Nonfiction
Down And Out In Eighteenth-Century London
In this well-researched volume, Tim Hitchcock, Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire, offers a scholarly look at the…
Aaronsohn’s Maps: The Untold Story of the Man Who Might Have Created Peace in the Middle East
Those critics who ridicule novelists for creating action heroes with talents and lives that transcend those of the average person…
Pathfinders
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, the author of several books on global history, now has written a comprehensive study of human exploration in…
Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West
A narrative of the West from North Dakota to Texas to the Pacific coast, this book explores the region’s history…
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Dancing in the Streets is a compilation of essays celebrating the collective joy demonstrated through ritual dancing. Throughout history, dance…
The Girl from Hockley: Growing Up in Working-Class Birmingham
Kathleen Dayus was born in 1903, and this new edition combines several of her works into a volume telling the…
Marc Antony’s Heroes
The fourth in his Roman Legion series, Mark Antony’s Heroes brings us the story of the III Gallica, one of…
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
The Buried Book begins with the 19th century rediscovery of the Epic of Gilgamesh – the world’s first accounting of…
Passionate Minds
Emilie du Châtelet’s brilliant mind is nurtured by her elderly father, a rarity for a female in early 18th century…
A Needle in the Right Hand of God
This book is subtitled The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry. While the…
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