History

Education and Culture in the Barbarian West: From the Sixth through the Eighth Century

by Pierre Riche

A wide survey of early medieval education in Western Europe. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.

The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire Volume I 2nd Edition

by M. Rostovtzeff

The first of a two-volume set that broadly connects the social and economic forces that shaped the Roman Empire. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

Ancient Writing and Its Influence

by B. L. Ullman

Ullman traces the history of writing and alphabets from ancient times through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

The Making of the Middle Ages

by R. W. Southern

A book that traces the formation and expansion of Western Europe from the 10th century to the 13th century. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online...

The Amazing Civil War

by Webb Garrison

With three million soldiers scattered along a 10,000-mile front and more than 1,000 engagements, the Civil War was one in which fascinating anecdotes, colorful stories, humorous tales, and unusual coincidences...

Explorers of the Nile

by Tim Jeal

Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856...

Miracles at the Jesus Oak

by Craig Harline

In the tradition of The Return of Martin Guerre and The Great Cat Massacre, Miracles at the Jesus Oak is a rich, evocative journey into the past and the extraordinary events that transformed the lives of ordinary...

Sunday

by Craig Harline

Yale University Press, 2011. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 235 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The mere mention of Sunday will immediately conjure up a rich mixture of memories, associations...

Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal

by Matthew Parker

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those...

A People's History of World War II

by Marc Favreau

The most destructive war in human history World War II continues to generate an astonishingly rich trove of historical material writings and first-person recollections which are essential to any appreciation...

Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe

by Thomas Dilorenzo

What if you were told that the revered leader Abraham Lincoln was actually a political tyrant who stifled his opponents by suppressing their civil rights? What if you learned that the man so affectionately referred...

Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War

by Dean Ladd & Steven Weingartner

Faithful Warriors is a memoir of World War II in the Pacific by a combat veteran of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Written with award-winning author Steven Weingartner, Ladd’s book chronicles...

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

by Mark Achbar

Winner of more than a dozen festival awards, the film has played to packed houses in more than two hundred cities worldwide.

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

by Queen Liliuokalani

The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint...

America: The Last Best Hope Volumes I & II Box Set

by William Bennett

William J. Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in two volumes of America: The Last Best Hope.

While national test scores reveal that American students know startlingly little about their history, former...

Lost at Sea

by Hoehling Hoehling

Lost at Sea features the incredible stories of eight ships and their passengers, some of which vanished with hardly a trace - or no trace at all. Veteran history and mystery writer A.A.Hoehling explores these...

Civil War Journal: The Legacies

by William Davis

"In many arenas, the Civil War changed things both in military and civilian life," William C. Davis observes. "The roles in society of women and minorities were altered drastically. Advancements in medicine...

Civil War Journal: The Battles

by William Davis

"Of more than one thousand battles fought during the war," William C. Davis notes, "a few have risen to lasting fascination and prominence, some even regarded as 'turning points.' The battles included in this...

Liars & Legends

by Emily Ellison

Everyone loves a good story. And Liars and Legends contains 40 of the South's most interesting and . . . well . . . just plain curious stories. This book grows out of the popular Turner South television show,...

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

by Thomas Cahill

The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time...