History - Americas (North Central South West Indies)

Discover America's Rich History with Amazing Facts and StoriesTwo manuscripts in one book: American History: 1000 Interesting Facts About the United StatesAmerican History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States' PastDive into the diverse and exciting...

Discover America's Rich History with Amazing Facts and StoriesTwo manuscripts in one book: American History: 1000 Interesting Facts About the United StatesAmerican History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States' PastDive into the diverse and exciting...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492--from "a remarkably engaging writer" (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in...

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the...

A celebration of the artists, activists, writers and resisters from the borderlands of the American Southwest. James Beard Award winning Nabhan (Agave Spirits) profiles agents of change like Dolores Huerta, John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez, and many more. A century ago, William Carlos Williams's In...

New in paper, James Beard Award winning Nabhan (Agave Spirits) creative revolutionaries from the southwest border who change American culture in countless positive ways. A celebration of the artists, activists, and writers who are not Anglo-centric. A century ago, William Carlos Williams's In the...

"The outgrowth of a series of lectures entitled 'A reinterpretation of Jacksonian democracy' delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in the fall of 1941."--Acknowledgements.Author: Arthur Meier Jr. SchlesingerPublisher: Little Brown and CompanyPublished: 10/01/1988Pages: 577Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.86w x 1.47dISBN: 9780316773430

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on...

A New York Times bestseller - A 2025 Kirkus Prize finalist in Nonfiction - Shortlisted for the 2025 Cundill History Prize "An extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, América reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel...

A New York Times bestseller - A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction - Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The...

A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter IsaacsonA decade ago, William J. Bennett published a...

Reproduction of the 1835 edition. Being an exhibition of the evidence that an ancient population of partially civilized nations differing entirely from those of the present Indians peopled America many centuries before its discovery by Columbus, and inquiries into their origins, with a copious...

There's so much to love about Mexico. Indigenous traditions stretching back millennia; colourful cuisine that's loved the world over; and vibrant festivals bursting with joyful energy. Mexico is a country worth celebrating - and that's exactly what Viva Mexico! is all about. Within its...

Acclaimed New Yorker contributor Lauren Michele Jackson delivers an essay collection devoted to the back--and the conflicting ideas we load upon it.Moving across literature, film, sport, visual art, and U.S. history, Jackson probes how the back carries powerful ideas about beauty, gender, labor, race,...

Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure-the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements-from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both...

Illuminates how coffee tied the economic future of the early United States to the wider Atlantic world Coffee is among the most common goods traded and consumed worldwide, and so omnipresent its popularity is often taken for granted. But even everyday habits have a...

A Spectator Book of the Year "Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about empire." --William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire "Remarkable...The richness of detail and...

The seminal work on generations from acclaimed authors William Strauss and Neil Howe of The Fourth Turning, and Howe's The Fourth Turning Is Here. The Strauss-Howe generational theory explains how generations evolve, and how they affect our society--from hundreds of years in the past...

How did Gettysburg become the most famous battle of the American Civil War and one of the most consequential in world history? Why is the most visited battlefield, the place where veterans came in the greatest numbers, where Presidents pay homage, and millions of...

Author: Martin Luther KingPublisher: HarperOnePublished: 04/29/2003Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.70dISBN: 9780062505521Audience: 07 - 10Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 9.9Point Value: 14Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 47132 / I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the WorldAbout the AuthorKing, Martin...