This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on ... more »

Modern relativism and postmodern thought in culture and language challenge the 'truth' of history. This book considers how all historians, confined by the forms of argument of their own cultures, ca... more »

The 1920s was a decade of great ambition and nonstop exuberance, and no place on earth reflected the spirit of the times more than New York City. The heart of America's commercial, financial, and cu... more »

In this monumental new book, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history. ... more »

Before he was voted into office, Bill Clinton said he wanted to be atransforming leader, a president who would fashion real and lastingchange in peoples' lives, in the tradition of Franklin Delano... more »

In Black Hawk Down, the fight went on for a day. In We Were Soldiers Once & Young, the fighting lasted three days. In The Village, one Marine squad fought for 495 days -- half of them died. Few Am... more »

Most of us think of the 1970s as an "in-between" decade, the uninspiring years that happened to fall between the excitement of the 1960s and the Reagan Revolution -- the "Me Decade." Here is a fas... more »

The pages of the past are full of characters who remind us that history depends upon the great deeds of men and women, whether famous or humble. Where would America be without George Washington, o... more »

Where is Mount Sinai -- the site where God gave Moses the TenCommandments? Here is the enthralling account of two modern adventurerswho set out to find it, following in Moses' footsteps with only ... more »

Heroes of History is a book of wisdom and optimism, complete with Pulitzer Prize-winner Will Durant's wit and ability to explain events and ideas in simple, exciting terms. Here are the les... more »

IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE X-FILES WAS ONLY FICTION, THINK AGAIN! For as long as extraterrestrial and paranormal phenomena have been investigated, the official government response to any events deeme... more »

This inspirational volume talks about some of the most influential feminists of all time, like Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Wollenstonecraft. Mary's great manifesto, A Vindication of the Rights... more »

"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. That spring, child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent mar... more »

World-renowned scholar and visionary bell hooks takes an in-depth look at one of the most critical issues of our time, the impact of low self-esteem on the lives of black people. Without self-esteem... more »

The men who built the transcontinental railroad were investors, risking their businesses and money. They were politicians. They were engineers and surveyors. And they were laborers, doing the back... more »

The great general and conqueror of Europe, Napoleon may not have written any books, but he was a prolific writer. A century and a half after his death, Napoleon remains the greatest military genius ... more »

This authoritative, riveting, indispensable single-volume history of the Civil War -- from the opening engagement at Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender at Appomattox -- looks at the role of African Am... more »

Here is a sweeping and evenhanded history of the Vietnam War as it waslived by U.S. presidents, Communist leaders, American Marines, Vietcongguerrillas, and South Vietnamese troops. With keen insi... more »

The forces that put an ocean between Africa and India, a river delta in Mesopotamia, or a 2,000-mile-long mountain range in South America also created the mold from which humanity fashioned its cu... more »

The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion -- from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal. No campaign in World ... more »

The war in the skies above Vietnam still stands as the longest our nation has ever fought. For fourteen years American pilots dropped bombs on the Southeast Asian countryside -- eventually more than... more »

Abraham Lincoln inspired feelings unlike those instilled by any previouscommander-in-chief in America. Lincoln's Men draws on thousands ofunpublished letters and diaries to tell the story o... more »

John C. Fremont, nearly forgotten today, was one of the giants of nineteenth-century America. He led five expeditions into the American West in the 1840s and 1850s, covering a greater area than any ... more »

In a natural follow-up to her national bestseller Front Row at the White House, the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal presidential chronicle. Currently a columnist fo... more »

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullo... more »