History of the Americas

Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War.

The Mayans are indigenous in Mexico and Central America.

"e;SAT UNITED STATES HISTORY Study Guide"e;700 questions and answers (ILLUSTRATED).

First published in 1962, this is a wonderful biography of General Nelson A.

"e;Although Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were more celebrated, Buck Barry did as much or more to tame the Old Southwest.

Osvaldo Bayer's study of working-class retribution, set between 1919 and 1936, chronicles hair-raising robberies, bombings, and tit-for-tat murders conducted by Argentina's working men.

Esta es una obra que hurga en la posibilidad, en las realidades y en los deseos de la revolucion continental en su primer momento, entre 1790 y 1830.

No matter who you identify withDemocrat or Republican, Tea Party or Green Party, Independent or something else altogether we the people should read: The Constitution of the United States of America The Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments The Declaration of Independence The Articles of ConfederationTake a moment or two to reflect on the words of our forefathers, as these are the documents literally created America.

First published in 1849, "e;On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"e; is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.

Brower had left San Francisco with the intention of making a short dash north on a whaling ship bound for the mythic Arctic Circle.

From the Four score and seven years ago that every American schoolchild knows to personal notes and dozens of memorable letters, debates, and speeches from a critical time in this nations history, here is a remarkable collection of Lincolns writings.

La aterradora historia de un viaje sin regreso.

The Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton.

Ken Morriss journey began one cold Pittsburgh morning in 1935.

Eva March Tappan's "e;A Friend in the Library"e; series is a comprehensive guide to the writings of six seminal American poets, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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

Con oficio y destreza de artesana María Elena Barral ha logrado reconstruir una historia que hasta hace poco habría sido siquiera imposible de imaginar.

First published in 1982, I Remember Sunnyside is a mine of golden memories, bringing back to life an earlier Toronto, only hints of which remain today.

Books Are WeaponsBooks have wielded an immense power for good and evil throughout the history of the human race.

Shows us what we can learn from early Quakers about responding to life''s challenges with openness, confidence and courage.

¿Qué cambios y qué continuidades se han producido desde los tiempos de la Doctrina de la Seguridad Nacional hasta la actualidad?

This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the dolls of the Tusayan Indians, a tribe of native Americans who originated from the area that is now Tusayan, Arizona.

Born in 1873, Daniel Goode Cunningham started working for the railroad at age 18 as a machinist apprentice and became general foreman on the Norfolk and Western Railroad; general foreman for the Santa Fe at Needles; Superintendent of Shops for the Denver & Rio Grande Western at Salt Lake City; Superintendent of Motive power for the Denver & Salt Lake; and master mechanic of the Salt Lake Division of the Rio Grande.

Bud Davidson recalls his own 25 years of volunteering.

This is the autobiography of the famous Henry F.

Life on the American frontier of the 1800s is the stuff of American myth and legend.

Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian.

Three beautiful gothic buildings loom over the Ottawa River just below the historic Chaudiere Falls.

On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow.

"El dolor es ese límite contra el que todos, alguna vez, chocamos.

'A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Beyond the wide Missouri lay the prairie-"e;the biggest clearing on the Almighty's footstool.

My Life in the Maine Woods recounts Annette Jackson's North Woods experiences during the 1930s when she, her husband and their children lived in a small cabin on the shore of Umsaskis Lake.

This tome is the second volume of Holman Hamilton's landmark biography of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the 12th President of the United States.

Este libro estudia la posición editorial de las revistas sobre política más destacadas de la Argentina de los setenta y primeros años de los ochenta ante acontecimientos clave.

An American visitor and uninvited guest in the village of Nok, Marie Hasluck is an irrepressible anthropologist who believes that she has found the Kingdom of Heaven in the forests of Nigeria.

Colonel David Fanning, of North Carolina, was one of the most remarkable characters developed by the American Revolution.

En este libro se muestra el impacto económico ocasionado por las guerras entre Buenos Aires y la Confederación.