North America category: 699 books
Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine
The Curious Stories of 43 Amazing North American Native Plants
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner
2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner
History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during...
by Stefan Zweig
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Amerigo: A Comedy of Errors in History by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Andrew St. James, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 24,000 words and 6 illustrations)
Stefan Zweig's Amerigo: A...
Halloween
The History of America's Darkest Holiday
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Wonderfully well-written, outrageous, and provocative." — Booklist.
"Entertaining … and scholarly … Like a bag of Halloween candy, the book is a lot of fun." — Boston Globe.
"Fans of cultural history will devour each chapter … like a toothsome treat." — Christian...
by Noel Ignatiev
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst
The...
The Only True America
Following the Trail of Lewis and Clark
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2000
Probing the Journals of Lewis and Clark far more closely than other works, the book develops the understanding that these Enlightenment gentlemen from Virginia gradually entered the unfamiliar world of the West and Native American animism and magic, and they responded differently. Clark adapted and...
The Federalist Papers
The Making of the US Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Considered to be perhaps the most significant America contribution to political thought, The Federalist Papers first appeared in New York newspapers in 1787 under the collective pseudonym of 'Publius'. The aim of the 85 essays was to support the ratification of America's new Constitution and they consisted...
The Lost Colony of the Templars
Verrazano's Secret Mission to America
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2004
Reveals the existence of a Templar colony in the New World and how the explorer Verrazano, also a member of a secret society, attempted to reestablish contact with it
• Explores Columbus’s connection to Henry Sinclair’s maps of the New World
• Examines the secret alliance of...
American History in 50 Events
History by Country Timeline, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
American History in 50 Events
Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is?
Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture?
Are you interested in seeing the long-term historical connections that explain how America moved from a group of colonies to the most powerful...
Mexicanos, Third Edition
A History of Mexicans in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Responding to shifts in the political and economic experiences of Mexicans in America, this newly revised and expanded edition of Mexicanos provides a relevant and contemporary consideration of this vibrant community. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact...
by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
This Timeless classic, commemorating the settlement of the English at Jamestown over four hundred years ago. Under God's blessing, we are not only at peace with the entire world, but are bound by ties of close friendship to the great kingdoms and republics on earth.
Therefore, we may confidently...
Look Away!
The U.S. South in New World Studies
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Look Away! considers the U.S. South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the major characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the United States—including the legacies of a plantation economy and slave trade—are common to most of the Americas, Look Away!...
by John J. Donohue, Frederick Lohse, Geoffrey Wingard
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2015
Chapters in this book present meticulous research into the adaptation and significance of Asian combatives as infused within American society. These chapters are presented here as published according to their original chronological appearance in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts. ...
by Daniel Dupre
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Alabama endured warfare, slave trading, squatting, and speculating on its path to becoming America’s 22nd state, and Daniel S. Dupre brings its captivating frontier history to life in Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South. Dupre’s vivid narrative begins when Hernando de Soto first...
by Mitchel P. Roth
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
This book offers a history of crime and the criminal justice system in America, written particularly for students of criminal justice and those interested in the history of crime and punishment. It follows the evolution of the criminal justice system chronologically and, when necessary, offers parallels...