History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic BombAuthor: Stephane GroueffPublisher: iUniversePublished: 06/01/2000Pages: 404Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.12h x 5.94w x 1.00dISBN: 9780595092383This title is not returnable
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Trailblazers: Albert Einstein: The Greatest Mind in PhysicsBring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers! Get inspired by the true story of the most famous scientist to ever live. This biography series is for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level. Albert...
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Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870: An Empire BesiegedThe Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire's conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars:...
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The Delegates of 1849: Life Stories of the Originators of California's Reputation as a Bold and Independent State1849--Gold Rush madness threatened to destroy California. Congress could not decide if the western territory should be admitted as a slave state or a free state. Something had to be done, and newly-appointed Military Governor Bennet C. Riley had the guts to do it:...
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The Troubled Life and Mysterious Death of Johnny Ringo"This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." For no man does this famous line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance apply more accurately than it does to Johnny Ringo. He is a man whose true story has...
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The Families of Northern Moore County - Abstract of Miscellaneous and Rare Records, Volume IMoore County, NC has long been a challenging place to do genealogical research, even more so if your family lived in Northern Moore County. Due to the immense loss of records in the 1889 Moore County courthouse fire combined with Northern Moore's large mix...
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Chinese Art and the Reeves CollectionA unique collection of botanical, zoological, and entomological drawings depicting the natural history of ChinaThis collection is a selection of some of the finest examples of Chinese natural history drawings from the 18th and 19th centuries, many of which have never been published before....
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Celebrating Florida: 50 States to CelebrateMeet Mr. Geo, everybody's favorite geography teacher He loves to explore new places. Today, he's visiting Florida, the Sunshine State. His first stop is the Everglades to see alligators and other amazing animals. He'll also go to Fort Myers beach and enter a sand...
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Adoption: A Road to RetrievalIn his latest and most significant plea for the retrieval of the doctrine of adoption, Dr. Trumper goes full-on, offering: * The fullest history of the doctrine to date.* An eye-opening explanation of its historic neglect. * Thrilling insights into the metaphorical pluses of...
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Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive ReligionBased on five years of research, access to confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, Janet Reitman sheds some long-awaited light on the ever-elusive religion of the Church of Scientology. Scientology, created in 1954 by pulp science fiction writer L. Ron...
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God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern WorldEstablished by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with the persecution of heretics and Jews -- and with burning at the stake -- its targets were more numerous and its...
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Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War IIOne of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called "Good War." The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went...
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball GameYou'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 -- inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, a...
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A Dog in the Cave: The Wolves Who Made Us HumanWe know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean? Fossils show we've shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of thousands of years. Now there's growing evidence that we influenced dogs' evolution--and they,...
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Virginia (a True Book: My United States)Home to America's first permanent English settlement, Virginia occupies a unique and important place in U.S. history. It is also a great place to live!A True Book: My United States series allows readers to experience what makes each of the fifty state distinctive and...
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Life in the West (a True Book: Westward Expansion)A True Book: Westward Expansion takes readers on an amazing journey to a fascinating time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing dynamic change and expanding westward.This book provides the keys to discovering the important people, places and events that helped shape the...
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The Declaration of Independence (a True Book: American History)Learn how the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age...
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Hawai'i Volcanoes (a True Book: National Parks) (Library Edition)Two of the most active volcanoes on Earth, Kilauea and Mauna Loa, are located in Hawai'i - a true hot bed of volcanic activity.A True Book: National Parks series allows readers to experience spectacular vistas and natural landscapes, as well as interact with the...
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Senegal (Enchantment of the World) (Library Edition)Senegal is the westernmost city on the African mainland.Jutting westward into the Atlantic Ocean, Senegal is continental Africa's westernmost country. Readers will cross the dry desert sands of the Sahara, walk the streets of Dakar, and make their way through dense tropical rainforests as...
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Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and PeoplesIn the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation--the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society. Until fairly recently, religion...
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