History

Sea of Faith

by Stephen O’Shea

In Sea of Faith, O'Shea chronicles both the meeting of minds and the collisions of armies that marked the interaction of Cross and Crescent in the Middle Ages-the better to understand their apparently intractable...

Curse of the Narrows

by Laura M. Mac Donald

In 1917, the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6th, two of them-the Mont Blanc and the Imo-collided in the Narrows, a hard-to-navigate stretch of the...

In The Shadow of Wounded Knee

by Roger L. Di Silvestro

The story of the last deaths in the American Indian wars and their far-reaching ramifications

The massacre of at least 150 Indians by the U.S. Army along Wounded Knee Creek in the Lakota reservation on December...

The Devil's Own Work

by Barnet Schecter

As Barnet Schecter dramatically shows in The Devil's Own Work, the cataclysm in New York was anything but an isolated incident; rather, it was a microcosm-within the borders of the supposedly loyal northern...

Dark Bargain

by Lawrence Goldstone

On September 17, 1787, at the State House in Philadelphia, thirty-nine men from twelve states, after months of often bitter debate, signed America's Constitution. Yet very few of the delegates, at the start,...

The Troubadour's Song

by David Boyle

On his long journey home from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart--one of history's most powerful and romantic figures--was ship-wrecked near Venice in the Adriatic Sea. Forced to make his way home by land...

Before the Fallout

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology 2005

by Diana Preston

On December 26, 1898, Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and observed that "radioactivity seems to be an atomic property." A mere 47 years later, "Little Boy"exploded over Hiroshima. Before the Fallout...

In Other Words

by Christopher J. Moore

When ideas fail, words come in handy. But sometimes you can't find the right word, and what you want to say can't be found in the dictionary. English has its limitations, but the expression you're searching...

Wellington's Rifles

by Mark Urban

The 95th Rifles was one of history's great fighting units, and Mark Urban brings them and the Napoleonic War gloriously to life in this unique chronicle. Focusing especially on six soldiers in the first battalion,...

The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939

by Mark Zuehlke

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, forty-two thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were trying...

The road to victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

by Dale Dye

On December 7, 1941, as the Japanese dived out of the clouds above Pearl Harbor, America's future was fundamentally altered. Ever since the first world conflict, the United States had resisted the temptation...

100 Dogs Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Canines

by Sam Stall

100 Dogs Who Made a Difference

If you don’t believe that one dog has the power to alter civilization, then you’ve obviously never heard of Peritas (p. 166), the dog who saved Alexander the Great from...

The Cream of Beauty - A Little Book of Beauty Culture, Containing Many Recipes for Useful Toilet Creams and Lotions

by H. Stanley Redgrove

This classic, historical book is a detailed look at ladies' cosmetics, filled with detailed descriptions and recipes forming a complete how-to-guide that is still practical and useful today. A fascinating read...

The Victorians and Edwardians at Play

by John Hannavy

A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between...

Britain's Working Coast in Victorian and Edwardian Times

by John Hannavy

The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, isolation, entertainment, and the venue for most people's holidays. But it was also a thriving center of industry - shipbuilding and fishing,...

The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China

by Timothy Brook

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not...

A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

by Victor Hanson

One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now...

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

by Anthony Everitt

“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”

—John Adams

He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his...

Buffalo Woman Comes Singing

by Brooke Medicine Eagle

"This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual and healing traditions, while hold the Sacred Hoop...

Dispatches

by Michael Herr

"He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . the premier war correspondence of Vietnam."--Washington Post. "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our...