised of Canadian and American troops, the First Special Service Force or "Devil’s Brigade" struck fear into the very heart of the Axi...

1980 'Baker House' facsimile of original un-dated 1900 ca edition.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Cultural & Ethnic Studies I...

This volume celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It describes some its most reknowned musical directors such as Stotowski and Mut...

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences t...

This best-selling Western civilization text has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack Spielvogel's en...

A shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before ma...