They Were Heroes

This sweeping new assessment of Civil War monuments unveiled in the United States between the 1860s and 1930s argues that they were pivotal to a na...

The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece. Along with athletic contests in honor of Zeus at Olympia, they comprised the Pythia...

Only a short while after the first superheroes entered the scene, they were followed by a host of scrappy teenage sidekicks. Batman had Robin. Flas...

DescriptionBefore Steve Ditko revolutionized comic book super-heroes with the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he applied his incomparable st...

Reducere. Thoroughly researched, this study highlights the historical scholarship that is one of the lasting legacies of interwar Polish Jewry and analyses i...

DescriptionIn Understanding Alice Adams, Bryant Mangum examines the thematic intricacies and astute social commentary of Adams's eleven novels and ...

Reducere. Regardless of what was going on in the real world, the early 1990s was a great time to be a child. Suspended belief with the tanned heroes of the w...

Reducere. 057Hidden within these tales and legends are the ancient healing secrets of the plants and herbs of Hawai'i. It is believed the altruistic destiny ...

Reducere. "Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who vent...

Reducere. The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that inclu...

This is a story about a team of perfectly imperfect super heroes. This is a twisted tale about a group of young super heroes and Super Villains tha...

One of France's most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals,...

French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popul...

Reducere. Bestselling writer Tom King is back with a new epic that reinvents one of DC's classic science-fiction adventurers, Adam Strange, examining whether...

Reducere. DescriptionDrawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War IWhile their story is almost a...

Reducere. For the past fifty years and more, Harley-Davidson has been ruling some racing roosts. Its competition iron has always been significant, often supr...

DescriptionIn 1990, American television experienced a seismic shift when Twin Peaks premiered, eschewing formulaic plots and clear lines between he...

In 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse of the greatest revolution in comic-book history -- the Marvel Age of Comics -- and it started right ...

Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible i...

DescriptionClasses and books on the Holocaust often center on the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, but rescuers also occupy a ...

Reducere. Now available in hardcover, this beautifully illustrated book introduces readers of all ages to 16 Asian-Americans who changed the world.Asian-Amer...

Reducere. The band is getting back together-and they really wish they weren't. The Starbreakers were your classic teenage heroes. Using their combined powers...

Reducere. Temple of DagonA notorious treasure-hunter seeks brave adventurers to assist him in acquiring valuables from a recently discovered ruined temple in...

Reducere. Eddy Hoffman was 13 years old when he was taken to Auschwitz where he saw his whole family killed. Eveline was five years old, living in Paris with...

Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the British Library's illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature's most c...

Reducere. The book presents a comprehensive theologically sound, captivating, and believable set of stories from Adam to Jesus. It portrays God's prophets as...

Reducere. Conscience before Conformity tells the story of German students who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Third Reich, and died for their belie...

Reducere. We all know the names of the last US presidents, but who were the masterminds that catapulted them into the highest echelon of power? Go behind the...

Reducere. The founders of the American republic were ardently concerned with the judgment of posterity. Had they known what a fickle muse Clio would prove to...

Reducere. If ancient trees could talk, what stories they could tell Alamo Tree is a true story about a real place. The monumental events surrounding the sieg...

Reducere. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen's most famous and popular comedy double act, celebrated by leg...

Reducere. They were the very definition of Saturday morning TV for kids - Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Do...

Reducere. Seldom has a small grassroots organization polarized American Jewry as did the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) and seldom has a gras...

Reducere. In print for over fifty years, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths has introduced generations to Greek mythology--and continues to enthrall young reader...

Reducere. The Druids, the Tuatha De Danann, Fomors, Fenians, Heroes of Ulster, Cuchulain, Finn Mac Cool, Conan and so much more Behind the masks of Celtic le...

Reducere. Not for God and Country is a true and definitive war story written by a decorated Marine who survived some of the harshest combat of the long, crue...

Reducere. When I first discovered that my 8-year-old kid believed that the adventures of Odysseus were the actual history of ancient Greece, I panicked and b...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Texas Rangers, then keep reading...Before Texas became a state in the United States of Ameri...

Reducere. Chaos was the origin of everything, the beginning of time. From Chaos sprang forth three primordial deities, Gaea, Tartarus & Eros...Ancient Greece...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of The Battle of the Somme, then keep reading...The First World War was made up of many different b...

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of t...

The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save doz...

Reducere. Those Who Forget, published to international awards and acclaim, is journalist G raldine Schwarz's riveting account of her German and French grandp...

DescriptionThe Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas's most famous and enduring novel, completed its serial publication in the summer of 1844, and by t...

Reducere. Star Trek: Constellations is a mind-blowing collection of specially-commissioned stories designed to go where no anthology has gone before. Featuri...

When Puritans Edward Whalley and William Goffe joined the parliamentary army against King Charles I in the English civil wars, they seized an oppor...

Reducere. The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twen...

FORGOTTEN NO MORE. The American people revere their elite combat units, but one of these noble bands has been unjustifiably forgotten--until now. A...

Reducere. A man's Dreaming merged with the Dreamtime. Everything in life, whether tangible or intangible, had been influenced by the people of the Dreamtime:...

Reducere. "We have no choice You have to try and take the train across the bridge " Switch Foreman Deaton demanded, as he watched the wheels of the Missouri ...

Reducere. For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian colorful figures endowed with great for...

Reducere. Meet extraordinary black heroes throughout history--biographies for kids ages 8 to 12 You're invited to meet ancient Egyptian rulers, brilliant sci...

These three greek legends were been retold by the incomparable Charles Kingsley for his own children, and now you can share them with yours.Follow ...

Reducere. NORSE MYTHOLOGYThroughout this book, we will discuss everything there is to know about Norse mythology, from the gods and monsters to the heroic t...

Reducere. Do you know that the Sumerians believed that: The moon was actually a god child conceived unintentionally by the God Enlil and a maid?Or that human...

Reducere. March 29, 1968 - ARVN Rangers and U.S. advisors came under attack as their helicopters landed near A Luoi, RVN. Several choppers were destroyed, an...

Reducere. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Heather Graham, K. Bromberg, Kendall Ryan, and Gena Showalter. Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual ...

Reducere. In an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a saucy young lady from Denver, Mamie Doud Eisenhowe...

Reducere. Want to know what Vietnam was really like?Real stories told by real people, in their own words, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. Fr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael T. Keene Eight boys from the rural community of Holley, New York, died fighting in Vietnam. All went to the same hi...

Reducere. #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together a remarkable group of heroes with one thing in common: they were ordinary people ...

DescriptionFate of the Fallen is the start of a brand new adventure from New York Times bestselling author Kel KadeNot all stories have happy endin...

In print for over fifty years, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths has introduced generations to Greek mythology--and continues to enthrall young reader...

Norse MythologyA mesmerizing tale revolving around the mysterious and profound Norse folklore and the beguiling lifestyle of the legendary Vikings....

Reducere. Explore Captivating Myths of the Greek Gods and HeroesAlthough the Greek gods and goddesses were powerful immortal beings, they were in many ways s...

Reducere. A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Ancient Greek Religion with Its Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and MortalsThe ancient Greeks were explorers in ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert SullivanFor centuries the hunting of the whale was what defined the Makah, a Native American tribe in Neah Bay, but ...

Reducere. Tombstone sits less than 100 miles from the Mexico border in the middle of the picturesque Arizona desert and also squarely at the heart of America...

Reducere. While blacks have played an important role--as explorers, scouts, Indian consorts, soldiers, cowboys, farmers--in the exploration, conquest, and se...

Reducere. A brand new adventure starring The Grey Griffins Max---the leader Natalia---the brains Ernie---the changeling Harley---the muscleA year ago, Max, N...