History - Reference

Why do ships sink? What really happens when they go down? Join Dr Profundo on a voyage across the world's waters to uncover the astonishing true stories behind real-life shipwrecks. With more than 50 fascinating case studies uncovering the mysteries surrounding shipwrecks beneath the...

Take a greener approach to building with this informative, easy-to-follow handbook--more than 200,000 copies sold internationally!Whether you're a DIY builder or simply want to understand construction to better communicate with your contractor, Johan van Lengen can help. As a former United Nations worker and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year "An instant sports classic." --New York Post * "Stellar." --The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." --BookPage (starred review) * "This...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year "An instant sports classic." --New York Post * "Stellar." --The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." --BookPage (starred review) * "This...

Become an anime and manga expert with this must-have beginner's guide! It's packed with compelling history and fascinating facts that both new and longtime fans won't want to miss! Manga and anime are a whole lot more than just comics and animation from Japan....

The Amazing Book of History is a 704-page collection of hundreds of articles, lists, quotes, and anecdotes that explore a lively range of human history, from the ancient world to the recent past to pop culture. Perfect for history buffs, trivia fans, and everyone...

A fascinating look into the secrets of the supernatural world for curious children obsessed with magic and mystery. Featuring bright and bold illustrations, Mysteries, Magic, and the Unexplained traces the story of myth and magic from ancient superstitions to medieval alchemy and divination to...

Packed with hundreds of articles on the most interesting things that ever happened in science. Plus a few things that didn't. Filled with both pragmatic, commonsense explanations and outrageous revelations, Strange but True Science is packed with articles on all things scientific. Chapter subjects...

The Book of Ulster Surnames has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the nine county province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more.It gives the meaning and history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland,...

The Book of Unsolved Mysteries features more than 230 fascinating true stories. Topics include unsolved deaths, unusual disappearances, haunted homes, unexplained phenomena, creepy creatures, ghostly appearances, and more! Learn about the Zodiac Killer, Jack the Ripper, the Bermuda Triangle, the Georgia Guidestones, Amelia Earhart....

A stylish collection of beautifully designed maps of each individual London borough, paired with quirky and fascinating facts about what you'll find there. Cartographer and illustrator Mike Hall is renowned for his retro-themed print collection of boldly colored, highly detailed maps of every London...

An entertaining and informative illustrated guidethat makes world history accessible, appealing, and funny."Author: Larry GonickPublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)Published: 09/10/1997Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.30w x 1.00dISBN: 9780385265201Audience: Young AdultReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/27/1990About the AuthorLarry Gonick is a professional cartoonist and...

The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series, describes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first tumultuous years in the White House. Coming into office at the bottom of the Great Depression,...

List over 5,000 Hebrew names with their derivations and meanings, with advice on choosing names and nicknames, and honoring relatives.Author: Smadar S. SidiPublisher: HarperOnePublished: 05/01/1989Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.02h x 5.35w x 0.50dISBN: 9780062548504

The Complex World, originally published in Volume 1 of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science, presents an entirely new framing of nature, of the human role in the natural and technological worlds, and what it means to prosper on a living planet.We live in a...

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized and official theology of the "founding fathers" of the Church, they were ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world...

Fly, Eagles, Fly! They did it again. The Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX to claim their second NFL championship in the Jeffrey Lurie era. Author Ray Didinger has done it again too, revising and updating his best-selling The Eagles...

This is the periodic table as you've never seen it before. By presenting the elements in the order in which they were discovered, The Elements also tells the story of chemistry. Now iconic, the table was invented in the 1800s, long before anyone knew...

Fueled by involvement in the war in Vietnam, antiwar protests at home, the civil rights movement, and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, the 1960s was a time of social and political unrest in the United States. Added...

An Unabridged Edition to include the following with Glory of the World (The Emerald Table) and The Divine Pymander (Hermes Trismegistus, His First Book) at book's end: History of the Tablet - Translations From: Jabir Ibn Hayyan - German of Ruska - Twelfth Century...