Discoveries: Coptic Egypt: Chris...

This artfilled treasury unfolds a vivid history of the Egyptian Christians called the Copts A highly connected story of religion, art, literature, and customs over a period of 2,000 years, the book...

Discoveries: The Bronze Age in E...

Achilles, Odysseus, and the other heroes of Homers Iliad and Odyssey fought with shields and swords of bronze What was the world like in those mythic days, when the rival Greek cities of Troy and M...

Dismantling Racism: The Continui...

Racism has reemerged, dramatically and forcefully All of us people of color and white people alike are damaged by its debilitating effects In this book, the author addresses the majority, the whi...

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: T...

This account, unique in its Union perspective, describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate soldiers ...

Divided Houses: Gender and the C...

Product DescriptionNo American needs to be told that the Civil War brought the United States to a critical juncture in its history The war changed forever the face of the nation, the nature of Amer...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide New Y...

From unearthing archaeological treasures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to biking through Central Park to strolling the streets of the artsy Soho and East and West Village neighborhoods, experie...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Polan...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Poland is your indepth guide to the very best of Poland Whether exploring the liveliness of its big cities or taking in the natural beauty of its idyllic lakes, beaches ...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japa...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Japan is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the mustsee si...

Documents of Texas History Volum...

The first edition of Documents of Texas History had 126 primary documents, ranging from a report of the first Spanish exploration of Texas to the official meteorological report on Hurricane Carla i...

Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns: t...

In Dodge City a man might break all ten commandments in one night, die with his boots on, and be buried on Boot Hill in the morning In the 1870s and 1880s the town was known as the wickedest in the...

Dog Days at the White House The ...

What makes this book worth reprinting is not the canine dogs described in this book but the human female kinds of dogs, the women who slept with the presidents who were not necessarily the wives Th...

Dont Give Up the Ship: Myths of ...

No longer willing to accept naval blockades, the impressment of American seamen, and seizures of American ships and cargos, the United States declared war on Great Britain The aim was to frighten B...

Dont Know Much About Anything: E...

In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Dont Know Much About series, author Kenneth C Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, myth...

Dont Know Much About History: Ev...

Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable motherThis is ...