History

2012 In Your Pocket

by Geoff Stray

Everything you ever wanted to know about 2012 is packed into this handy little guidebook by 2012 expert Geoff Stray. With illustrations, diagrams, and concise text, Stray takes us on a journey from our past...

Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary Life in Remote Aboriginal Australia

by Yasmine Musharbash

Focusing on an isolated community in central Australia, this highly-readable examination presents insights into the cultural underpinnings of indigenous daily life through evocative narratives revolving around...

Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the Health of Aboriginal Men

by Brian F. F. McCoy

The ways in which indigenous men understand their health and culture are eloquently explored in this evocative examination of Aboriginal life. This accessible meditation uses conversations, stories, and art...

An Appreciation of Difference: WEH Stanner and Aboriginal Australia

by Melinda Hinkson & Jeremy Beckett

The work of renowned Australian anthropologist WEH Stanner is given historical and analytical context in this collection of contributions from some of Australia’s leading academics in the field of Aboriginal...

The Longest Decade

by George Megalogenis

Arguing that Paul Keating and John Howard are the twin architects of a political, economic, and social revolution, this investigation tells the story of how these two politicians carried Australia through a...

Agriculture and Rural Society after the Black Death: Common Themes and Regional Variations

by Richard Britnell & Ben Dodds

With special emphasis on the period following the Black Death, this new collection of essays explores agriculture and rural society during the late Middle Ages. Combining a broad perspective on agrarian problems—such...

Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944

by Mark Zuehlke

Mark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation...

The Hitler Salute

by Tilman Allert

A strikingly original investigation of the origins and dissemination of the world's most infamous greeting

Sometimes the smallest detail reveals the most about a culture. In Heil Hitler: The History of a Gesture...

The Brother Gardeners

by Andrea Wulf

Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process....

Town Patrol (Just Another day)

by Mike Farr

From fights to fires, from domestic violence to homeless children, Town Patrol takes the reader on an unforgettable ride through military and Philippine culture, presenting a true and unforgettable "slice-of-life"...

More Terrible Than Death: Drugs, Violence, and America's War in Colombia

by Robin Kirk

The only contemporary history of Colombia and the drug war and "a vividly written and often mesmerizing first-hand account of the violence" —The Wall Street Journal

Sent to Hell from Ann Arbor: A College Student's World War One

by Carl E. W. L. Dahlstrom

College Junior drives truck taking ammunition to the front and hauling wounded back, WWI

The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings: A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family

by Thomas Maier

A portrait of the country's favorite political dynasty as the ultimate Irish Catholic family-and a revelatory look at how the American immigrant experience shaped both their stunning success and spectacular...

The Austrians: A Thousand-Year Odyssey

by Gordon Brook-Shepherd

This is a masterful survey of Austria’s controversial place at the heart of European history. From the Reformation through the Napoleonic and Cold Wars to European Union, a superb history of Austria’s central...

Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy

by David Stevenson

"David Stevenson’s widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and"

Trail Of Feathers: Searching for Philip True

by Robert Rivard

When a reporter disappears in Huichol Indian territory in Mexico's forbidding Sierra Madre, newspaper editor Robert Rivard goes on his own long journey to discover what happened to him — and why.

Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima

by Jack Lucas & D. K. Drum

This is a hard-hitting and unforgettable memoir of Jack Lucas, the youngest Medal of Honor recipient of the twentieth century

The Strange Case of Hellish Nell: The Story of Helen Duncan and the Witch Trial of World War II

by Nina Shandler

The fascinating story of Britain's World War II witchcraft trial of Helen Duncan, the grandmother who conducted séances, and had a knack for revealing military secrets

The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence

by Alber A. Nofi

Reissued on the 165th anniversary of the War: A strategic examination of one of America's most dramatic battles

The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution--And Why We Need It More Than Ever

by Cass Sunstein

This is an ambitious, sweeping book that argues how rights are vital to the continuing security of our nation.