World History 100

World War II created the union between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, molding it from start to finish, while the partnership itself shaped many of the most significant moments of the war ……続きを見る

“Bowles is at his best when writing about places. He can evoke a place with a few sure strokes.” ーNew York Times “His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.” ーTime Travels is a thrilling an……続きを見る

In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, my……続きを見る

“A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse.” ー Los Angeles Times From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United ……続きを見る

In Architects of Ruin, New York Times bestselling author and conservative historian Peter Schweizer argues that the economic crisis was caused by liberals who used the power of government to create ……続きを見る

For the more than seven million girlsーfrom knobby-kneed tykes to high school and college starsーwho are tearing across the country chasing a soccer ball and dreams of glory, there is one name that ……続きを見る

Very Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate the ruins of money and powerーin search of love an……続きを見る

“Reading [Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had.”ー People For years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fanc……続きを見る

The Dramatic History of Iraq in One Concise Volume The destinies of Iraq and America will be tightly intertwined into the foreseeable future due to the U.S. incursion into this complex, perplexing d……続きを見る

Now, for the first time, Fox News political analyst and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris turns his sharp-eyed gaze on Hillary, the longtime First Lady, current New York senator, and bestselling au……続きを見る

Friends? Romans? Countrymen? You never know whom you'll have to impress at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punc……続きを見る

“A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world’s most prestigious museums….A terrific read, from start to finish.” ーJames ……続きを見る

In eighteenth-century England the aristocracy dominated the imagination, their exploits -- and misdeeds -- discussed, debated, and gossiped about in the salons and parlors of London. Now author Mart……続きを見る

Bowden is the definitive biography of one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, Bobby Bowden, and the first family of football. Journalist Mike Freeman provides an in-depth and insig……続きを見る

Master Your Coursework with Collins College Outlines The Collins College Outline for Western Civilization to 1500 covers all major events from the earliest known civilizations of Egypt and Sumer to ……続きを見る

“Johnson writes with a fervor that can only be described as religious. Seek is scary and beautiful and ecstatic and uncontrolled…he elevates the mundane to the sublime; he boils things down to their……続きを見る

For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it is ……続きを見る

Toward a Meaningful Life is a spiritual road map for living based on the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our time: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Head of the Lubavitcher mov……続きを見る

Here are the facts: The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantánamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both sa……続きを見る

LeeSiegel, author of Falling Upwards, Not RemotelyControlled, and Against the Machinedelivers a provocative critique ofmodern lightness and frivolity, and a timely guide to being serious in an unser……続きを見る

In this illuminating journey around the globe, Scott A. Hunt takes us face to face with true heroes including: the Dalai Lama; the famed dissident of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi; and the activist who br……続きを見る

“It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” ーWashington Post Book World on ……続きを見る

Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical affects it wil……続きを見る

Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned the Ressur……続きを見る

Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with ……続きを見る

"I have tried to describe a Christianity which is fully compatible with everything we now know, and to indicate why Christians feel privileged to give their lives to it." ーHuston Smith In his most ……続きを見る

New York Times bestseller God's Politics struck a chord with Americans disenchanted with how the Right had co-opted all talk about integrating religious values into our politics, and with the Left, ……続きを見る

Half of all illegal immigrants came into this country legallyーand we have no way of knowing they’re still here! Congressmen are putting their wives on their campaign payrollsーso that campaign cont……続きを見る

As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case ……続きを見る

The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses today’s hot button issuesーincluding holy wars, women’s rights, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and the future of Moslems ……続きを見る