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Book cover for Marsha E. Ackermann: Encyclopedia of World History

Encyclopedia of World History

Marsha E. Ackermann
Hardcover - $1,367.95



Book cover for Jon Agar: Constant Touch

Constant Touch : A Global History of the Mobile Phone

Jon Agar
Paperback - $22.95

Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere--so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device.

Book cover for Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Dictionary of Global Culture

The Dictionary of Global Culture : What Every American Needs to Know as We Enter the Next Century--From Diderot to Bo Diddley

Kwame Anthony Appiah
Paperback - $41.95

Reference/World History
"Consistently informative, lively, and accurate . . . a pathbreaking achievement." --The New York Times Book Review
s the world's axes of population, power, and commerce shift from North to South and from West to East, ...

Book cover for Paul Aron: Unsolved Mysteries of History

Unsolved Mysteries of History : An Eye-Opening Investigation Into the Most Baffling Events of All Time

Paul Aron
Paperback - $27.95

  • Who built Stonehenge?
  • Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids?
  • Did Richard III kill the princes in the tower?
  • Could the Titanic have been saved?
  • Did Hitler murder his niece?
  • PRAISE FOR UNSOLVE ...

    Book cover for Isaac Asimov: Asimov's Chronology of the World

    Asimov's Chronology of the World

    Isaac Asimov
    Hardcover - $69.95

    From the world's greatest science writer, a history of the world from the big bang to 1945, told in irresistible short takes and highlighted by a timeline. Same easy-to-use format as Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery.

    Book cover for Alan Axelrod: The Encyclopedia of the American Armed Forces, 2-Volume Set

    The Encyclopedia of the American Armed Forces, 2-Volume Set

    Alan Axelrod
    Hardcover - $369.95

    At a time when the question of war and what it means to serve our country is especially relevant, this essential reference provides a comprehensive, authoritative look at the American armed forces. Written by a well-known military historian, this two ...

    Book cover for PH.D. Bahmueller: The 50 States, (REV)

    The 50 States, (REV)

    PH.D. Bahmueller
    Library Binding - $317.95

    This volume is designed to serve the needs of students and members of the public seeking basic and uptodate information on individual states of the United States. One of its central objectives is to help users find the information they want as quickl ...

    Book cover for Charles Bates: Hydro to Navoceano

    Hydro to Navoceano

    Charles Bates
    Hardcover - $56.95

    This candid narrative describes the complex interplay leading to today's state of the art hydrography and oceanography within the U.S. Navy.

    Book cover for James Elton Bell: Sir Robert Bell and His Early Virginia Colony Descendants

    Sir Robert Bell and His Early Virginia Colony Descendants : A Compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th Century English and Scottish Families with the Surnam

    James Elton Bell
    Paperback - $44.95



    Book cover for Michael Bentley: Companion to Historiography

    Companion to Historiography

    Michael Bentley
    Paperback - $96.95

    Literate civilizations have always celebrated or contested images of their past by writing about them. Historiography considers how and why such writing has taken the various shapes that it has.
    Now in paperback this work gives readers a definitiv ...

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