History of the Americas

The story of Jimmy Kelly's Steak House, Nashvilles oldest fine restaurant, and the family who started itof stills, saloons, and speakeasies, and of a family who was tough and resourceful, who lost everything, and picked themselves up and started again.

Regarded as the turning point of the American Civil War, Gettysburg commemorates the three-day battle that took place in an "e;unimportant"e; Pennsylvania town over 150 years ago.

See the excitement and danger of life on an aircraft carrier like never before.

How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

There is no creature that quite embodies the beauty and grandeur of the American West as does the wild horse.

When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland.

The drama of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the foundational story of Americacourage, loyalty, hope, fanaticism, greatness, failure, forgiveness, love.

Set against the grand panorama of twentieth-century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climbing and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905-1966).

Astonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Dont Teach in School!

Rob Fordthe most ridiculed and scandal-ridden mayoris an international celebrity.

Many people might not know that in 1933, a group of wealthy industrialistsworking closely with groups like the K.

Gotham meets The Island at the Center of the World in this dazzling history of a single block in Manhattan from the Age of Exploration to the present.

A reporters account of the people, culture, and terrain of Texas in the mid-1800s.

Stefan Fatsis sends his stunningly perfect, consummately perfect, why-would-anyone-use-anything-else?

Mary Barton is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class.

Jack London was a writer, but more than that, he was an adventurer who wrote about his adventures.

First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar smoking craze.

When Buffalo Ran tells the story of a young, mid nineteenth century Plains Indian, named Wikis.

We appreciate Roger Stone, he is one tough cookie.

In these days, when the experience of living right up against nature are fast becoming a thing of the past, the story is of special interest.

"e;We appreciate Roger Stone, he is one tough cookie.

One of the original seventeenth-century historical accounts of the Apaches and the southwestern American Indians.

Americas first president has captivated our interest for more than two centuries, but no biographer of George Washington knew him with the authenticity, intimacy, and depth of understanding as John Marshall exhibited in his book The Life of George Washington.

Misunderstandings between races, hostilities between cultures.

Tricksters are known by their deeds.

Contemporary proposals for Christian theology from postliberalism to Radical Orthodoxy and beyond have espoused their own methodological paradigms.

Baptists are not often thought of as leading theologians and practitioners of worship.

It is early in the fourth century AD, and Christianity has become a religion in search of a theology.

A sixteen-year-old girl named Elspeth wakes one night to find a hatchling dragon in her father's bed.

Frequently surprising, sometimes bloody, and always absorbing, Behind Enemy Lines offers up tales of espionage, hit-and-run raids, and guerrilla warfare.

This book details Lee's life from Gettysburg to his death just five years after the South's surrender at Appomattox.

An "e;impressively well-crafted"e; true crime account of the murder of five girls in the early days of police investigations (Midwest Book Review).

A journalists eyewitness account of the explosive 1849 California gold rush and his travels through Mexico.

The American Freedoms Primer is a compilation of the most historically significant speeches and writings on liberty, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

On the hot Sunday afternoon of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer decided to go for broke.

The classic Old West narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of outlaw Henry Plummer and his road agent band.

Local resistance to German-led Axis occupation occurred throughout the European continent during World War II, taking a wide range of formsnoncooperation and disinformation, sabotage and espionage, and armed opposition and full-scale partisan warfare.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the great minds of the mid-nineteenth century.

A fascinating look at the history and development of the revolver.

The first and finest handbook for travelers of the Old American West.

As the biggest criminal trial since the Boston Strangler draws nearer, the publics fascination with the life and crimes of mob boss Whitey Bulger continues to heat up.

Creator of the bestselling The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament and The Brick Bible: The New Testament, author Brendan Powell Smith offers a new take on American history.

The classic account of one mans journey into the wild American frontier.

In 1949, a crime reporter looking for a way to fill a column published the nations ten worst criminals as classified by the FBI: two accused murderers, four escaped convicts, a bank robber, and three confidence men.

The author respectfully submits it as his firm and immovable conviction, that the United States of America, in the years to come, will govern the entire Western Hemisphere.

Highliners are the elite of the fishing world, the skippers and crews who make the biggest catchessalmon, king crab, halibut, shrimpand deliver them first to the bustling canneries of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor.

Whitewash IV tells the story of Harold Weisbergs fight for public disclosure of the Warren Commission executive session transcript of January 27, 1964.