Over 550 Historical Works and Documents - Only $19.95 (55% OFF) 1000-1562: DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION 1562-1753: COLONIZATION 1753-1783: REVOLUTION 1783-1803: THE FEDERALIST PERIOD 1803-1847: WESTWARD EXPANSION AND THE WAR OF 1812 1820-1847: DEVELOPING NATION AND TEXAS 1845-1861: THE MEXICAN WAR AND SLAVERY ... more »

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched ... more »

In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the ... more »

Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by Max Hastings-one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy "to stand with that of the best journalists and writers" ( New York Times ... more »

Early in the first century B.C. a Greek philosopher named Posidonius began an ambitious and dangerous journey into the little-known lands of the Celts. A man of great intellectual curiosity and considerable daring, Posidonius traveled from his home on the island of Rhodes to Rome, the capital of the ... more »

Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) has puzzled scholars and commentators. Some have claimed that it was a purely political maneuver, while others have explained it as a ruse conjured up by presidential advisers to weaken Soviet resolve. These assumptions, however, fail to acknowledge ... more »

The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching ... more »

Ebook Extra: Don't Know Much About Kenneth C. Davis: An Interview with the Author A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the million-selling New York Times bestseller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About® series When Don't Know Much About® History first appeared thirteen ... more »

A major work of documentary history-the brilliantly edited and annotated transcripts, most of them never before published, of the presidential conversations of Lyndon B. Johnson regarding the Kennedy assassination and its aftermath. The transition from John F. Kennedy to Johnson was arguably the most ... more »

Bill Putney, a licensed veterinarian, joined the Marines in 1943. As chief veterinarian at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he trained dogs for combat. At the end of the war, he learned the dogs he'd served with were being put to sleep. He called for enabling military handlers to bring home the dogs they ... more »

E-book exclusive: Author interview. Apart from oil, rugs are the Muslim world's best-known commodity. While rugs are found in most Western homes, the story of religious, political, and tribal strife behind their creation is virtually unknown. In The Carpet Wars, award-winning journalist Christopher Kremmer ... more »

From historian James Reston, Jr., comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward adventure and conquest changed the world forever.   The Dogs of God chronicles one of the most savage epochs in human ... more »