History of the Americas

A young immigrant family must confront the horrors of the Colorado Coalfield War to live the American Dream.

Les Miserables meets the Gospels: Let God change you to change the world through 42 daily readings for Lent/anytime.

SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED AND COMPLETELY REVISEDThe American Civil War is often called the first “modern war.

A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution, a second collaboration between Dr.

The Other Side of the Wire' brings to life a period long forgotten in the decades that have passed since the Great War ended in 1918.

It was close to the small southern Belgian town of Mons that the shooting war began or the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914.

The year of 1914 had been a difficult one for the British Expeditionary Force, the war that had started in August had not been over by the expected time of Christmas.

In the first of a two-volume study, the author presents an extremely detailed record of the Organisation, doctrine and equipment of US Army infantry divisions during the latter part of World War II.

The first history of the new deal in global contextThe New Deal: A Global History provides a radically new interpretation of a pivotal period in US history.

A comprehensive, illustrated history of North Carolina spanning from the colonial period to the twenty-first century.

A poignant tale of the wild west, and the hardships faced on the 'trail of tears' by the suffering Cherokee.

Although fairly well known, Quakerism is not well understood.

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The first book to redress the myth of British incompetence during the American Revolution, revealing a unique account of the Empire's most stunning lossIn 1781 the British Empire suffered its most devastating defeat in a war that most believed Britain ought to have won.

Revealing the man behind the icon.

The acclaimed book by Jonathan Mayo, now available in paperback"e;Reads like a pacey, page-turning, cold war political thriller.

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Revised and expanded edition of Jon E.

Hear the cannon roar at Valley Forge with George Washington, dance the night away at a Chicago Speakeasy during Prohibition, take a ringside seat for the gunfight at the OK Corral, ride Apollo 11 to the moon, hear Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, join with Harry S.

A gripping account of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1943 - the year when Bomber Command believed it could win WWII by bombing alone.

This is the first comprehensive history of the Border Cities area during its formative period in the first half of the 20th Century.

Wherever and whenever people have been found talking, they have been found drinking: an age-old pastime with an equally storied history.

At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought hed buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling.

In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing Canadians.

In 1972, after enduring years of embarrassing defeat at the hands of Soviet "e;amateurs,"e; Canadian officials convinced their Moscow counterparts to allow a pre-season, eight-game series between the best hockey players from both nations.

The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation.

Prior to the 1960s, the term “Buffalo Soldier” was a fairly obscure one.

A person of the left, Judis specializes in speaking truth to liberals.

The history of how North Atlantic America was revealed to the Europeans in the 16th and early 17th centuries is largely forgotten.

Eclectic and insightful, these essays-by historians, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists-represent a range of subjects on the cause and consequence of protest movements in Latin America, from an examination of the varying faces but common origins of rural guerilla movements, to a discussion of multiclass protests, to an essay on las madres de plaza de mayo.

"e;The compelling story of a colony besieged by meteorological, epidemiological, economic, and manmade catastrophes only to arise like the phoenix.

American Chronicle: An Inclusive History explores the manner in which the United States evolved from the arrival of the first Europeans, 471 years prior to Columbus, to the rise of Big Business in the Gilded Age.

';Sunday, August 6, 1899, is a date that for many years will be held in memory as signalizing the most dreadful accident that has ever occurred within the boundaries of the state of Maine.

Siege at the State House tells the true story of a coup that was attempted between Maine's governor and the leaders of a new political party, almost plunging the United States into its second Civil War.

Deep in the wilderness of northern Maine in the mid-1950s, a Harvard PhD student is wading down a mountain stream into a remote valley.

People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places.

A visit from the President of the United States always brings with it excitement.

On March 16, 1621, Samoset, a sagamore of the Wawenock, cemented his place in history.

The modern lobster boat has evolved slowly over decades to become the craft it is today: seaworthy, strong, fast, and trusted implicitly by the lobstermen and women to get the job done and get them home, each and every time, through the most terrifying--and sometimes life-threatening--conditions that the sea can dish up.

Presidents are ranked wrong.

A Nation is BornLexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Washington, Hamilton, Benedict Arnold.

On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than a month away.

While Richard M.

It's the New ';Big Lie'According the New York Times's ';1619 Project,' America was not founded in 1776, with a declaration of freedom and independence, but in 1619 with the introduction of African slavery into the New World.

Humor and polemics from one of Americas most quotable pundits.

Bowl over your guests with this fabulous collection of punch recipes that will make any party memorable.

There are few days in American history so immortalized in public memory as November 22, 1963, the date of President John F.

Using iconic images and many not so well-known illustrations, Nostalgic Florida is apictorial history of all that has come to represent Florida in print media.

Hunt for Gold: Sunken Galleons in the New World is the engaging tale of the legendary oceanic explorers Bob ';Frogfoot' Weller and his wife Margaret.