(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The shocking and incredible story behind Hitler's "special mission" to kidnap Pope Pius XII-kill him, if necessary-and the surprising result of its failure

(Hardback)

Ousterhout focuses on the disaffected in the pre-war decade, showing their increasing apprehensiveness about the escalating colonial anti-British measures and their belief that those measures were causing, rather than responding to, the increasingly violent British actions.

(Paperback)

Undoubtedly Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Caton recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy.

(Hardback)

The America First Committee, founded in September 1940 to keep the United States out of what became the Second World War, was the largest antiwar organization in American history. An introduction by Bill Kauffman assesses the place of Ruth Sarles and America First in American history.

Ruth Sarles was at the center of the storm.

(Hardback)

Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century.

(Hardback)

This guide is one in a series which explains the process of genealogical research. It covers topics such as culture, time, continuity, and change and individual development and identity, while also showing students how to employ skills such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

This guide assists students in understanding Irish American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

This guide assists students in understanding Italian American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

This guide assists students in understanding Jewish American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

This guide assists students in understanding Mexican American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

This guide assists students in understanding Native American genealogy and covers topics such as individual development and identity and power and authority and governance. It also shows students how to employ techniques such as collecting data and using electronic research tools.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

In the second half of the twentieth century Dominicans became New York City's largest, and poorest, new immigrant group. By 1990, one of every ten Dominicans lived in New York. This book tells the fascinating story of this emblematic migration from Latin America to the United States.

(Paperback)

The commander of the USS Sailfish couldn't know that the Japanese aircraft carrier he just torpedoed had picked up several crew members from its sister sub USS Sculpin that had been sunk days earlier. This is the story of the events that led to this amazing twist of fate.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendour and majesty in memory of his beloved wife.

(Paperback)

The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs.

(Hardback)

An examination of the collapse of East Germany as it unfolded in one city, Leipzig. Analyzing the leading role of the GDR's second largest city, it combines chronological and descriptive narration of events with an in-depth critique of leading actors and groups.

(Hardback)