History : Reference

Despite being a work of fiction, the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code has a plot based on a number of concepts and ideas that the author claims to be...

Lives and Times is a biographical reader designed for use in American history courses, with each volume consisting of thirteen chapters in which two signific......

China, the world's oldest and most populous state, remains an enigma to most people in the West, even at a time when that country is playing an increasingly ......

Focussing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers is an accessible introduction to those religi......

All aspects of the discovery of Australia are revealed in this reference work. It is especially useful for its comprehensive gallery of the exploits and achi......

The A to Z from the Great War to the Great Depression covers this important period in American history with a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliograp......

This Compilation provides an individual biographical resource for each and every Representative who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives between M......

This Directory contains the only complete listing of nationally designated historic landmarks â more than 4,000 landmarks. Current to 2009. For each landmark......

Journey into the history of what was once called the "Jewel of the Mid Valley" - Olyphant, Pennsylvania, "The Queen City." This journey takes the reader thro......

All things must pass. In an understatement of historic proportions, quite a few things have passed since the end of the last millennium. Some of the history-......

An erudite explanation of everything piratical, this book portrays the pirates, their weapons, their ships, their victims and and the historical background t......

Alchemy has traditionally been viewed as ‘the history of an error’, an example of mediaeval gullibility and greed, in which alchemists tried to tu......

The Fylfot File is an intriguing survey of the many and varied occurrences of the Swastika, or "Fylfot-Cross", in the British Isles. The Nazi appropriation o......

As anyone who has undergone the transition from civilian to soldier will tell you, basic training is a lot tougher and more challenging than any recruit can ......

Forgotten Islands of Indonesia presents a unique survey of the finest examples of Southeast Moluccan art. This volume contains many photographs and descripti......

Durante el desarrollo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, incluyendo un amplio período preliminar, se proyectaron operaciones militares de variadas magnitudes, que......

This A-Z reference covers over 1000 major personalities who lived during some of the most eventful years in European history. In biographical entries of up t......

The Oral History Manual is designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history i......

World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participa......

Author Jacques Fomerand provides a comprehensive dictionary of nearly 900 cross-referenced entries on the UN's various committees and organizations, its lead......