Diseases of Females and Children

The Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Business Manual.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digit...

In the House of the Tiger.

This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and is still an interesting read today. Fully illustrated throughout. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and...

Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society

A Tiger Among Us

An action-filled memoir by Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins, whose heroic deeds as a Green Beret in Vietnam in March 1966 became legend in the Army For four days in early March 1966, then-ser...

The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

An entertaining, accessible guide to Elizabethan England-the latest in the Time Traveler's Guide series Acclaimed historian Ian Mortimer shows readers that the past is not just something to be stud...

Prompt and Utter Destruction

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known...

The Us Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers

The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. Its ten-month lifespan included selection, training, and seven months o...

Imagining the Americas in Print

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Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization

The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the cradle of civilization, owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in...

Palmerston

British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston has enjoyed a rakish reputation as a womanizer, a careless aristocrat and the apostle of big-stick diplomacy. His lengthy life linked the American Revolution and...

Enlightenment

The movement called the Enlightenment swept through 18th-century Europe, forever changing the political, religious, and educational landscape. Margaret Jacob has assembled selections by important figu...

New Asian Hemisphere

For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the center stage it...