History

On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress declared war upon Mexico. Although the Mexica...

This volume is a two-part history of the Civil War. Part I From 1861 to 1865 Americ...

Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles sou...

A rip current overturned the whaleboat with eight Kanaka Christians aboard. Only three of...

In 1764, Britain imposed the first of several taxes with the Sugar Act. This was followed...

Watching his father perform medical procedures back in India had convinced Paul that medi...

Few books in history have been as important or as poorly understood as the Qur'an. Sent d...

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMS On May 15th, 2003 David McCu...

The United States Constitution established both a strong central power and protected stat...

The mainstream media and history books would have you believe that the Vietnam War was tr...

The United States emerged from the American Revolution still entangled in old world polit...

Napoleon’s surrender and retreat from Moscow in 1812 is a pinnacle of military horr...

In these reallife stories, Rick Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those ...

Never afraid to put forward controversial theories if justified by the data, Erich von D&...

By the end of World War I, Britain had promised control of Palestine to both Arabs and Je...

In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain. With a diverse culture and great natural re...

In this timely new P.I. Guide, Murphy reveals the stark truth: free market failure didnt ...

The Dialogues of Plato, written between 427 and 347 b.c., rank among the most important a...

Thomas Paine is one of the greatest political propagandists in history. The Rights of Man...

In AD 793, Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wa...

Nazca, once only an isolated settlement in the midst of the Peruvian desert, is today the...

The Prince has long been both praised and reviled for its message of moral relativism and...

In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include ten amendments, which are commonly refer...

In 1776, the thirteen American colonies, refusing to pay unjust taxes, declared their ind...

World War II reshaped the map of the world. As Europe exhausted itself in yet another war...

Historians have said that World War II was a continuation of World War I but with greate...

After WWII, Korea was divided in half at the 38th parallel. To the north were the Communi...

After WWII, Korea was divided in half at the 38th parallel. To the north were the Communi...

Recent events have made it clear that the Soviet Union is not a monolith; its a collectio...

Dan Lyons resigned as Dean of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington to become the fre...

From the author of the captivating bestseller THE FIRST MAN IN ROME... the timeless sag...

Conspiracy of One created a media sensation when it was first published in 1990. The...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of ...

The National Center for Constitutional Studies has issued a special edition copy of The C...

On April 25th, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain. Less than seven months late...

Charles Alexander Eastman (18581939), an educated and wellknown Sioux, saw both sides of ...

In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no indep...

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all ...

Heroism in outer space is the legacy of the lunar mission Apollo 13. On April 11, 1970, a...

In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies wer...

South Africa has become the worlds symbol of racism. From the moment the Dutch colonists ...

Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its...

This island was once a clearinghouse for importing slaves into the New World. It later be...

More than half of the worlds oil comes from Persian Gulf states. Political instability an...

This rich culture of East Africaknown in the Bible as Abyssiniaclaims descent from King S...

As one of the worlds most ancient civilizations, India presents a rich mosaic of politica...

The breakdown of Europes Eastern Bloc proves that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn mer...

The lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea contain some of the oldest cultures on Earth....

The southern cone of South America has a vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920...

Since Marco Polo, the fabled markets of China have drawn the west like a magnet. This anc...