History & Military
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America, Am?rica: A New History of the New World
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of b… [more below]
- Author: Grandin, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 059383125X
- Language: English
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Guns Up!: A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War
$10.99 Add to cartTHIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE.
“Guns up ” was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the … [more below]- Author: Clark, Johnnie
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0345450264
- Language: English
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Graphic War Navy: The Secret Naval Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
$49.95 Read morePrepare to embark on an extraordinary journey into the heart of naval warfare during World War II with Graphic War Navy. Following the success of Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustr
- Author: Nijboer, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2024
- ISBN10: 022810484X
- Language: English
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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History
$22.99 Add to cartLong before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation a… [more below]
- Author: Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0190625368
- Language: English
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Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation
$17.00 Add to cart“The most authoritative account in English or any other language about how the war began.”–The Washington Post Book World. “An essential resource for anyone of the conflict.”–The New York Times Book… [more below]
- Author: Silber, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140262636
- Language: English
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Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome
$26.95 Add to cartThis is the first book to focus on the succession of rulers of imperial Rome, using timelines and other visual aids throughout. Now no one need be in any doubt as to who built the Colosseum or when Ro
- Author: Scarre, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0500289891
- Language: English
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
$22.00 Add to cartMore than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in th… [more below]
- Author: Webb, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0767916891
- Language: English
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Mississippi Bear Hunter Holt Collier: Guiding Teddy Roosevelt and a Lifetime of Adventure
$24.99 Read moreAuthor Mark Neaves guides readers on an incredible tale through the life of one of America’s greatest adventurers.
Born into slavery in the Mississippi Delta in 1847, Holt Collier was taught to hunt
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Neaves, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 146715458X
- Language: English
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Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity: A Long View of History
$12.00 Read moreWhere did humanity come from?
How did we arrive where we are today?
Why is that even important?Because without understanding how human society, since our remotest ancestors, has been created through soc… [more below]
- Author: Engels, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: January 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1604881208
- Language: English
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Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine.
$18.95 Read moreSo, you think you know Maine? Think again It’s not just the woods, waters, mountains, lobsters and lighthouses that define Maine. From Kittery to Eastport, from Fort Kent to Monhegan, Maine is home t… [more below]
- Author: Brechlin, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1944762809
- Language: English
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The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
$24.99 Add to cartThe Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, a stanchion in sinological and military history. It presents an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emp… [more below]
- Author: Sawyer, Ralph D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0465003044
- Language: English
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Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun
$19.00 Add to cartThe Glock pistol is America’s Gun. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, the pistol arrived in America at a fortuitous time.
- Author: Barrett, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0307719952
- Language: English
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The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
$32.99 Add to cartIn The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture.
Scandinavian- Author: Ringen, Stein
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1474625193
- Language: English
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
$18.00 Read more“‘The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ‘ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”–Wall Street Journal
A master- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130064
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
$19.00 Add to cartA book about a tiny island with a huge history, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane’s Eye.
“For everyone who loves Nantucket Island this is the indispens… [more below]- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0143120123
- Language: English
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War and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe war instinct is part of human nature, but the means to fight war depend on technology. Alex Roland traces the co-evolution of technology and warfare from the Stone Age to the age of cyberwar, desc… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Roland, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0190605383
- Language: English
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A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
$25.00 Add to cartA Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mixture of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America’s history vividly to life.
What happened in North America betwe- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0312428324
- Language: English
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Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776
$17.00 Add to cartA fresh, gripping history of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, Declaration reveals how Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, and the Continental Congr… [more below]
- Series: Simon & Schuster America Collection
- Author: Hogeland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 1416584102
- Language: English
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Guiding Spirits – The Haunting Experiences of a New Orleans Tour Guide
$21.99 Add to cartNew Orleans, known the world over as one of the darkest, grittiest and most haunted tourist destinations imaginable. A place where we literally walk on the bones of the dead, party like there’s no tom
- Author: Bookout, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987671900
- Language: English
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Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
$39.95 Add to cartThis is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war’s top combat adm… [more below]
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 168247593X
- Language: English
