A Short History of Ancient Rome
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Roman world, and meet its most intriguing and influential characters, as this
Category: History
John Calvin
John Calvin stands as one of the most influential figures in Christian history, a theologian whose ideas shaped the course
400 Years of Drinking in America
America’s relationship with alcohol is a fraught and inconsistent one. While many other nations and cultures have stable attitudes toward
Heiresses
Through the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, it was a fact universally acknowledged that any man in want of a
Born in Blood and Fire: Fourth Edition
The most highly regarded and affordable history of Latin America for our times. Born in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has
12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy
Raised in 1943 with 17-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and “Tunisgrad”, the
Under Fire and Under Water
Epic wildfire. Devastating drought. Cataclysmic flooding. Extreme weather in the wake of climate change threatens to turn the American West
To Engineer Is Human
How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s – the collapse of the
Plagues upon the Earth
How pathogenic microbes have been an intimate part of human history from the beginning – and how our deadliest germs
About Time
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome
The Teachings of Don Juan
For over 40 years, Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan has inspired audiences to expand their world view beyond traditional Western
Thomas Paine
John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that “history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” Thomas Edison called him
