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• Author(s): Hal Hellman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book The colorful true stories of ten monumental feuds in the history of technology The history of technology is full of heated disputes over who, ...

• Author(s): Ted Schwarz • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Advance Praise for Joseph P. Kennedy "Ted Schwarz gives us a darker, and truer, picture of the founding father (and only Kennedy to ever make ...

• Author(s): Alan Axelrod • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book In America's Wars, one of the nation's leading authors of popular history provides a unique one-stop resource for essential information on ev...

• Author(s): Michael Golay | John S. Bowman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: Expeditions & DiscoveriesAbout the Book A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resour...

• Author(s): MATHIEU • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GeneralAbout the Book Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically...

• Author(s): Richard Goldstein • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: Ships & Shipbuilding - GeneralAbout the Book A stupendous feat of reportage.-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desp...

• Author(s): Donny Gluckstein • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThis history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'. The vast majority of h...

• Author(s): Paul Aron • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - GeneralAbout the Book Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answ...

• Author(s): Alan Baker • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book One moment the Vikings were a mere speck on the sea; the next, a murderous force slashing its way into unprotected monasteries and villages; an...

• Author(s): Susan Ronald • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book The fascinating six-hundred-year history of one of the world's most coveted gems and the royal feuds, intrigues, and betrayals it engenderedT...

• Author(s): H. Paul Jeffers • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: PoliticalAbout the Book Praise for H. Paul Jeffers Diamond Jim Brady: Prince of the Gilded Age "One of the most entertaining historical busin...

• Author(s): Thomas A. Lewis • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A memorable account of a forgotten chapter in American history If you think that America's western expansion began on the banks of the Mis...

• Author(s): Larry Schweikart | Bradley J. Birzer • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book In this authoritative and comprehensive resource, you'll find detailed information on a vast array of topics related ...

• Author(s): Samuel A. Schreiner Jr. • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book One family's mission "With the fires of hatred rekindled in the North by the assassination and in the South by emancipation, the e...

• Author(s): Buckner F. Melton Jr. • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout 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...

• Author(s): Michael Golay • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A vivid tableau of the American conquest of the Pacific Coast "With Broughton's expedition, the Americans and the British had posted compet...

• Author(s): Colin Evans • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Praise for Great Feuds in History "Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and ...

• Author(s): Martin Gilbert • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book A preeminent historian examines World War II's turning point On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at five Normandy beaches, preceded by ma...

• Author(s): Pamela C.M. Mar | Frank-Jurgen Richter • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book How does China invest abroad? What is the easiest way for that country to effectively institute corporate governanc...

• Author(s): Peter Krass • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultima...

• Author(s): Harlow Giles Unger • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoricalAbout the Book Acclaim for Lafayette ""I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis'...

• Author(s): Scott Cookman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: Polar RegionsAbout the Book Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note ...

• Author(s): Linda Honan • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: History • BISAC: History - AncientAbout the Book Chariot racing, peplos weaving, cooking, and helmet making Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient G...

• Author(s): GEIPEL • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GermanyGermany, like many countries, has witnessed the rise of extremist far-right groups and parties in recent years, and no more so than ...

• Author(s): bayly • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: History • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralThe sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ra...

• Author(s): David Raeburn • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: History • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalAbout the Book This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended f...