History

In the mid-1970s, San Francisco was a haven for the queer community, but it was also the hunting ground for a monster.

Explore the Species That Define Survival in Freshwater EcosystemsThis volume invites readers to discover the extraordinary freshwater organisms that have evolved remarkable strategies to survive in challenging environments.

In 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, igniting the Spanish-American War and reshaping the destinies of two families forever.

This book presents the select contributions of the 2nd International Conference on Innovative, Sustainable materials and technologies and it provides an in-depth exploration of the most recent developments in sustainable engineering, emphasizing cutting-edge materials, techniques, and technologies that have paved the way to a more sustainable future.

Legal transplant in the Meiji Restoration gave birth to Taishinin, which is the former of today’s Supreme Court of Japan, but the objective of it was not solely for legal justice at the beginning.

From the herbal remedies of ancient civilizations to the precision technologies of modern hospitals, A Short History of Medicine offers a clear and engaging journey through the ideas, discoveries, and people that transformed human health.

This book offers a new examination of the so-called tragic historiographers Duris and Phylarchus, as well as the 2nd century BCE historiographer Agatharchides, using Polybius as a foil throughout.

The execution of the Dakota 38 in December 1862 remains one of the most contested decisions of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

He Was the Friendly Neighbor.

GKP Mysteries - Another Mystery to Thrill: Illustrated Edition Volume 2Four More True Stories.

A Murder That Shattered the Illusion of Victorian InnocenceIn 1860, the brutal killing of three-year-old Francis Saville Kent sent shockwaves through England—but it was the accused, his sixteen-year-old half-sister Constance Kent, who transformed the tragedy into a national obsession.

A Short History of the Inquisition offers a concise yet compelling exploration of one of the most feared institutions in European history.

Spanning a thousand years of history and bringing the story to the present through ethnographic fieldwork in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania Rudolph Ware documents the profound significance of Qur'an schools for West African Muslim communities.

Since the early days of the republic, Americans have recognized Thomas Jeffersons distinctive role in helping to shape the American national character.

During the Civil Rights era in Louisville, Kentucky raising children in the West End of Louisville presented a challenge to Eula and James McAbee.

This book advances a new research agenda in migration studies by rethinking the 'migration state' as a core feature of modern governance.

An unflinching expos of Israel's Lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.

This is a supplement to the first six volumes of THE WORLD OF YOUR ANCESTORS – DATES series.

Company town.

This book - "e;Light Moments in Vienna"e; - contains selected anecdotes of my personal experience while undergoing KAICIID fellowship training in interreligious and intercultural dialogue in Vienna, Austria.

Germany was never shaped by Germany alone.

A fascinating look into the origins of modern man.

This book advances a new research agenda in migration studies by rethinking the 'migration state' as a core feature of modern governance.

Dublin's slums were once considered the worst in Europe.

This collection of essays presents a study of migration cultures in the contemporary Mediterranean with a particular focus on Italy as a point of migratory convergence and pressure.

In February 1943 intermarried Germans gathered in Berlin's Rosenstrasse to protest the feared deportation of their Jewish spouses.

This book is about the Russian contribution to monasticism on Mount Athos and the Athonite contribution to Russian spirituality and marks the millennium of the Russian presence on Mount Athos.

In 1945, the Soviet Union annexed the East Prussian city of Konigsberg, later renaming it Kaliningrad.

This book brings together essays from scholars working on the first century of French print culture, with a particular focus on the networks formed by authors, editors, translators and printers in the earliest years of print technology.

Dublin's slums were once considered the worst in Europe.

This book is about the Russian contribution to monasticism on Mount Athos and the Athonite contribution to Russian spirituality and marks the millennium of the Russian presence on Mount Athos.

The GDR Today promotes interdisciplinary approaches to East Germany by gathering articles from a new generation of scholars in the fields of literary and visual studies, history, sociology, translation studies, political science, museum studies and curating practice.

This book brings together essays from scholars working on the first century of French print culture, with a particular focus on the networks formed by authors, editors, translators and printers in the earliest years of print technology.

The GDR Today promotes interdisciplinary approaches to East Germany by gathering articles from a new generation of scholars in the fields of literary and visual studies, history, sociology, translation studies, political science, museum studies and curating practice.

In 1945, the Soviet Union annexed the East Prussian city of Konigsberg, later renaming it Kaliningrad.

In February 1943 intermarried Germans gathered in Berlin's Rosenstrasse to protest the feared deportation of their Jewish spouses.

This is a supplement and continuation of the three volume series THE WORLD OF YOUR ANCESTORS - GENERAL INFORMATION.

Ninety-five thousand square miles.

In February 2023, the world watched in shock as Italian mafia boss Marco Raduano scaled the walls of a Sardinian prison using nothing more than bedsheets.

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin came from humble beginnings to take his place in the annals of history as one of the most celebrated Americans ever to stand on the world stage.

This book brings together a range of texts and events: nineteenth-century novels and plays, riots on the streets and stages of London, popular games, artwork, criminal profiles and political economy.

This collection of essays presents a study of migration cultures in the contemporary Mediterranean with a particular focus on Italy as a point of migratory convergence and pressure.

If we accept the adage he who knows one, knows none as an epistemological concept, then the exploration of pluralism becomes an intellectual necessity.

Cloak-and-dagger work was as much a part of the ancient world as the modern.

Cloak-and-dagger work was as much a part of the ancient world as the modern.

If we accept the adage he who knows one, knows none as an epistemological concept, then the exploration of pluralism becomes an intellectual necessity.