History - Essays

The Lawyer In American History, written by Frederick William Lehmann and originally published in 1907, is a comprehensive exploration of the role of lawyers in shaping American history. The book delves into the lives and careers of some of the most prominent lawyers in...

A Treatise On Dynamics: Containing A Considerable Collection Of Mechanical Problems (1823) is a book written by William Whewell. The book is a comprehensive study of dynamics, which is the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of objects under the influence of...

Annals of Niagara is a historical book written by William Kirby in 1896. The book covers the history of Niagara from its earliest days, including the arrival of the first settlers, the establishment of the town, and the growth of the community. It also...

Records of the Samuel Family: Collected from Essays, Manuscripts and Other Sources is a book written by Joseph Bunford Samuel and published in 1912. The book is a collection of essays, manuscripts, and other sources that provide a comprehensive history of the Samuel family....

English Liturgical Color: Observations On Notes On The History Of The Liturgical Colors By J. Wickham Legg (1882) is a book written by Herbert George Morse. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and significance of liturgical colors in the English Church....

Onondaga V1: Or Reminiscences Of Earlier And Later Times (1849) is a historical book written by Joshua Victor Hopkins Clark. The book is focused on the Onondaga tribe and their history. It is divided into two parts: the first part covers the earlier times...

The History of Fredericksburg, Virginia is a comprehensive book written by Alvin T. Embrey that delves into the rich history of the city of Fredericksburg. The book provides a detailed account of the city's origins, starting from its founding in the early 1700s to...

Andreana is a historical book written by Horace W. Smith in 1865. The book details the trial, execution, and other related events surrounding the history of Major John Andre. Major John Andre was a British army officer during the American Revolutionary War who was...

Wilderness: The Discovery Of A Continent Of Wonder is a non-fiction book written by Rutherford Platt. The book explores the wilderness areas of North America, from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rainforests, and how they have been discovered, explored, and preserved over time....

The Lost Kingdom by Chester Bryant is a thrilling adventure novel that takes readers on a journey through a mysterious and ancient land. The story follows the protagonist, Jack, a young archaeologist who discovers a hidden map leading to a lost kingdom. With the...

A Manual of Universal Church History is a comprehensive book written by John Alzog. The first volume of this book covers the history of the Christian church from the time of the Apostles to the end of the Middle Ages. The book is divided...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft V1 is a book written by Henry C. Lea. It is a comprehensive collection of historical documents and accounts related to the history of witchcraft. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which covers a specific...

Covering a timespan of some two and a half millennia, the contributions within this volume fall within four broad chronological sections, the first comprising three contributions that consider aspects of the European experience from classical antiquity until the high middle ages.Author: G駻assimos NotarasISBN-10: 1138619701ISBN-13:...

A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others--that reminds us of fundamental American principles....

In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the "notorious Anarchist," feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to...

A dazzling anthology of essays by some of the best writers of the past quarter century--from Barry Lopez and Margo Jefferson to David Sedaris and Samantha Irby--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate. The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of...

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From the lavish parties, the yachts, and the innovative architecture to the sultry summer days, the mosquito bites, and the hurricanes, Muriel Murrell captures in a series of charming vignettes the early days of Miami. Her remembrances are populated with a fascinating mix of...

This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.Author: Edward E. PalmerISBN-10: 1494096269ISBN-13: 9781494096267Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.76d

A History of Indian Literature: From Vedic Times to the Present Day is a comprehensive book written by Herbert H. Gowen. The book provides an in-depth analysis of Indian literature from its earliest origins in the Vedic period to the present day. It covers...

The Civil War on the Mississippi not only provides readers with a comprehensive and vivid account of the action on the western rivers; it offers an incredible synthesis of first-person accounts from the front lines.Author: Barbara Brooks TomblinISBN-10: 0813186773ISBN-13: 9780813186771Publisher: University Press of KentuckyLanguage:...

The Negro In Our History is a historical account of the role of African Americans in the development of the United States. Written by Carter G. Woodson and originally published in 1922, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the contributions made by African...

This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.Author: Joseph Fielding SmithISBN-10: 1494041685ISBN-13: 9781494041687Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.43d

In this series of essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchist vision with the promising opportunities of a "post-scarcity" era. Technological advances during the 20th century have expanded production in the pursuit of corporate profit at the expense of human need and ecological...

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, poet, novelist and critic, was a professor of Ottoman and Turkish literature at Istanbul University. His 'Five Cities' was first published in Turkish as 'Beş Şehir' in 1946 and revised in 1960. It consists of five lyrical essays, each focused on...

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted...

"It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers--Alexander the Great, Casanova, Christopher Columbus, Mahomet, Lola Montez,...

Together for the first time: two masterworks on the undercurrents of the American mind by one of our greatest historians Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and The Paranoid Style in American Politics are two essential works that lay bare the worrying trends of...

Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on an entertaining tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies and allies in tales of vengeance, tragedy, and fantastic metamorphoses. Shaw retells...

One of the Most Important Books on Civil Rights, Race, and Freedom Ever Written. "A groundbreaking challenge to white supremacy." --The New York Times A classic work of American literature, African-American history, and sociology by W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black...

A one-of-a-kind anthology of American essays on a wide range of subjects by a dazzling array of mid-century writers at the top of their form--from Normal Mailer to James Baldwin to Joan Didion--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate The three decades that followed World...

More than 150 inspired--and inspiring--novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do.Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote...

Not so long ago, feeling intimations of mortality, Jan Morris embarked on a wholly novel literary enterprise. What began as a series of high-minded letters to her late daughter--in the style of Lord Chesterfield addressing his son--quickly transformed itself into a potpourri of mini-essays...

A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, for readers of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Mark Kurlansky's Salt.Throughout history, orchards have nourished both body and soul: they are sites for worship and rest, inspiration for artists and writers, and places for...

Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is...

Plague, pestilence, and pandemics have been a part of the human story from the beginning and have been reflected in art and writing at every turn. Humankind has always struggled with illness; and the experiences of different cities and countries have been compared and...

A Story Untold was born in a classroom in Clarke Central High School in 1971. An 18-year-old Michael Thurmond was a member of the first graduating class of the newly-consolidated Clarke Central, a merging of the all-black Burney-Harris High School and the predominantly-white Athens...

Buy a ticket and take a dark joyride through American history. See bizarre spectacles of calamity and disaster. Behold true stories of lives cut short by grisly murders, dreadful diseases, and devastating storms. Witness babies saved by extraordinary means, and children lost through heartbreaking...

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) is a speech by Frederick Douglass. Having escaped from slavery in the South at a young age, Frederick Douglass became a prominent orator and autobiographer who spearheaded the American abolitionist movement in the mid-nineteenth...

Dick Gregory has been an unsparing and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years: a friend of such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Gregory is an unrelenting, lifelong activist against social injustice, whether he was marching in Selma...

A monumental, canon-defining anthology of three centuries of American essays, from Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin to David Foster Wallace and Zadie Smith--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate "Not only an education but a joy. This is a book for the ages." --Rivka Galchen,...

In his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency, and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy.Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we have...

The Celtic Myths That Shape the Way We Think explores a fascinating question: how do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries or even millennia later? Focusing on...

More of Mason Currey's irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing convention, stealing...

Throughout his career, Eduardo Galeano has turned our understanding of history and reality on its head. Isabelle Allende said his works "invade the reader's mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and power of his idealism." Mirrors,...

Step back to London, 1895. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are full of references to everyday activities and events from Victorian times that make the twenty-first century reader run to the reference shelf. Few, for example, are intimately acquainted with the responsibilities of a...

The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an already declining American capitalist system into a tailspin. The consequences of these mounting and intertwined crises will shape our future. In this unique collection of over...

This amazingly wise and nimble collection investigates the horrors inflicted on so-called "witches" of the past. The Witch of Eye unearths salves, potions, and spells meant to heal, yet interpreted by inquisitors as evidence of evil. The author describes torture and forced confessions alongside...