History - Reference

Did you know that mammoths and pharaohs walked the earth at the same time? Or that over 30 types of gladiators fought in ancient Rome? This fascinating book is filled with 100 historical facts, bright, infographic-style illustrations, a glossary and index. There are also...

What if you could finally understand how the world actually works?Most adults were taught dates, formulas, and surface-level facts - but never the deeper answers to the questions that actually matter. Why does money silently lose its value? Why were Africa's greatest empires erased...

Here's something nobody warns you about being an adult: the questions don't stop. They just stop getting answered.Why do yawns spread the moment someone near you yawns? Why does food taste like nothing when you have a cold? Why does your stomach growl loudest...

An informative, illustrated guide to food, cooking, and the culinary profession by a former White House chef--now in a revised second edition featuring 50% new material "This book is all meat with no fat. . . . Sure to surprise and enlighten even the...

Author: L. BennettPublisher: EncyclopediasPublished: 11/20/2025Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.11h x 7.01w x 0.71dISBN: 9781098298920Audience: 08 - 14This title is not returnable

News flash: The Indians didn't save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. The "Wild West" was more peaceful and a lot safer than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years didn't involve an intern in a...

Turn the pages of this thought-provoking book, and discover maps that challenge conventional wisdom, confront social and political norms and offer fresh perspectives on familiar landscapes. This meticulously curated selection of 40 maps spans the ages, from ancient parchment scrolls to cutting-edge digital creations....

Discover the most awesome places on Earth. 50 Maps of the World is an essential addition to the bookshelf of any young travel lover, map maestro or geography genius. Geography, history and culture spill from the pages of this luxuriously illustrated treasure trove of...

From the team that created the national bestseller 50 States, 5,000 Ideas, this engaging treasure trove of trivia boasts interesting tidbits about the United States and is perfect for trivia buffs, history lovers, and fact-finders. Did you know that there is a floating post...

9/11 Through the Eyes of the Lens is a documentary photography book that chronicles one man's personal experience during the September 11th attacks. Through a powerful collection of images, the book captures the raw emotions, devastation, and resilience that followed the tragedy. It offers...

Each page spread in this Book of Centuries represents a period of time with space on the right to enter dates and information, and a blank page on the left where you can draw events or items of interest relating to the time period....

Extending the principles of the famed Peterson Identification System to the man-made world, A Field Guide to Airplanes will enable you to identify virtually any plane in North America, in the air or on the ground. This fully revised and updated third edition features...

George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial innovator in photographic history. Eastman died in 1932, and left his house to...

The first international history of railroads and railroad infrastructure told through stunningly reproduced maps. Since their origins in eighteenth-century England, railroads have spread across the globe, changing everything in their path, from where and how people grew and made things to where and how...

"An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read." --The Wall Street Journal The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio seriesWhen did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were...

Explore the failures, mistakes, and missed opportunities that shaped history. From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder to the unsuccessful stint in medical school that led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system...

Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl.A Short History of the World in 50 Lies traces forgeries that created...

A remarkable collection of over five hundred images, Affinities is a carefully curated visual journey illuminating connections across more than two thousand years of image-making. Drawing on a decade of archival immersion at The Public Domain Review, an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated...

Discover the incredible history and diversity of the African continent in all its splendor with this stunningly illustrated and fact-filled encyclopedia. This fascinating and beautiful book is divided into broad geographical sections which celebrate and showcase the peoples, landscapes and wildlife from different regions...

A refreshingly engaging introduction to flags of the world and the stories they tell.Did you know that the flag of the USA was inspired by that of the East India Company - a private shipping company that traded in the spoils of the British...