History: specific events and topics

In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Indian Wars into a complete and exhaustive history of the 1877 battle.

In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Indian Wars into a complete and exhaustive history of the 1877 battle.

For four centuries, New England has been a cradle of crime and murderfrom the Salem witch trials to the modern-day mafia.

For four centuries, New England has been a cradle of crime and murderfrom the Salem witch trials to the modern-day mafia.

In October 1347, a fleet of Genoese galleys limped into the harbour of Messina with most of their crews already dead or dying.

The Pig War and the Pelican Girls is a riveting and well-researched collection of little-known and obscure tales from history.

The Pig War and the Pelican Girls is a riveting and well-researched collection of little-known and obscure tales from history.

'Alwyn Turner is the master of funny, engaging social history' Sunday TimesA Times Best Paperback of 2025'For sheer entertainment, this rollicking account of Britain before the Great War is hard to beat, brimming as it is with swindlers, murderers and charlatans, imperialist fantasies and saucy innuendos' 'History Books of the Year', The Times'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David KynastonWhen Queen Victoria died in 1901 it was the end of an era.

In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion.

In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion.

Sicily Crossroads: Gastronomic, Cultural, and Historical Journey.

Throughout antiquity patients sought relief and healing from their afflictions in the sanctuaries of Asclepius, the God of healing.

Fear is not just felt.

In 1760 the world was still lit by fire and muscle, and had been, in its essentials, for thousands of years — poor, slow, dark, and bounded by the annual gift of the sun.

Eine Zivilisation definiert sich nicht nur durch das, was sie schreibt, sondern auch durch das, was sie vergisst.

Die Steine stehen noch, aber die Gemeinschaft ist fort.

For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves.

Halley's Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years.

Halley's Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years.

Triple Award Winner, including Silver Nautilus Book Award and Independent Publisher Bronze Medal for Memoir, and Next Generation Book Award Finalist for SpiritualityTo the chagrin of her parents, Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, the author became a Buddhist at 19, nearly tearing her family apart.

Shortlisted for the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize'The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true.

The eighteenth century is often described as the age of reason.

This is the second volume of a three-volume study of Scottish social change and development from the eighteenth century to the present day, originally published by John Donald in association with the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland.

An immersive history of our coasts and the people who have shaped themThe coast means something different to everyone.

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW STATESMAN AND THE TLSA landmark collection by the iconic writer Jamaica Kincaid.

The Lutheran Pastor Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815) is remembered today as one of the pioneering figures in early American botany, which earned him the posthumous epithet "e;The American Linnaeus"e;.

Power is not held.

This impressive collection of essays is based on a two-year seminar series of the Research centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde.

The untold story of how America's declaration of independence hinged on seven critical months in 1776 and the courageous votes that changed the world forever.

**A Guardian Best Science and Nature Book of 2025**From the award-winning science writer, a new history of the development of nuclear power and the extraordinary minds behind itHenry Becquerel s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.

Fleetwood Macs iconic album Rumours is more popular and acclaimed now than ever and attracts listeners across generationsthis deft analysis (Houston Press) celebrates the albums unlikely creation, surprising longevity, and enduring cultural impact.

The untold story of how America's declaration of independence hinged on seven critical months in 1776 and the courageous votes that changed the world forever.

**A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2025 **'A brave and magnificent book, and a vital intervention: as elegant as it is witty, as erudite as it is wise, and as stylish as it is scholarly.

The Irish were the single largest group of immigrants to Scotland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the original settlers and their descendants have had a major impact on modern Scottish society, culture and politics.

From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain's premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America.

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2025 BREWINGTON BOOK PRIZE WINNERThe schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star.

2025 BREWINGTON BOOK PRIZE WINNERThe schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star.

Am Beispiel der Stadt Koln wird die Bedeutung der Kommunen beim Wiederaufbau nach 1945 deutlich, vor allem durch die Finanzierung als zentrales Fundament fur dessen Erfolg.

Placenames are a constant source of debate.

Ever wished to see your family history in print, or imagined future generations poring over old photographs and anecdotes in a book?

Slumlord examines housing neglect as a structural condition of American life.

Democracy in Tanzania examines one of Africa's most important contemporary governance challenges: the struggle between institutional power and democratic accountability.

Five thousand soldiers.

The Missing Half explores one of history's most overlooked questions: What would civilization look like if women had always been equal participants in science, technology, law, governance, and innovation?

Mit dem Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges endete das Deutsche Kaiserreich und mit ihm die Kaiserliche Marine.

Die Jahre 2013–2019 waren für die Ukraine beinahe ebenso bedeutsam wie die Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit 1991, denn eben diese drohte sie nach dem Sieg des "Majdan" wieder zu verlieren.

Hochschulische Bildungsverläufe und -erfolge sind in Deutschland anhaltend maßgeblich von der sozialen Herkunft beeinflusst.

Die Jahre 2013–2019 waren für die Ukraine beinahe ebenso bedeutsam wie die Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit 1991, denn eben diese drohte sie nach dem Sieg des "Majdan" wieder zu verlieren.

Die Jahre 2013–2019 waren für die Ukraine beinahe ebenso bedeutsam wie die Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit 1991, denn eben diese drohte sie nach dem Sieg des "Majdan" wieder zu verlieren.