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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Lost Grand Resorts of Old Lake TahoeTravel to the past and enjoy a string quartet and an eight-course dinner in an elegant wilderness. Beginning in the 1880s, the beauty of Lake Tahoe enticed entrepreneurs to build the most opulent resort hotels in America catering to the wealthiest from California and...
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Los Rangers de Texas: Una guía fascinante sobre la historia de un organismo policial que ayudó a detener a los criminales más infames de EstSi desea descubrir la fascinante historia de los Texas Rangers, siga leyendo...Antes de que Texas se convirtiera en un estado de los Estados Unidos de América, se formaría la que sería la primera agencia estatal encargada de hacer cumplir la ley. Durante unos 150...
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Long Before the Pilgrims/Anos Antes de Los Peregrinos: The First Thanksgiving, El Paso del Norte, 1598/El Primer Dia de Accion de Gracias, El Paso delLong before the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621, a similar feast of thanks was shared in the New World. In the 1500s, Mexican conquistador Juan de O ate led an expedition north of the Rio Grande into an area now known as...
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Living on MemoriesLynne Oakes's book Living on Memories tells the moving story of her parents Robert and Frances Brown Oakes: it is both a love story and a World War II memoir. For decades World War II scholarship focused mainly on military campaigns, commanders and political...
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Live. Fight. Survive.: A Former British Soldier's Harrowing Account of Front-Line War in Ukraine and Russian TortureFormer British Army soldier Shaun Pinner's extraordinary first-hand account of the war in Ukraine. --------During nine years in the British Army, Shaun Pinner deployed on operations around the world, and trained in Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape. He never imagined that he would be...
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Life Below Stairs: In the Victorian & Country HouseFrom the cook, butler, and housekeeper to the footman, lady's maid and nanny, this is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of some of Britain's grandest houses. An entertaining social history, steering the reader through the minefield of etiquette and hierarchy that kept Britain's...
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Leonardo Da Vinci: An Untraceable LifeHow our image of the Renaissance's most famous artist is a modern myth Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) never signed a painting, and none of his supposed self-portraits can be securely ascribed to his hand. He revealed next to nothing about his life in his...
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L'?criture Est La Peinture de la Voix: Essays in Honour of Nicholas CronkL'?criture est la peinture de la voix honours and celebrates the inestimable contributions that Professor Nicholas Cronk has made to our understanding of the Enlightenment. As director of the University of Oxford's Voltaire Foundation, he has played a decisive role in eighteenth-century studies. In...
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Las Guerras Mundiales: Una guía apasionante de la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro: Primera Guerra Mundial: Una guía apasionante de principio a fin Segunda Guerra Mundial: Una guía apasionante de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Es bien sabido que la Primera Guerra Mundial se inició con el asesinato del archiduque austriaco Francisco...
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Las 7 maravillas del mundo antiguo: Una guía fascinante de la Gran Pirámide de Guiza, los Jardines Colgantes de Babilonia, el Templo de Artemisa, el MProbablemente haya oído hablar de las siete maravillas del mundo antiguo. Pero, cuánto sabe realmente? El mundo antiguo albergó algunas de las mayores civilizaciones de la historia. Los egipcios, los griegos, los babilonios y otros pueblos quisieron dejar su huella en la historia para...
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Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in IndonesiaIn this lively book, Benedict R. O'G. Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history: that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian nation is ancient originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; and...
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Lafayette In America In 1824 And 1825 V2: Or Journal Of A Voyage To The United States (1829)""Lafayette In America In 1824 And 1825 V2: Or Journal Of A Voyage To The United States (1829)"" is a historical account written by Auguste Levasseur about the French general Marquis de Lafayette's visit to the United States in 1824 and 1825. The book...
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Lady Liberty's Treasure Hunt: For adults who are young at heartLady Liberty's Treasure Hunt is a Northeast United States treasure hunt designed for adults to take their families or friends on a great journey.In this process, you will learn more about US history and seek your share of over $100,000 in treasure out there!Author:...
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Lady Anne Bacon: A Woman of Learning at the Tudor CourtLady Anne Bacon was a highly educated woman who lived through the great political and religious transitions of five reigns and was embedded in the network of power at the Tudor court. Her intelligence and education took her far beyond the limits of the...
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La Conquista Para Gente Con Prisa / The Conquest for People in a HurryMitos, curiosidades y noches tristes. Premoniciones, acciones valientes, errores t?cticos y osadas decisiones. Descubre la serie de hechos incre?bles que en 1521 desencaden? uno de los sucesos m?s ?picos y determinantes en la historia: la ca?da de Tenochtitlan, la Venecia del Nuevo Mundo y...
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Kittery to Bar Harbor: Touring Coastal MaineMaine's more than 3,000 miles of rocky coastline, picturesque islands, sandy beaches, iconic lighthouses, and quintessential New England harbors have lured visitors since the middle of the 19th century. Steamships first transported sportsmen and "rusticators" along the coast. Soon summer colonies formed, and art...
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Kingship and Law in the Middle AgesOriginally published in 1914, Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages by Fritz Kern is one of the most important studies of early constitutional law. In this book Kern highlights the well-established traditions of the medieval state-its foundation on justice; the supremacy of the...
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Key West: Paradise FoundThe ultimate getaway destination, a.k.a. the famed southernmost point of the United States, Key West offers visitors spectacular lodging, dining, and sea adventures year-round. But as its devotees know, it's the island's tales, over-the-top characters, and quirky history of pirates and wreckers that give...
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Keeping the HeartThe heart of man is his worst part before it is regenerated-and the best afterward. It is the seat of principles, and the fountain of actions. The eye of God is fixed upon it-and the eye of the Christian ought to be principally fixed...
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John of Damascus, First Apologist to the MuslimsMuch of the world today is convulsed in an epic struggle between the Christian West and Islam. Scholars seeking to understand the issues look back in history to unearth the roots of this conflict. Of great value in this effort are the writings of...
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