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The Excruciating History of Dentistry

by James Wynbrandt – St. Martin's Press (January 26, 2015)

For those on both sides of the dreaded dentist's chair, James Wynbrandt has written a witty, colorful, and richly informative history of the art and science of dentistry. To all of those dental patients whose...

Fallen Leaves

by Will Durant – Simon & Schuster (December 09, 2014)

Praised as a ?revelatory? book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize?winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.

The...

Leadership in American Academic Geography: The Twentieth Century

by Michael S. DeVivo – Lexington Books (November 14, 2014)

DeVivo employs a historical narrative in offering a critical review of the most influential leaders in American academic geography during the twentieth century. Geographers with interest in the history of the...

Every Army Man Is with You: The Cadets Who Won the 1964 Army-Navy Game, Fought in Vietnam, and Came Home Forever Changed

by Nicolaus Mills – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 13, 2014)

This book by historian Nicolaus Mills links the biographies of players on the 1964 Army team from the time they spent on the field together to the years they spent stationed around the country and the world,...

Sisterly Love: Women of Note in Pennsylvania History

by Marie A. Conn & Thérèse McGuire – Hamilton Books (October 30, 2014)

Sisterly Love tells the stories of women who have made or are making significant contributions to Pennsylvania history, from the state’s early decades to the present day. In these essays you will meet artists,...

River of Ink: [An Illustrated History of Literacy]

by Thomas Christensen – Counterpoint (October 20, 2014)

Thomas Christensen’s previous title 1616: The World in Motion looked at a single year in the age of early maritime globalism--PW gave it a starred review, calling it “a stunning overview of the nascent modern...

Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver's Historic Commodore Ballroom

by Aaron Chapman – Arsenal Pulp Press (March 16, 2015)

The untold story of a rock’n’roll landmark in Vancouver that has hosted a who’s who of music greats.

Lives and Times: Individuals and Issues in American History: To 1877

by Blaine T. Browne & Robert C. Cottrell – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (May 16, 2010)

Lives and Times is a biographical reader designed for use in American history courses, with each volume consisting of thirteen chapters in which two significant individuals are examined in the context of a major...

Women Constructing Men: Female Novelists and Their Male Characters, 1750D2000

by Katharina Rennhak, Sarah S. G. Frantz, Angela Laflen & Rainer Emig et al. – Lexington Books (December 03, 2009)

Female novelists have always invested as much narrative energy in constructing their male characters as in envisioning their female. The collected articles in

Cities of Empire

by Tristram Hunt – Metropolitan Books (November 24, 2014)

An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake

At its peak, the British Empire was an urban...

Americans in Dissent: Thirteen Influential Social Critics of the Nineteenth Century

by Steven L. Piott – Lexington Books (October 15, 2014)

Americans in Dissent is designed as a collection of biographical essays written for general readers and undergraduates that focuses on the topic of American dissent during the period from 1830 to 1890.

From Pole to Pole

by Garth James Cameron – Skyhorse (November 11, 2014)

Roald Amundsen was the most successful polar explorer of his era using sledges, dogs, skis, and ships. He is mainly remembered for being the first man to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. What is less...

Andes

by Michael Jacobs – Counterpoint (May 01, 2011)

For centuries, the Andes have caught the imagination of travelers, inspiring fear and wonder. The groundbreaking scientist Alexander von Humboldt claimed that “everything here is grander and more majestic than...

Inside the Museum - Fort York National Historic Site

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Spadina House

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Montgomery's Inn

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Colborne Lodge

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - The Market Gallery

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - The Grange

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Toronto's First Post Office

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Mackenzie House

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

The Voyageur Canadian History 2-Book Bundle: The Refugee / The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808

by Benjamin Drew, W. Kaye Lamb & George E. Clarke – Dundurn (March 14, 2014)

This special bundle contains two classic works that provide great insight into crucial, nation-defining events in Canadian history: the exploration of the west in the early nineteenth century, and the arrival...

Toronto Neighbourhoods 7-Book Bundle: A City in the Making / Unbuilt Toronto / Unbuilt Toronto 2 / Leaside / Opportunity Road / Willowdale / The Yonge

by Mark Osbaldeston, F.R. (Hamish) Berchem, Frederick H. Armstrong & Scott Kennedy et al. – Dundurn (March 14, 2014)

Local history buffs and urban historians will delight in this collection of books that examine the history and development (and plans that never came to be) of Canada's largest city.

Inside the Museum - Gibson House

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Inside the Museum - Campbell House

by John Goddard – Dundurn (June 11, 2014)

A special excerpt from the first book to gather in one place information about Toronto's heritage sites, the places where the early history of the city is preserved for future generations.

Hitler's Secret Jewish Psychic

by Phil Mason – Skyhorse (October 14, 2014)

A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that have caused big waves in history, Hitler?s Secret Jewish Psychic will cure you of two misconceptions: the first being that history...

In the Wake of the Plague

by Norman F. Cantor – Simon & Schuster (October 14, 2014)

Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black...

Wheat Fields

by Joseph A. Byrne – eBookIt.com (February 21, 2013)

Wheat Fields is the story about the social trauma of change brought on by the introduction of the mobile combine harvester. On another level, the story is about the very meaning of life. Of particular interest...

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

by Peter Ackroyd – Thomas Dunne Books (October 20, 2014)

Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south...

Literature, Intertextuality, and the American Revolution: From Common Sense to Rip Van Winkle

by Steven Blakemore – Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (August 31, 2012)

Dealing with five significant works of the American-Revolution era (1776-1820), the book crystallizes strategies of subversion in an intertextual war by authors reformulating the histories of other revolutions...

Common Sense and Selected Works of Thomas Paine

by Thomas Paine – Canterbury Classics (May 19, 2014)

Thomas Paine is one of history’s most renowned thinkers and was indispensible to both the American and French revolutions. The three works included, Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason,...

Historical Dictionary of Kenya

by Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 09, 2014)

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Kenya provides a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography on the country’s history. The dictionary section has 500 cross-referenced...

Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement

by Stephen Eric Bronner – Columbia University Press (October 06, 2004)

This book tackles an obvious yet profound problem of modern political life: the disorientation of intellectuals and activists on the left. As the study of political history and theory has been usurped by cultural...

A History of New York in 101 Objects

by Sam Roberts – Simon & Schuster (September 23, 2014)

?Delightfully surprising?.A portable virtual museum?an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world?s great cities? (Kirkus Reviews), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history...

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke – St. Martin's Press (October 06, 2014)

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice

A comprehensive, authoritative and readable history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examining the behavior of the subject in its preferred environment:...

Cruise Through History: Itinerary 1 - London to Rome

by Sherry Hutt – Digby Creations (September 04, 2014)

Cruise through History is a collection of short stories grouped by the sequence of many popular cruise itineraries, rather than by country, or period of history. An enjoyable cruise itinerary, particularly for...

Of Great Character

by Joseph A. Byrne – eBookIt.com (February 21, 2013)

Of Great Character is a social thriller. It demonstrates the principle that true greatness is often found in ordinary circumstances. The book uses the often thrilling events of the pea harvest to illustrate...

Warlords of Ancient Mexico

by Peter G. Tsouras – Skyhorse (September 02, 2014)

Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico.

More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this intriguing study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico....

The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan

by Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Michelle Yeh & Ming-ju Fan – Columbia University Press (August 26, 2014)

This sourcebook contains more than 160 documents and writings that reflect the development of Taiwanese literature from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Selections include seminal essays...

The Davey Dialogues - An Exploration of the Scientific Foundations of Human Culture

by John C. Madden – STC Enterprises Inc. (July 09, 2013)

Linking Science and Science History with Culture - Essential Science for the Non-scientist.

The Davey Dialogues is an easy-to-understand history and background to key discoveries which have altered our perception...

American Eden: From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us About Who We Are

by Wade Graham – HarperCollins e-books (April 05, 2011)

“American Eden moves luminously through landscapes of history, literature, biography, and design theory. . . . fusing sharp-edged analysis and graceful American prose.” —Kevin Starr, author of Golden Gate:...

Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

by Heather Menzies – New Society Publishers (April 28, 2014)

An engaging and intimate journey of personal and political discovery.

Between Slavery and Freedom: Free People of Color in America From Settlement to the Civil War

by Julie Winch, Jacqueline M. Moore & Nina Mjagkij – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (April 04, 2014)

In Between Slavery and Freedom, Julie Winch explores the complex world of those people of African birth or descent who occupied the “borderlands” between slavery and freedom in the 350 years from the founding...

The Big Spenders: The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes

by Lucius Beebe – Axios Press (July 01, 2014)

The Big Spenders was Lucius Beebe's last and many think his best book. In it he describes the consumption of the Gilded Age. Beebe enjoys it all immensely, and so do we his readers, whether it is James Gordon...

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

by Emizet Francois Kisangani & Scott F. Bobb – Scarecrow Press (October 01, 2009)

The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo looks back at the nearly 48 years of independence, over a century of colonial rule, and even earlier kingdoms and groups...

Historical Dictionary of International Organizations

by Michael G. Schechter – Scarecrow Press (November 09, 2009)

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of International Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of the major international organizations, both intergovernmental and international intergovernmental,...

Berlin Now

by Peter Schneider & Sophie Schlondorff – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (August 04, 2014)

A smartly guided romp, entertaining and enlightening, through Europe's most charismatic and enigmatic city

It isn't Europe's most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive than that...

The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817

by Chaim M. Rosenberg – Lexington Books (December 16, 2010)

After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal...

Historical Dictionary of Sikhism

by Louis E. Fenech & W. H. McLeod – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 11, 2014)

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Sikhism covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on...

Opium

by Donald Wigal – Parkstone International (February 15, 2014)

Opium, once used for ritual purposes, is a substance which dulls pain and offers access to an artificial world, and has long been idealized by artists and markets. Baudelaire, Picasso, and Dickens were all inspired...