This book explores the truth behind alien abductions throughout the ages. Readership level: 9+.

(Paperback)

Chaucer is the most widely read medieval author, and his works reflect the fascinating world of the Middle Ages. Suitable for students and general readers, this book includes numerous alphabetically arranged entries on items mentioned in his works and references the items to his writings.

The Bible is the central text of Western civilization, and an understanding of it is vital to the study of world history and culture. This book surveys the material culture, customs, and beliefs of the biblical world. It includes many alphabetically arranged entries on the tools, animals, foods, habits, laws, professions, and peoples of the Bible.

This insightful survey of the "things" of medieval Europe allows modern readers to understand what they looked like, what they were made of, how they were created, and how they were used.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

What are Iago's duties as Othello's Ensign, and why is he so dissatisfied with the appointment Falstaff loves to drink sack - but what is sack Shakespeare's original audience would have needed no help with references to their everyday lives. This work provides explanations on topics as varied as astrology, hunting, children's games, and money.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Alto: The Voice of Bel Canto examines the careers of the great alto singers, including the great castrati, from the dawn of opera in 1597 to the present day. He surveys the music of the composers who wrote for the alto voice and includes musical examples and exercises adapted from 24 Easy Vocalises in Progressive Order for Medium Voice.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Looks at 260 major documents, with commentary, pertaining to the structure, formation, and functioning of the political system in colonial and revolutionary America. This work includes documents that are royal charters establishing colonial claims, sermons that question or bolster the established order, Articles of Confederation, and more.

This timely set invites readers to celebrate the most beautiful and environmentally important places in the United States.

(Hardback)

America's political families, from the Adams to the Bushes and the ClintonsAmerica was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons.In this thoroughl

This expansive, multivolume reference work provides a broad, multidisciplinary examination of the Civil War period ranging from pre-Civil War developments and catalysts such as the Mexican-American War to the rebuilding of the war-torn nation during Reconstruction.

Combining the work of Native Americans and non-Native scholars, this reference work explores indigenous North American religions, religious practices, and rituals.

(Paperback)

American Interests, Amercan Purpose explores the relationship between moral norms and U.S. foreign policy. The book does not so much attempt to provide a theoretical framework for the ongoing debate of morality and foreign policy as to examine four different controversial aspects of the argument.

From the moment George Washington assumed the presidency, the world watched, and in the aftermath of the Cold War, the U.S. president has been considered the most powerful leader on Earth.

(Hardback)

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, President Harry S Truman declared his support for the creation and maintenance of the modern state of Israel, basing that support on religious and theological grounds.

This work is the most authoritative and wide-ranging encyclopedia on the American Revolution ever created for a student audience.

(Hardback)

This book explores the representation of American Roma from the nineteenth-century to today by examining portrayals in newsprint, television, movies, and social media.

(, 19th edition)

Volume two of the set provides four indexes, including an institutional Index, a subject accreditation index, a levels of degrees offered index, and a tabular index of summary data by state.

(Paperback)

This study analyzes the social and political impact of the 1977 National Womens Conference. It provides a behind-the-scenes account of this landmark event four decades later and examines how conference delegates discussed the range of barriers to womens equality, debated solutions, and proposed remedies.

(Hardback)

This book is the first full-length examination of a Soviet cultural diplomatic effort. In her work, McDaniel focuses on the key role that the Soviets assigned to the arts in transforming societies and demonstrates that the Soviets conceived of the arts as a kind of "artful warfare"; a valuable weapon in winning the Cold War.