History - Reference

The unofficial guide to the home of the Knights! The University of Central Florida Trivia Book features a wealth of historic and recent facts, with over 650 questions (with answers!) and quotations spanning more than six decades of UCF history, ranging from the fun...

The Victorian Book of the Dead unearths extraordinary tales of Victorian funeral fads and fancies, ghost stories, bizarre deaths, mourning novelties, gallows humor, premature burial, post-mortem photographs, death omens, and funeral disasters. Resurrected from original sources, these accounts reveal the oddities and eccentricities of...

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to...

Handpicked by world-renowned bestselling author Carlos Castaneda, a groundbreaking collection of quotations from his landmark writings on the shamans of ancient Mexico. Together, these spiritual insights embody the full wisdom of the enigmatic Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus and reflect his most...

"Courageous, bellicose and humorous. . . . To anyone who wishes to have a generous source of quotations, this is the one. Churchill address audiences for seven decades. To those who follow World War II, this is an inspiring book to read and keep...

Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the creator and star of the "blessedly stupid,...

The ultimate history of the World Cup Every four years, the world's best national soccer teams compete for the World Cup. Billions of people tune in from around the world to experience the remarkable games unfolding live. From Diego Maradona's first goal against England...

THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLAGS An illustrated guide to international flags, banners, standards and ensigns, with 1400 color illustrations Throughout the ages flags have been a means of cultural and national identity, communication, and a means of representation for groups and associations. Compiled by...

When was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two?It's a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard about it yesterday. Maybe last month. But it was probably recent. And when it came up, did you wish that you could be the...

The World's Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as regional native traditions.This...

Photography has not simply changed how we capture the world: it has changed how we view it, restructuring our very ways of seeing. This ambitious publication, timed to coincide with the two-hundredth anniversary of the first-ever photograph, brings together photographs from leading image-makers--including Zanele...

Chart the course of history through the ages with this collection of oversize foldout charts and timelines. Timeline of World History is a unique work of visual reference from the founders of the Useful Charts website that puts the world's kingdoms, empires, and civilizations...

From dinosaurs and Vikings to the history of robots and espionage, discover incredible world history in this lavish collection of timelines. Jam-packed with surprising facts and amazing details, such as the most bloodthirsty pirate of all time and the first crime to be solved...

Get the inside track on the incredible lives of history's biggest names, from William Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey, and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar. More than 150 visual timelines take children aged 9-12 on unforgettable journeys through the lives of the great, the terrible,...

Explore spectacular visual timelines that tell the story of science, from fossils to quantum physics, and discover exactly how science has changed the world - one discovery at a time. SI Timelines of Science takes you on an astonishing journey through history, showing how...

Author: Marten SchefferPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/02/2026Pages: 284Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.17h x 6.37w x 0.94dISBN: 9781009699754About the AuthorScheffer, Marten: - Marten Scheffer is a distinguished professor at Wageningen University and an expert on stability of complex systems ranging from the climate and the...

This is a legendary work by the famed Swiss expert on guerrilla warfare, Major H. von Dach. Survivalists have rediscovered this important study on resistance and underground operations, some making it the keystone of their libraries. Well-written and illustrated with easy-to-understand drawings, Total Resistance...

Explore your ethnic German heritage from the comfort of your own computer! This revised 2nd edition highlights important German resources on popular genealogy websites including Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, as well as lesser-known resources such as Archion.de, Matricula.eu and the massive Germany-based site Compgen.de. With...

Prove you are the most cultured person in the room with 500 true trivia facts about pop culture. These facts are so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Explore the scandalous and the secretive in this all access addition to...

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on...