History category: 194783 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
These two unique guides produced by the Department of Defense provide comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Egypt, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, society, security and military matters, religion, traditions, urban and rural life, ethnic groups, crime,...
by Paul Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
"The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind."
In his prize-winning classic, Johnson presents...
Speculation
A History of the Fine Line between Gambling and Investing
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
What is the difference between gambling and speculation? This difficult question has posed a legal problem throughout American history. Many have argued that periodic failures by regulators to differentiate between the two have been the proximate causes of catastrophic economic downturns, including...
by Norman K. Risjord
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
What do Paul Bunyan, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Ventura have in common? Minnesota, of course! In A Popular History of Minnesota, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of the state's remarkable history. This highly readable volume details everything from the glacial formation of the land...
Chinese History and Culture
Sixth Century B.C.E. to Seventeenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers....
Bones of My Grandfather
Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
“War, reclamation, and what Tim O'Brien called "the Lives of the Dead" are eternal literary themes for men. Clay Bonnyman Evans has honored that lineage with this masterful melding of military history and personal quest.”—Ron Powers, co-author of New York Times #1 bestsellers Flags of Our Fathers...
by Lenny Flank
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
A collection of stories from true history. Forgotten tales, unsolved mysteries, strange oddities, and little-remembered incidents from the past. Includes--Who Really Shot Down the Red Baron? Was The Pirate Captain Kidd Actually Innocent? The True Story of the "Escape From Alcatraz". Did The "WOW!"...
It's About Time
How Long History Took
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Sparked by the fateful 73-second Challenger voyage, It's About Time began as a newspaper feature chronicling key moments in history and the length of time each took to occur. This fascinating book, complete with photographs, puts scores of historical events to the clock, including the four score and...
The Secret History of the United States
Conspiracies, Cobwebs and Lies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Everyone likes a good mystery, be it based in fact or fiction. The history of the United States is full of mysterious facts that are not taught in school, and most people don’t know the untold stories surrounding many historical events. In The Secret History of the United States author Kross brings...
by Kenneth Henshall
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 spans the entire period from the earliest evidence of human habitation in Japan through to the end of the Pacific War. It includes substantial topics such as cultural and literary history, with entries ranging from aesthetics to various genres of writing....
Mao's Great Famine
The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize
An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China.
"Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy...
The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History
Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York...
by Procopius
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
6 works of Procopius Prominent Byzantine scholar from Palaestina Prima (500-565)
This ebook presents a collection of 6 works of Procopius. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: - History of Wars - The Persian War Part I...
Mankind
The Story of All Of Us
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
It takes more than 10 billion years to create just the right conditions on one planet for life to begin. It takes another three billion years of evolving life forms until it finally happens, a primate super species emerges: mankind.
In conjunction with History Channel's hit television series...