History of the Americas

A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics.

The runaway #1 New York Times bestseller'Timely and fascinating.

This is the story of a third generation Texas woman born in a small town in the center of the Texas Panhandle.

Religion, race, and American history.

Grace is the heart of the Christian gospel.

Professor of theology Stephen Wellum considers Christ's singular uniqueness and significance biblically, historically, and today, in our pluralistic and postmodern age.

El respetado erudito William Bennett vuelve a poner al corriente aEstados Unidos con su herencia en el segundo volumen de América: La última esperanza.

This book brings us the story of George Crosby, the Lone Boy Scout.

Scholar and pastor Matthew Barrett retraces the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine that Scripture alone is the final and decisive authority for God's people.

World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century.

Just in time for the one-hundredth anniversary of Miami Beach, It Happened in Miami, the Magic City: An Oral History features nearly seventy fabulous voices including more than fifteen mini-memorists, telling stories, offering perceptions on subject matter as far back as memory allows up to the exciting headlines of today.

This fourth edition of David Grant Nobles indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and many newly opened archaeological sites.

They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors.

Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer and with an introduction by pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, When It Was Just a Game tells the fascinating story of the ground-breaking AFLNFL World Championship Football game played on January 15, 1967: Packers vs.

The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres36 percent of the park.

Experience the mosaic of mid-century Manhattan in this exuberant oral history that begins in the postWorld War II years when the city came into its own, and ends in the mid-1970s when it nearly went bust.

The minutes, hours, and days after President John F.

When this book first appeared in 1996, it was ';Pottery 101,' a basic introduction to the subject.

If you think you know a lot about the Civil War, challenge yourself with this instructive and intriguing book of questions.

Based on over twenty years of original archival research, this history unfolds a nearly day-by-day narrative of the Salem Witch Trials as the citizens of Salem experienced the outbreak of hysteria.

Useful for academic and recreational archaeologists alike, this book identifies and describes over 200 projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native American Indians in Texas.

In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men.

In 1971 the United States had no diplomatic relations or established route of communications with China.

A case study of why Third World countries are still poor, the premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes have kept the country from developing in ways that otherwise would have been possible.

Mormonism has only been around for less than two hundred years, but it has a large following in the United States.

Overcoming nearly insurmountable physical disabilities, as well as personal tragedies that would derail the lives of many people, Pakisa Tshimika has experienced a life that has inspired countless others along the way.

Churches Engage Asian Traditions is the first comprehensive history of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in Asia.

When church histories of Africa have been written, they've usually been done by Westerners.

Written by a woman who grew up in an Old Order Amish community and church, Amish Women: Lives and Stories offers a gentle, lyrical inside view of Amish womanhood.

Sensitively answers the most common inquiries about Amish and Mennonite peoples.

Phyllis Good, a leading expert on Amish cooking, spent years researching the delicious recipes in this collection.

From Pittsburgh to Philly, Steelers to Eagles, chocolate to Peeps--it's all here.

Award-winning quilt maker, Elsie Campbell, loves to take homemade fabric yardage and turn it into stunning, pieced, string quilts, whose leftover yardage can then spawn an appliqued "e;sister"e; quilt.

The definitive look at one of the most famous American generals of the American Indian Wars.

Once again, expert quilt designer Elsie Campbell presents a book of quilt patterns that are one part innovation, one part thrift, and a whole lot of fun!

The Attica Turkey Shoot tells a story that New York State did not want you to know.

Did a shot from the grassy knoll kill President Kennedy?

A vivid history of life in Princeton, New Jersey, told through the voices of its African American residentsI Hear My People Singing shines a light on a small but historic black neighborhood at the heart of one of the most elite and world-renowned Ivy-League towns-Princeton, New Jersey.

Back in print with its original title, Harold Weisbergs detailed and devastating analysis of the Martin Luther King assassination is as timely as ever.

Antonio Veciana fought on the front lines of the CIAs decades-long secret war to destroy Fidel Castro, the bearded bogeyman who haunted Americas Cold War dreams.

World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a BattleshipVice Admiral John L.

An in-depth look at one of the twentieth century's star reporters and his biggest story.

PGWUncle John's taking the plunge .

New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the nineteenth century, its population rising from thirty thousand people to nearly a million in a matter of decades.

Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner .

They left Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, and Stanford to drive ambulances on the French front, and on the killing fields of World War I they learned that war was no place for gentlemen.

An upbeat memoir to savor and admire, Still Alive!

How Woodrow Wilson's vision of making the world safe for democracy has been betrayed-and how America can fulfill it againThe liberal internationalist tradition is credited with America's greatest triumphs as a world power-and also its biggest failures.

In this meticulously researched classic of the JFK conspiracy genre that Library Journal calls "e;sensational,"e; Mark North argues convincingly that President John F.