2025 SPUR AWARDS FINALISTThis book celebrates the history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the American West.
The definitive collection of Washington's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Washington residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Whether youre a born-and-raised Floridian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Florida Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as David Grimes and Tom Becnel take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunshine State.
A fascinating journey through the Lone Star States unruly pastwith maps, photos, and moreTexas rightfully claims a celebrated place in the wildest West of both myth and realitywhich makes it truly stranger than fiction that The Crime Buffs Guide to Outlaw Texas is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites related to the Lone Star States renowned rambunctious past, complete with GPS coordinates that put you at the scene of the action.
The definitive collection of Nevada's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Nevada residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Laugh your way through the pages of West VirginiaCuriosities, your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Mountain State has to offer!
Beneath the swamps and jungles of Mexico's Gulf Coast, more than three thousand years ago, the first great civilization of the Americas rose and flourished.
Across the Grain of Time: From Homeland to HorizonTwo Prussian brothers step off a ship in America carrying little more than determination, impossible surnames, and a dream of land of their own.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I will recommend it to everyone' Alastair Campbell'World-renowned historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci'There are lots of moments when you can t help but have a shudder through the spine .
The definitive collection of Nevada's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Nevada residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Laugh your way through the pages of West VirginiaCuriosities, your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Mountain State has to offer!
This book centers on a poem attributed through psychography to Pedro D'Alcantara (Dom Pedro II), read as both a spiritual calling and a present-day summons.
The inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary WarDuring the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border.
The inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary WarDuring the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border.
The Thirteen Colonies traces the dramatic, often brutal, story of how a scattering of fragile English outposts along the Atlantic coast evolved into a complex and dynamic American society.
The Constitution and the Early Republic delivers a sweeping, deeply granular narrative of the volatile decade that transformed a fractured alliance of thirteen colonies into a cohesive, continent-spanning superpower.
It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globebut it's definitely not the last danceIn this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife.
It's closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globebut it's definitely not the last danceIn this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife.
The powerful true story of a parent's unflagging battle on behalf of a beloved son struggling with PTSD, mental illness, and addiction and a family who bore the burdens of war for decades.
'A history that somehow manages to be at once succinct and sweeping: essential reading for anyone interested in this most fascinating of countries' - Tom Holland'The perfect introduction to [Japan's] intriguing society is Christopher Harding s lively new A Short History of Japan.
Just hours after two pilots had taken possession of a Cessna aircraft, they were flying over the Midwest on a lovely autumn morning when their small plane was targeted by F-16 fighter jets.
When this monumental work first appeared in 1884, it set out to capture nothing less than the entire arc of a region's rise - from primeval wilderness on the Niagara frontier to one of the great commercial cities of the American republic.
Porque la llama de Huitzilopochtli no se extinguió con la caída de Tenochtitlan: permanece encendida en la memoria de un pueblo que aún busca comprender su origen y su destino.
In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours.
Step into the painted legacy of Oaxaca, where the Mixtec codices—fragile screenfolds of deerskin illuminated with vivid pigments—preserve one of the most extraordinary intellectual and artistic traditions of Mesoamerica.
El primer gobierno peronista (1943-1955) fue testigo de luchas sin precedentes en la Argentina en torno de la soberanía nacional, la participación política y la justicia social.
The Young Republic: Expansion, Conflict, and the Age of Jefferson explores the decisive years in which the United States moved from fragile independence toward continental ambition.
The American Revolution is a volume that strips away standard historical summaries to deliver a breathless, deeply granular immersion into the crucible of American independence.
