History:

Prehistory
The Making of the Human Mind
Written by Colin Renfrew

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.00

In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth–and gives an incisive, concise, and lively survey of the past, and of how scholars and scientists labor to bring it to light.

Renfrew begins... Read more >

Conquistador
Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Written by Buddy Levy

Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $18.00

In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day.

It was a moment unique in human history... Read more >

Worlds at War
The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Written by Anthony Pagden

Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $17.00

Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas. It begins with ancient Greece and its epic fight against the Persian Empire, then sweeps to Rome... Read more >

The First Americans
In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
Written by James Adovasio and Jake Page

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $15.95

J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there?

At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that... Read more >

The Atlantis Blueprint
Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long-Lost Civilization
Written by Colin Wilson and Rand Flem-Ath

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $16.00

A spellbinding blend of history and science, scholarship and speculation, this landmark work presents startling new evidence that traces archaeology's most enduring mysteries back to the lost civilization of Atlantis...

The Great Pyramid. Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. For centuries, these and other sacred sites have inspired wonder among those who ponder their origins.... Read more >

Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
Written by Laurence Bergreen

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $16.95

As the first European to travel extensively throughout Asia, Marco Polo was the earliest bridge between East and West. His famous journeys took him across the boundaries of the known world, along the dangerous Silk Road, and into the court of Kublai Kahn, where he won the trust of the most... Read more >

Prehistory
The Making of the Human Mind
Written by Colin Renfrew

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $15.00

In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to discussion, and even debate, the term “prehistory” itself, giving an incisive, concise, and lively... Read more >

Prehistory
The Making of the Human Mind
Written by Colin Renfrew

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $23.00

In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to discussion, and even debate, the term “prehistory” itself, giving an incisive, concise, and lively... Read more >

Conquistador
Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Written by Buddy Levy

Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $27.50

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.

“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured... Read more >

Conquistador
Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Written by Buddy Levy

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $18.00

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.

“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured... Read more >

Worlds at War
The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Written by Anthony Pagden

Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $35.00

Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas, and whose issues have never been more urgent.

Worlds At War begins in the ancient world, where Greece... Read more >

Worlds at War
The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Written by Anthony Pagden

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $17.00

Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas, and whose issues have never been more urgent.

Worlds At War begins in the ancient world, where Greece... Read more >

Sundials

Written by Christopher St. J.H. Daniel

Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95

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How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Ever ything in It
Written by Arthur Herman

Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00

Who formed the first modern nation?
Who created the first literate society?
Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism?
The Scots.

Mention of Scotland and the Scots usually conjures up images of kilts, bagpipes, Scotch whisky, and golf. But as historian and author Arthur Herman demonstrates, in the eighteenth and nineteenth... Read more >

Imagining Atlantis

Written by Richard Ellis

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00

Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people--from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau--to speculate on... Read more >

The Middle Sea
A History of the Mediterranean
Written by John Julius Norwich

Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $20.00

This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5,000 years of history in the cradle of civilization.

A wonderfullyillustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship... Read more >

The Middle Sea

Written by John Julius Norwich

Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2007
Price: $20.00

This lively, beautifully illustrated history of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art, eye, and scholarship.
John Julius Norwich is renowned for his magisterial histories, including the two-volume A History of Venice and the three-volume Byzantium. The... Read more >

Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
Written by Laurence Bergreen

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $28.95

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from the acclaimed author of Over the Edge of... Read more >

Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
Written by Laurence Bergreen
Read by Paul Boehmer

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $34.95

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, comes the first fully... Read more >

Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
Written by Laurence Bergreen
Read by Paul Boehmer

Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $20.00

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, comes the first fully... Read more >

Marco Polo

Written by Laurence Bergreen

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 23, 2007
Price: $16.95

As the first European to travel extensively throughout Asia, Marco Polo was the earliest bridge between East and West. His famous journeys took him across the boundaries of the known world, along the dangerous Silk Road, and into the court of Kublai Kahn, where he won the trust of the most... Read more >

Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Written by Tom Holland

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $15.95

In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece.

The... Read more >

Persian Fire

Written by Tom Holland

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $15.95

In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms... Read more >

The First Americans
In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
Written by James Adovasio and Jake Page

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2003
Price: $15.95

J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there?

At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that... Read more >

How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
Written by Arthur Herman

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 24, 2002
Price: $16.00

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that have formed and nurtured the... Read more >