35 books in History - Social History
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The 1950s Home
Written by Sophie Leighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
In the aftermath of World War II, design was key to a new way of living as carefully thought-out principles were applied to new homes and commercial buildings across the country. From open plan living to new materials in buildings and furnishing, the 1950s marked a bright new era. Read more >
Written by Sophie Leighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
In the aftermath of World War II, design was key to a new way of living as carefully thought-out principles were applied to new homes and commercial buildings across the country. From open plan living to new materials in buildings and furnishing, the 1950s marked a bright new era. Read more >
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Wartime Childhood
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
Growing up as a child during the Second World War could be a frightening, strange or even an exciting experience. For many city children the war brought evacuation to the countryside and a way of life very different from the one they were used to. For children who remained in areas... Read more >
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
Growing up as a child during the Second World War could be a frightening, strange or even an exciting experience. For many city children the war brought evacuation to the countryside and a way of life very different from the one they were used to. For children who remained in areas... Read more >
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The British Seaside Holiday
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
Old fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Quintessential elements such as seaside donkeys and sickly sticks of rock are easily identifiable and memorable ingredients of a tradition that most people in this country have experienced. Focusing on the one-hundred-year period from 1870 to 1970... Read more >
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
Old fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Quintessential elements such as seaside donkeys and sickly sticks of rock are easily identifiable and memorable ingredients of a tradition that most people in this country have experienced. Focusing on the one-hundred-year period from 1870 to 1970... Read more >
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Evacuees of the Second World War
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
During the last days of peace in 1939 nearly two million people, most of them children, were evacuated from British cities, towns and ports to the countryside, or across the Atlantic to the USA and Canada. Whole schools were evacuated together and found themselves billeted in large country houses. Others were... Read more >
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
During the last days of peace in 1939 nearly two million people, most of them children, were evacuated from British cities, towns and ports to the countryside, or across the Atlantic to the USA and Canada. Whole schools were evacuated together and found themselves billeted in large country houses. Others were... Read more >
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Freedom's Battle
The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
Written by Gary J. Bass
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.95
This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action... Read more >
The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
Written by Gary J. Bass
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $17.95
This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action... Read more >
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American Rifle
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $20.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $20.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing... Read more >
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Zinn For Beginners
Written by David Cogswell
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
Zinn For Beginners describes the life and work of the most vital historian of our time. Howard Zinn led a revolution in the writing of history by telling the story not from the standpoint of conquerors and rulers, but from the side of the ordinary people who always bear the brunt... Read more >
Written by David Cogswell
Illustrated by Joe Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $14.99
Zinn For Beginners describes the life and work of the most vital historian of our time. Howard Zinn led a revolution in the writing of history by telling the story not from the standpoint of conquerors and rulers, but from the side of the ordinary people who always bear the brunt... Read more >
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The First Family
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
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The First Family
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Mike Dash
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $27.00
Before the notorious Five Families who dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half century, there was the one-fingered criminal genius Giuseppe Morello–known as “The Clutch Hand”–and his lethal coterie of associates. In The First Family, historian, journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Mike Dash brings to life this little-known... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Victorians and Edwardians at Play
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 and 1910 and explore the pastimes, hobbies, sports and other entertainments enjoyed by the... Read more >
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 and 1910 and explore the pastimes, hobbies, sports and other entertainments enjoyed by the... Read more >
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The Victorians and Edwardians at Work
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 and 1910 and explore the world of work and working conditions experienced by the... Read more >
Written by John Hannavy
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step back between 1840 and 1910 and explore the world of work and working conditions experienced by the... Read more >
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How We Do It
How the Science of Sex Can Make You a Better Lover
Written by Judy Dutton
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $24.95
Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber?
For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve his... Read more >
How the Science of Sex Can Make You a Better Lover
Written by Judy Dutton
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $24.95
Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber?
For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve his... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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How We Do It
How the Science of Sex Can Make You a Better Lover
Written by Judy Dutton
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $24.95
Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber?
For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve his... Read more >
How the Science of Sex Can Make You a Better Lover
Written by Judy Dutton
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $24.95
Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber?
For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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A Shadow on the Household
One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom
Written by Bryan Prince
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $29.95
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada
Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were... Read more >
One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom
Written by Bryan Prince
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $29.95
The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada
Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. Many were... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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American Rifle
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $30.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $30.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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American Rifle
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $20.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Alexander Rose
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $20.00
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Victorian Asylum
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $12.95
The Victorian lunatic asylum has a special place in history. Dreaded and reviled by many, these nineteenth-century buildings provide a unique window on how the Victorians housed and treated the mentally ill.
Despite initially good intentions, they became warehouses for society's outcasts at a time when cures were far fewer than hoped... Read more >
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $12.95
The Victorian lunatic asylum has a special place in history. Dreaded and reviled by many, these nineteenth-century buildings provide a unique window on how the Victorians housed and treated the mentally ill.
Despite initially good intentions, they became warehouses for society's outcasts at a time when cures were far fewer than hoped... Read more >
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Song of Brooklyn
An Oral History of America's Favorite Borough
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $26.95
The voices of Brooklyn:
“I’m a Brooklyn guy, it’s in my bones and it’s there in Brooklyn. There’s a certain rhythm you get growing up there. Every Brooklyn kid has it. Always on the right beat. The Bronx, no; Queens, you were out of it; but Brooklyn, that was it.”
—Mel Brooks, Williamsburg
“Everyone... Read more >
An Oral History of America's Favorite Borough
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $26.95
The voices of Brooklyn:
“I’m a Brooklyn guy, it’s in my bones and it’s there in Brooklyn. There’s a certain rhythm you get growing up there. Every Brooklyn kid has it. Always on the right beat. The Bronx, no; Queens, you were out of it; but Brooklyn, that was it.”
—Mel Brooks, Williamsburg
“Everyone... Read more >
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Fly Now!
Written by Joanne Gernstein London
Foreword by Herb Kelleher
Introduction by Robert Van Der Linden
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.95
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in the summertime—and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history. The posters—most of... Read more >
Written by Joanne Gernstein London
Foreword by Herb Kelleher
Introduction by Robert Van Der Linden
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $15.95
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in the summertime—and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history. The posters—most of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps
Written by Benita Cullingford
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by Benita Cullingford
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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Egyptian Games and Sports
Written by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Written by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
Read more >
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The Victorian Clergyman
Written by Trevor May
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by Trevor May
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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The Victorian and Edwardian Sportsman
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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The Real All Americans
The Team that Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
Written by Sally Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $27.95
Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It's Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike.
If... Read more >
The Team that Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
Written by Sally Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $27.95
Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It's Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike.
If... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Real All Americans
The Team that Changed a Game, a People, A Nation
Written by Sally Jenkins
Read by Don Leslie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $22.50
If you’d guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you’d be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who believed that Native Americans deserved a... Read more >
The Team that Changed a Game, a People, A Nation
Written by Sally Jenkins
Read by Don Leslie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $22.50
If you’d guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you’d be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who believed that Native Americans deserved a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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