History

D-Day Amplified (Enhanced Edition)

by Antony Beevor

The little-known drama of the last-minute decision to launch the invasion of Normandy-excerpted from the internationally bestselling D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

In D-Day: The Decision to Launch, excerpted...

Eyewitness to Gettysburg

by Stephen G. Hyslop

Author James Robertson, one of America's most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio,...

Like a Bundle of Reeds: Why Unity and Mutual Guarantee are Today's Call of the Hour

by Michael Laitman

Like a Bundle of Reeds explains why unity and mutual responsibility can heal our society and mitigate anti-Semitism. Using numerous quotes and references from Jewish sages and historians, the author sheds light...

Once Upon a Time in the Sixties

by Peter Maddick

The sixties - the King's Road, Chelsea; the trendy models and hip photographers; the ad men; the road to St. Tropez; the hippy trail from Kathmandu. And let's not forget what the sixties is really famous for...

The Battle for Ireland: A Story of National Liberation--A Selection from Vanished Kingdoms (Penguin Tracks)

by Norman Davies

The history of contemporary Ireland and its struggle for independence-excerpted from internationally bestselling author Norman Davies's Vanished Kingdoms

Vanished Kingdoms introduces readers to once-powerful...

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry

by Anon.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Graphic Bookbinding - A Complete Text Designed for Self-Instruction and Presented Through Numbered Drawings Showing in Detail How to Bind a Book Entir

by Louis J. Haas

Graphic Bookbinding by Louis J. Haas is a book designed for the self-instruction of how to bind a book entirely by hand, presented through numbered drawings showing in detail every process along the way.

Trail of Broken Promises

by Caleb Pirtle III

It may have been the greatest injustice of all.

A nation was uprooted.

A nation was ripped apart from its ancestral lands with its peoples' feet pointed west. So many died along the way.

The Five Civilized Tribes...

A First Book of American History

by Edward Eggleston

Continuing the biographical approach to teaching history found in his Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans, Eggleston draws a more in-depth picture of the development of the United States using the...

Litva: The Rise and Fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: A Selection from Vanished Kingdoms (Penguin Tracks)

by Norman Davies

The fascinating history of a Baltic empire's dominance and decline-excerpted from internationally bestselling author Norman Davies's Vanished Kingdoms

Vanished Kingdoms introduces readers to once-powerful European...

The Rough Riders

by Theodore Roosevelt

Along with Colonel Leonard Wood, Theodore Roosevelt instigated the founding of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Nicknamed the Rough Riders by journalists,...

The Art of War

by de, Baron Jomini

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was present at most of the most important battles of the Napoleonic Wars. His writing, therefore, is the most authoritative...

Stolen Legacy

by George G. M. James

For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for...

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

by E. M. Berens

Before entering upon the many strange beliefs of the ancient Greeks, and the extraordinary number of gods they worshipped, we must first consider what kind of beings these divinities were. In appearance, the...

Anabasis

by Xenophon

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Xenophon,...

A World Ago: A Navy Man's Letters Home (1954-1956)

by Dorien Grey

It's not often one has the chance to become 20 again... A World Ago chronicles, through one young man's journal and vivid letters to his parents, his life, adventures, and experiences at a magical time. It follows...

The Magazine Articles of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "My Escape from Slavery" and "Reconstruction," as well as his address "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery." These pieces show Douglass at his...

America's Condemned: Death Row Inmates in Their Own Words

by Dan Malone

With virtually every poll in America citing crime as one of the public's biggest concerns, in late 1994 and early 1995, the Dallas Morning News sent a questionnaire to every man and woman in the country on Death...

Victory Cook Book - How to Eat Well, Live Well, Plan Balanced Meals Under Food Rationing

by Various

This early work is a fascinating read for those nostalgic for wartime cooking. A wealth of simple recipes intended to save ration points. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s...

The Uniflow Steam-Engine

by , A. Tompkins

The uniflow steam engine was invented in England by T. J. Todd in 1885 and this is its story. A compact guide to the design, construction and maintenance of this powerhouse of the empire. Many of the earliest...