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In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colonies to explore the many other revolutions roiling the turbulent American continent. In that...

Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Together with his sister Caroline, he pioneered comprehensive surveys of the night...

A surprising look at the least-appreciated yet profoundly important period of European history: the so-called Dark Ages. The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with...

Presents a history of coffee, describing its origins in fifteenth-century East Africa, its rise as an imperial consumer product, and the current economic plight of today's coffee-producing countries.

In a society begging to be duped, an inspiration to those who praise common sense over myth and superstition. Martin Gardner"one of the most brilliant men and gracious writers I...

A history of the Enlightenment retraces the innovations in representative government, industrialization, religious tolerance, and individualism that made the eighteenth century so important in the history of England, and the...

This book tells the story of the two assassination trials, exploring what made them pivotal in American history. Were they used to make the South pay for secession? Were they...

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter-but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book five of Michael Scott's New York...

Booker Prize Finalist Here is an extraordinary cross-cultural love story that unfurls across Egypt, England, and the United States over the course of a century. Isabel Parkman, a divorced American...

When Samuel Godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web...

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. "The Year of the Flood" is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing...

Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that "steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory." --"Wall Street Journal " The Big Bang theory--widely regarded as...

The first archaeological evidence of the historical reality of the Gospel story. From a historical point of view, the uniqueness of this cave is that it contains archaeological evidence that...

Timeless wisdom on life today from a leading French intellectual and one of the greatest of contemporary spiritual leaders. French film writer Jean-Claude Carriere had the extraordinary opportunity to sit...

Ozment gives grass-roots insights into the least appreciated of modern revolutions. Told from the point of view of the first Protestants, in the form of letters, diaries, and other people's...

For reporter Todd Mills, being the city''s most high profile gay man means fighting for those still cloaked in secrecy. But when he finds himself implicated in the murder of...

This collection of over two hundred folk and fairy tales from all over the world is the only edition that encompasses all cultures. Arranged geographically by region-West and East Europe,...

The world was still reeling from the ravages of the century's first Great War when a dramatic and inexorable chain of events set it afire once again. In the Second...

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper...

After Jesse's newly found thunder egg hatches and a baby dragon pops out, Jesse and his cousin Daisy learn they've been designated as Dragon Keepers. They must keep the hatchling...

National Bestseller New York Times Editors' Choice Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Silver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Award of the...

American Patriots is one of the great untold stories in American history. There have been books on individual black soldiers, but this is the first to tell the full story...

A thrilling history of the rise of anarchism, told through the stories of several violent revolutionaries and the secret police who pursued them. In the late nineteenth century, nations the...

An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the...

In this exhilarating celebration of human ingenuity and perseverance--published all around the world--a trailblazing Italian scholar sifts through our cultural and social behavior in search of the origins of our...

In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix,...

The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, Gimpel the Fool, in...

The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...

A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our...

America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times , Thomas...

Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging stories from the Nobel Prize Winner, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.

It was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring and successful daylight escape from...

At a time when knowledge is being 're-valued' as central to curriculum concerns, subject English is being called to account. Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers puts long-standing...

'Sprawling in scope, forged with depth of lore and living history, full of betrayals and deaths and twists and epic battles' Grimdark Magazine A NEW AGE HAS DAWNED. AN AGE...

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN... When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO The second novel in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. For...

' A delectable jewel of a tale, shimmering with dark, beautiful prose' Tori Bovalino, author of The Devil Makes Three , on A Dowry of Blood Love is sacrifice. One...

' The Stardust Thief will transport you, enchant you, and revive your belief in the magic of storytelling' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun Inspired by stories...

'ASTONISHING' Locus, 'ENTHRALLING' Guardian, 'CAPTIVATING' Kirkus ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD*** The Book of Koli begins a breathtakingly original new trilogy set in a strange and deadly world...

'VISCERAL . . . IRRESISTIBLE . . . a claustrophobic, deep-sea terror tale that will leave readers glad to be safely on dry land' Kirkus NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR...

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius'. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her,...

SOME AGENTS HAVE ALL THE FUN. OTHERS SAVE THE WORLD. Bob Howard is an IT expert and occasional field agent for The Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's Secret Service...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. 'Glorious' New York Times Book Review 'The compelling energy of...

'Brilliant: singular, unsettling and mutative ' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN ' The strange events of this story have haunted me ' NAOMI BOOTH ' A beautiful, moving, unexpected...

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice | An Electric Literature Best Novel of the Year | A Most Anticipated Book from Nylon , San Francisco Chronicle , Them...

** Eastern Eye 's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 ** ** Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2024** The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and...