History of other lands books

Focusing on the magisterial and enigmatic Charles V, Emperor of Europe and the New World, this title begins with...  Read More >>

.. . and when we came within view of the next point ahead I felt that my eyes rested at last upon the Arctic Ultima...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

"In the recent years, trade, cultural exchange and transfer of knowledge in the Indian Ocean have come increasingly...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Presents the distinctive elements of the fiesta cubana that give depth and coherence to more than two centuries...  Read More >>

<p>In Acts of Occupation, historians Cavell and Noakes deliverthe engrossing story of Canada's early days of Arctic...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

In Acts of Occupation, historians Cavell and Noakes deliver the engrossing story of Canada's early days of Arctic...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

On October 29, 1908, a party of four men, led by Ernest Shackleton, set out to be the first to reach the South Pole....  Read More >>

A story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica...  Read More >>

The landscape of the essays in The Hard Way Home extends from the tip of Admiralty Island in the southeast to the...  Read More >>

From the Celebrated Four-language Edition of the Nakaz. A major document of the Enlightenment, the Nakaz, or Instruction,...  Read More >>

'Documenting Latin America' focuses on the central themes of race, gender, and politics. Documentary sources provide...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This beautifully written narrative history paints a magnificent picture of the second largest nation on earth. Canada,...  Read More >>

In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were...  Read More >>

Fisher presents here ten essays on the Crimean Tatars, the Turkic people who inhabited a strategic position between...  Read More >>

This collection of six articles previously published between 1965 and 1967 describes foreign operations of the Russian...  Read More >>

In this volume, learn about the origin of the sun and the moon, the ogress that stole children, all sorts of animal...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Produced in association with the Royal Geographical Society, Polar Explorations looks back at a heroic age, when...  Read More >>

Includes a selection of the papers given during the international conference Patagonia: Myths and Realities, which...  Read More >>