History books

Relying on autobiographical documents, this book analyses what Australians read in the 19th century, as well as...  Read More >>

Despite twenty-first-century fears of nuclear conflagrations with North Korea, Russia, and Iran, the Cuban Missile...  Read More >>

For three years following the Russian Revolution, the small South Caucasian country of Georgia was a democracy,...  Read More >>

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This book discusses reclining sepulchral statues by Bartolomeo Berrecci in Poland, based on recent inventions by...  Read More >>

This Element addresses a range of pressing challenges and crises by introducing readers to the Maya struggle for...  Read More >>

A Tale of Two Foes After the Battle of Monmouth Court House, in June 1778, the Revolutionary War in Monmouth...  Read More >>

Remembering two palaces of retail For generations, Scranton's two big department stores, The Globe Store and...  Read More >>

Possessed with a spirit of optimism and an innate gift for retailing savvy, entrepreneur William T. Grant revolutionized...  Read More >>

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This story is based on the Bible. Events that happened 2000 years ago are being re-considered in current time. Characters...  Read More >>

From rocking chairs that summon spirits to owls that cry death at midnight, the South is a land where belief is...  Read More >>

This book introduces readers to well-known and lesser-known individuals of the French Reformation and shows how...  Read More >>

Before he became the legendary author of The Art of War, Sun Tzu was a quiet boy named Sun Wu, with sharp eyes and...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of Hou Yi in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English, using just 640 different words. This...  Read More >>

In a city of genius, only one confession remains. Florence burns with whispers - of art, of rivalry, of forbidden...  Read More >>

For millennia, whispers of a vanished wonder greater than the pyramids have haunted the sands of Egypt. Ancient...  Read More >>

British civil aviation now has a history of over more than 100 years, since the initial International flights took...  Read More >>

This book is the first of what will be many photo books sharing the thousands (out of hundreds of thousands) of...  Read More >>

En el siglo III a. C., cuando Roma comienza a tejer su dominio sobre el Mediterráneo, Pirro, rey de Épiro, sueña...  Read More >>

""Big Phil"" Gardner was one of the most feared men in the West. He stood about 6' 5, weighed 230 pounds, with long...  Read More >>

American civic myth promises peaceful politics. History begs to differ. In Blood in the Ballot Box, historian-author...  Read More >>

Uncover the untold stories of one of history's greatest empires! Secrets of the Ottoman Empire: Untold Stories...  Read More >>

In 711 CE, the Visigothic kingdom of Spain stood on the brink of ruin. Legends whispered of a forbidden tower in...  Read More >>

Beneath the surface of history lies a deeper current - the legend of Mu, a lost Pacific homeland said to be the...  Read More >>