The Contest of the Century

By sea and on the airwaves, by dollar and yuan, a contest has begun that will shape the next century. China's rise has now entered a critical new p...

DescriptionCalifornia's early history was both colorful and turbulent. After Europeans first explored the region in the sixteenth century, it was c...

A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eightee...

Reducere. The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome a...

Reducere. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales presented in the original Middle English version. They are a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th centur...

Reducere. While there are plenty of books dealing with chess openings, and no shortage of helpful volumes on the endgame, there are far fewer available on th...

Reducere. With a history that stretches over a century, the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry is one of the oldest in college football. The two teams claim a combi...

In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black sk...

Reducere. The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fair is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn...

Reducere. Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolutio...

After the Revolution, Americans abandoned the political economy of self-denial and sacrifice that had secured their independence. In its place, the...

Reducere. Veterans: Stories From America's Best captures the voices of the men and women sent to war in far-off lands during America's wars of the last centu...

Reducere. In this Imagination Station adventure, Patrick and Beth find themselves as guests in a beautiful castle in 15th-century England. Through a series o...

The Official History of the Tour de France is a celebration of one of the greatest annual sporting events, and the premier competition in world cyc...

Reducere. Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What ...

Reducere. Once a century, the gods hold a contest to determine who will rule from the Jade Throne. Each god chooses a mortal champion, and the fate of heaven...

Reducere. "An engaging account of the Toledo War of 1835, a serious confrontation whose outcome established the borders of the state of Michigan. Faber exper...

Reducere. The battles for control of the lands of Middle SeaThis book usefully, concisely and comprehensively describes the history of the conflict that rage...

Reducere. Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly...

Reducere. DescriptionThe battles for control of the lands of Middle SeaThis book usefully, concisely and comprehensively describes the history of the conflic...

The Concept of Ordered Liberty is a story of due process from the common-law tradition. Told through Supreme Court cases against a backdrop of poli...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 1830s forced removal of Cherokees from their southeastern homeland became the most famous event in the Indian history of the America...

Contributor(s): Author: Lytle ShawNarrowcast explores how mid-century American poets associated with the New Left mobilized tape recording as a new...

Contributor(s): Editor: Olivia Remie ConstableFor some historians, medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultur...

Moscow in the middle of the seventeenth century had a distinctly apocalyptic feel. An outbreak of the plague killed half the population. A solar ec...

Reducere. The Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal was the most bitterly fought contest of nineteenth-century Europe. From 1808 to 1814, Spanish regulars and...

DescriptionIn the mid-19th century, rhetoric surrounding slavery was permeated by violence. Slavery's defenders often used brute force to suppress ...

Praise for Sheldon Jacobs Sheldon Jacobs is a level-headed gentleman who is a cross between Albert Einstein, the Dalai Lama, and Vanguard founder J...

Reducere. In the early twentieth century, the brutality of southern prisons became a national scandal. Prisoners toiled in grueling, violent conditions while...

For much of recorded history, China was a leading science and technology power. But just as the West rose, China turned in on itself, and missed th...

Reducere. An anthropologist's groundbreaking account of how Islamic religious authority is assembled through the unceasing labor of community building on the...

Reducere. Award NameMidwest Book Award (MIPA)Award categoryBiographyDescriptionEdward Coles, who lived from 1786-1868, is most often remembered for his antis...

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Atlanta was regarded as the gateway to the new, enlightened and racially progressive South. White busine...

Reducere. Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was -- and is -- the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the K...

DescriptionIn the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving r...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's a retro reboot After a falling out with a friend flips interior decorator Madison Night's world inside out, she's determined to rev...

Reducere. Amid the intrigue and danger of 18th-century Italy, a young woman becomes embroiled in romance and treachery with a rider in the Palio, the breatht...

The son of an Irish soldier, Kim doesn't really fit in with the other residents of his native Lahore or among India's British transplants. The 13-y...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo wealthy and powerful men engage in a decades-long contest to create and possess the most remarkable watch in history. James Ward Pac...

Reducere. DescriptionFiction. Winner of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association Award. Winner of a Royal Palm Literary Award. Winner of the Chicago Pu...

Reducere. The bitter 1876 contest between Ohio Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes and New York Democratic Governor Samuel Tilden was the most sensationa...

Reducere. Ella Maillart was the adventurous Swiss woman who made her name as an intrepid explorer and one of the most remarkable woman travelers of the early...

Reducere. For more than a hundred million years, the Dark Continent has kept a savage secret. While on the trail of a stolen tactical nuclear weapon, Jack Si...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Without Empire France today would only be a libera...

They were stuck on this remote island, all of them. Trapped in this show. No way to stop whatever came next. No way at all. Six people arrive on a ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. Exorcise your destiny in an era-spanning supernatural adventure from manga legend Rumiko Takahashi! When Nanoka is transported back in time to a su...

DescriptionAn ode to self-reliance brimming with wit, wisdom, and nostalgia. Sometimes doing things the "old-fashioned way" is still the best way F...

Reducere. DescriptionEdna St. Vincent Millay's childhood was a life of transient poverty. Her mother Cora, who was separated for many years from, and finally...

Reducere. DescriptionDisruptive Play: The Trickster in Politics and Culture journeys from ancient folkloric appearances of Tricksters such as Raven and ṣ -El...

*Includes pictures of the various amusement parks and rides *Traces the history of Coney Island and includes accounts of the old amusement parks an...

Reducere. Calling all Chicago Cubs fans The Ultimate Chicago Cubs Trivia Book is a staple for anyone who loves baseball, sports trivia, and the Cubbies. You ...