Americas 3

This ebook is a an alphabetical listing of William Owen (1611-1702), originally from England, and came to Barbados around 1635. He took the Freeman's Oath in 1651 in Braintree, Massachusetts. The co……続きを見る

Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the boo……続きを見る

A presente obra foi pensada em dois volumes. O primeiro, intitulado Baía de Todos os Santos: aspectos oceanográficos, foi lançado em 2009. Para a organização deste segundo volume, Aspectos Humanos, ……続きを見る

La conquista de América estuvo plagada de historias que, pese a ser fundamentales para el devenir de los acontecimientos, no se recuerdan porque no han formado parte de la historia oficial. Historia……続きを見る

A companion to Andrew F. Smith's critically acclaimed and popular Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, this volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporat……続きを見る

Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bare striking resemblance to the status q……続きを見る

Walden Pond. The Grand Canyon.Yosemite National Park. Throughout the twentieth century, photographers and filmmakers created unforgettable images of these and other American natural treasures. Many ……続きを見る

Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, mult……続きを見る

This booklet explains why the money supply of nations must be based on citizenship rather than debt. It shows with "the pen of history" that debt in the United States grew to the astronomical size i……続きを見る

Welcome Juniors, Seniors, and College Students who are currently in enrolled in AP United States History (APUSH) along with anyone else looking to enlighten themselves with the history of America. A……続きを見る

In this unique volume, Lampley analyzes the theology of Nat Turner's violent slave rebellion in juxtaposition with Old Testament views of prophetic violence and Jesus' politics of violence in the Ne……続きを見る

Presidents and Their Pens: The Story of White House Speechwriters explores 23 presidencies through the detailed analysis of speeches including Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big St……続きを見る

This project contributes to our understanding of rural Midwesterners and farm newspapers at the turn of the century. While cultural historians have mainly focused on readers in town and cities, it e……続きを見る

A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and o……続きを見る

From the first account of “Colter’s Run,” published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America’s most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never……続きを見る

This is the first critical edition of the original 1625 travel account by Anthony Knivet, an Englishman who spent nine years in Brazil in the last decade of the sixteenth century. His is the oldest ……続きを見る

O zoólogo, botânico e médico alemão Langsdorff foi o mentor dessa grandiosa aventura naturalista: entre 1821 e 1829, conduziu um grupo de pesquisadores e desenhistas por uma viagem de 17 mil quilôme……続きを見る

A Edições Câmara lança mais um volume da coleção João Camillo de Oliveira Torres, A Ideia Revolucionária no Brasil. Este livro póstumo vale como o coroamento da extensa obra do autor sobre o process……続きを見る

In this eBook are actual war letters written from World War I and World War II from one family that were cherished for over 90 years. Learn how long a letter took to arrive to someone in France and ……続きを見る

At a time when surveys reveal that Americans know less and less about our past, Tony Williams provides entertaining and informative descriptions of 50 of the most important and dramatic events from ……続きを見る

In this powerful and moving memoir, Robert Beecham tells of his Civil War experiences, both as an enlisted man in the fabled Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and as an officer commanding a ne……続きを見る

Il était une fois le Québec Le Québec, c'est l'hiver, la neige, le froid. C'est le majestueux fleuve Saint-Laurent et ses nombreux affluents. Ce sont les immenses forêts, les nombreux lacs, les magn……続きを見る

The most profound crisis of conscience for white Americans at the end of the eighteenth century became their most tragic failure. Race and Revolution is a trenchant study of the revolutionary genera……続きを見る

The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century……続きを見る

"The Real Widow Maker" is a composition of short stories highlighting some of America's worst mining tragedies, including disasters at the Sago, Crandall Canyon, and Upper Big Branch mines. The book……続きを見る

One of the first scientists to take samples from Ground Zero after the destruction of the Twin Towers, Lioy shares his personal and professional perspectives on the World Trade Center dust. What was……続きを見る

Replace #2 proposes the Newtown Amendment, a replacement for the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The book traces the origin of the gun culture in America and its connection to ra……続きを見る

O zoólogo, botânico e médico alemão Langsdorff foi o mentor dessa grandiosa aventura naturalista: entre 1821 e 1829, conduziu um grupo de pesquisadores e desenhistas por uma viagem de 17 mil quilôme……続きを見る

A graphic photo of an injured woman compelled me to research the picture and discover the back-story of the most unique person in the entire history of he world. Read on to get 'the rest of the stor……続きを見る

An American writer offers a riposte to Alexander Hamilton and a fresh interpretation of the Bill of Rights. Author's note: As of 18 July 2012, I have slightly modified this piece to emphasize the vi……続きを見る