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Historical events, civilizations, and analysis
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Africana
by Anthony Appiah
History
In this newly expanded edition, more than 4,000 articles cover prominent African and African American individuals, event...
True Tales of Old-time Kansas
by David Dary
History
'Rollicking, adventurous, touching. Whether the reader invests only a few minutes at a time or finishes the book at one ...
The Black New Yorkers
by Howard Dodson
History
New York City has been the home of African Americans for four centuries. Blacks were among the founding fathers and moth...
Patrolling Baghdad
by Mark R. DePue
History
Captures the experiences of an Illinois National Guard unit in the city of Baghdad, where it worked with other MP units ...
Guilty
by Jack G. Shaheen
History
Shaheen shows that post-9/11 American cinema is still making the same old equation between Muslims and Arabs and violenc...
American History Awards, 1917-1991
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
General Nonfiction Awards, 1962-1993
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
Soldiers and Scholars
by Carol Reardon
History
The use and abuse of military history is the theme of this book. The author scrutinizes the army's first systematic atte...
Rodeo in America
by Wayne S. Wooden
History
This work celebrates a great national pastime and tradition. Taking the reader behind the chutes, Wayne Wooden and Gavin...
Smart Baseball
by Keith Law
History
Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law’s iconoclastic look at t...
New Westers
by Michael L. Johnson
History
These "New Westers", Johnson reveals, line-dance and two-step, listen to Garth Brooks and George Strait, drink beer from...
Timelines of American Women's History
by Sue Heinemann
History
Spanning five hundred years of American history, this definitive reference provides an incisive look at the contribution...
Discovering Celtic Christianity
by Bruce Reed Pullen
History
Perfect for those who love to travel or wish they could travel, this book brings to life the saints and illustrates the ...
Crime in America
by Jennifer L. Durham
History
This timely, up-to-date volume describes trends in various types of crime throughout the twentieth century, including mu...
Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico
by Wayne A. Cornelius
History
This is an examination of the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system - a critical...
International Reporting, 1928-1985
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System, 1917-2000
by Heinz Dietrich Fischer
History
The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in ...
The New Nonsense
by Charles M. Fair
History
Analyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social c...
The New Gay Book of Lists
by Leigh W. Rutledge
History
The gay '90s have produced their share of facts and figures for the history books, with gays being publicly recognized i...
Victorian Popularizers of Science
by Bernard Lightman
History
The ideas of Charles Darwin and his fellow Victorian scientists have had an abiding effect on the modern world. But at t...
Winter World
by Bernd Heinrich
History
The classic Winter World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in winter. Bernd Heinr...
First in Line
by Kate Andersen Brower
History
“An intimate, compulsively readable account of the dynamics that have shaped—and sometimes destroyed—relations at the to...
The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
History
A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievou...
The Provincial American and Other Papers
by Meredith Nicholson
History
"The Provincial American and Other Papers" offers a compelling glimpse into 20th-century American culture through the in...