An History of China. As China has now fairly taken her place in the family of nations, it is unnecessary to elaborate an argument in support of even the humblest attempt to elucidate her history. It is a subject to which we can no longer remain indifferent, because circumstances are bringing every day ... more »

Here are World War II's battles, raids, and acts of courage -- the momentous decisions about how and where the war was fought -- the strategies and conduct of the officers who led the drive across Europe to Berlin, and the best army in the world, pushing the Germans out of France, chasing them across ... more »

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Continuing our exploration of castles from Volume one, this book features a further 30 examples of fortresses throughout Britain, including some of Scotland's famous landmarks. Some now survive merely as romantic ruins, whilst others continue to dominate the surrounding area as ancestral homes to the ... more »

These speeches touch the pulse of a nation like no other documents in history. Compiled herein are the stepping stones of Liberty as delivered by each President of the United States of America. In this volume: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt. more »

Il naquit sans doute dans la Grande-Bretagne en 1603, à 1'avènement de Jacques Ier, plusieurs individus qui ne moururent qu'en 1688, à la chute de Jacques II : ainsi tout l'empire des Stuarts en Angleterre ne fut pas plus long que la vie d'un vieil homme. Quatre-vingt-cinq ans suffirent à la disparition ... more »

In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. There, I underwent a life-changing experience ... more »

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12 ... more »

These speeches touch the pulse of a nation like no other documents in history. Compiled herein are the stepping stones of Liberty as delivered by each President of the United States of America. In this volume: Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton ... more »

The author of the New York Times bestseller Duty shows how a small town in Nebraska gave meaning, joy, and hope to every train of World War Two soldiers passing through their town. The town came to symbolise the patriotism of the American people during World War Two. North Platte, Nebraska, is alone ... more »

Twenty distinguished American historians vividly reimagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country's past. "What is the scene or incident in American history that you would like to have witnessed--and why?" This is the thought-provoking question that editor Byron Hollinshead ... more »

My Schools and Schoolmasters is Hugh Miller's account of his extraordinary life - from the hardships of is early life in Cromarty, in North Eastern Scotland, where he originally worked as a stonemason, to his later years as a scientist, journalist, lecturer and defender of Christianity against the Evolutionists ... more »