History of the Americas

A detailed and fully illustrated account of the Richmond Campaign, covering the strategies and tactics employed.

Ascensión Isasmendi de Dávalos, una mujer excepcional para la historia de Salta, quien, en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, ordenó trabajos de exploración y explotación minera en la Puna Argentina.

A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their livesand his legacyA scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island.

The conflicts that culminated in the First and Second World Wars had their origins in the rise of imperial powers in North America, Europe, and Asia in the late nineteenth century and the imperialist quests for the resources of colonies and former colonies.

An ';engrossing, unputdownable' (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author) pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent indoctrination, and proposes that the United States is the largest cult of all.

«Y Lola pensó que hasta en asuntos de corazón era sinónimo y antónimo de sí misma».

Once upon a time in Frederick County… Frederick County is Maryland's largest county in size, and with its central location in the state, it has seen a lot of state's history unfold.

History and Development of Airline Cabin Safety offers an understanding of how cabin safety evolved over time.

Este libro que analiza el caso del cadete Alberto Anastasio Benítez Agusti demuestra cómo el poder puede llegar al extremo de sacrificar una joven vida en el marco de las operaciones realizadas con el propósito de defenderse de supuestas conspiraciones, que en muchos casos eran solo pretextos infundados para ir consolidando cada vez más el aparato represivo contra una sociedad que se encontraba cada vez más sometida en sus derechos fundamentales.

En este colosal esfuerzo investigativo, el autor despeja dudas, mitos y falsedades sobre un periodo de la historia chilena que ha sido objeto de una constante tergiversacion, la cual ha tenido como proposito enlodar la obra del Gobierno Militar y del gran presidente que fue don Augusto Pinochet Ugarte.

A childhood book is much more than just a story-for the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history.

A childhood book is much more than just a story-for the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history.

En este libro se congregan las investigaciones sobre el trasfondo cultural de los mapas de nueve ciudades mexicanas.

History and Development of Airline Cabin Safety offers an understanding of how cabin safety evolved over time.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice';A comprehensive biography of .

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice';A comprehensive biography of .

This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War.