I wish i'd been there twenty historians bring to life dramatic events that changed america

Twenty distinguished American historians vividly reimagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country’s past. “What is the...

The chronicle

Northwest coast

The Northwest Coast documents Britain's rise to pre-eminence in this far-flung corner of the empire. It shows how the relentless...

Erebus one ship

Intrepid voyager, writer and comedian Michael Palin follows the trail of two expeditions made by the Royal Navy's HMS Erebus...

Shackleton's heroes the epic story of the men who kept the endurance expedition alive

The Unbelievable Story of Six Men Who Trekked Across the Great Ice Barrier in Support of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition...

Fighting techniques of naval warfare strategy

Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare analyzes the tactics, techniques, and weaponry of naval warfare from the ancient period to the...

Lewis & clark the journey of the corps of discovery

The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color. In the...

Jesus wars how four patriarchs

The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip...

The last citadel petersburg

No other battle, no other campaign of the Civil War, equaled the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. For 292 days, the...

This astounding close the road to bennett place

Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different...

Gettysburg culp's hill and cemetery hill

In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg--The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the...

A history of the world in

A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points,...

Our home or native land what government's aboriginal policy is doing to canada

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Lost lions of judah haile selassie's mongrel foreign legion

In October 1935 Fascist Italy invaded independent Ethiopia. The Italians had planes, high explosive, and mustard gas. The Ethiopians had...

John bachelder's history of the battle of gettysbury

This terrible sound the battle of chickamauga

When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest...

Life on earth

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth. David Attenborough’s unforgettable meeting with gorillas became an...

Bloody roads south the wilderness to cold harbor

From Publishers Weekly Grant's relentless tactics prevented Lee from regaining the strategic initiative in 1864, although the Southern general's defensive...

The battles for spotsylvania court house and the road to yellow tavern

The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7?12, 1864 continues Gordon C. Rhea?s peerless...

Not war but murder cold harbor

On the morning of Friday, June 3, 1864, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade brought their overland campaign...

Shrouds of glory from atlanta to nashville the last great campaign of the civil war

The author of Forrest Gump recreates the brave, desperate campaign of Confederate General John Bell Hood to turn the tide...

Young jesus restoring the "lost years" of a social activist and religious dissident

A revolutionary look at the early life of Christ. Drawing on new evidence from the historical and archeological record, as...

Baseball an illustrated history

530 illustrations in text

Underground worlds a guide to spectacular subterranean places

A visual and anecdotal exploration of the curious worlds hidden beneath our feet, including ancient cities, salt mine cathedrals, underground...