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Material Culture Of Gangetic Plains During First Millennium B.c.: An Archaeological Study

About the Book Twenty of Florida's most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the Jacksonville fi...

About the Book In Hitler's First War, award-winning author Thomas Weber delivers a master work of history--a major revision of our understanding of...

About the Book Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedi...

About the Book A gripping account of the most deadly tornado ever to hit the U.S.--695 people killed in its 219-mile path of destruction--including...

About the Book In recent years, Portugal has experienced great social and economic change. This concise, illustrated history of the country offers ...

About the Book This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian. And like any good biography it runs...

About the Book With increasingly more people wondering about the future of Britain, there has never been a better time for a straightforward and un...

About the Book Indian Balm is the captivating account of a journey Paul Hyland made along the little-known course of the sacred Godavari river in S...

About the Book Striking in appearance--six foot four and physically imposing--with an aristocratic bearing and incredible charm and self-assurance,...

About the Book The Declaration of Independence as you've never seen it before Some of us cherish it with near-scriptural reverence. Others simply t...

About the Book One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry ...

About the Book A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it...

About the Book A preeminent historian examines World War II's turning point On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at five Normandy beaches, precede...

About the Book A stupendous feat of reportage.-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desperate Hours ""Goldstein's book is packed...

About the Book Acclaim for Lafayette ""I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions...

About the Book The turbulent history of Poland has long attracted international interest. In this wide-ranging survey, Anita J. Prazmowska explores...

About the Book Extensively revised and updated, the fifth edition of "British Civilization" includes new illustrations, devolution, more debate and...

About the Book Chariot racing, peplos weaving, cooking, and helmet making Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Greece It is over...

About the Book Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer ""A first-class historian."" --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! ""A wealth of insights.""--L...

Martyrs offers compelling and chilling interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighters and fanatics, and with Mu...

About the Book The Silesian town of Bedzin lies a mere twenty-five miles from Auschwitz; through the linked ghettos of Bedzin and its neighbouring ...

About the Book Chile Since Independence brings together four chapters from Volumes 3, 5, and 8 of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide...

About the Book Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of deb...

About the Book Bernier provides us with a riveting chronicle of that time, so vastly different from our own yet so pregnant with meaning for us as ...

About the Book Victorian America and the Civil War examines the relationships between American Victorian culture and the Civil War. The author argu...

About the Book Pre-revolutionary Paris comes to life in this fascinating story surrounding the correspondence between two colorful and witty societ...

About the Book Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclav...

About the Book Following the release of Chichester - A Contemporary View in 1994, Chichester - A Millennium View looks at the following six years o...

David Blunkett has never been a conventional politician - or personality. Blind since childhood, seemingly a traditional 'old Labour' councillor in...

About the Book Divided We Stand is a study of how class and race have intersected in American society--above all, in the "making" and remaking of t...

About the Book This book examines the extraordinary personality of Claus Count Stauffenberg, a key figure in the 1944 coup attempt against Hitler. ...

About the Book This comprehensive survey of the events, people and themes that makes us who we are explores the interwoven culture, society, politi...

About the Book In 1856 Emperor Hsien Feng turned over an ornately carved jade name-plaque next to his bedchamber, an action with which he brought a...

About the Book A fascinating look at thirty of the mysteries that have baffled the world through the ages, by the author of Unsolved Mysteries of A...

About the Book Between 1450 and 1750 Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid the foundations for t...

About the Book This book represents a new, expanded and substantially updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military...

About the Book Aaron Burr remains one of the most darkly compelling figures in early United States history. Best known as the man who killed Alexan...

About the Book What exactly has Bill Clinton been doing since he left office? What can he expect to accomplish? What have his predecessors in his p...

About the Book This text collates the personal letters written by 18 of the thousands of British emigrants who left for North America in the 15 yea...

About the Book An intriguing picture of life during the Civil War, through the newspapers of the period. Delving into an untapped source to tell th...

About the Book Praise for Great Feuds in History "Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with ...

About the Book The colorful true stories of ten monumental feuds in the history of technology The history of technology is full of heated disputes ...

About the Book Presents a collection of essays that look at Iraq's history, arts, religion, politics, and the role of women.

About the Book Abandoning her privileged position in society, Marie d'Agoult eloped with Franz Liszt, and later won fame as a writer under the name...

About the Book Roger Downey takes us to the center of the controversies over "Kennewick Man," the surprising 9,000-year-old Caucasoid-like skeleton...