The book *A History of the People of the United States During Lincoln’s Administration* by the American historian John Bach McMaster is a seminal study of the history of the United States during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln—one of the most...
"A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War" is a seminal multi-volume work by the American historian John Bach McMaster, devoted to the history of the United States of America from the era of the War of...
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013
Synthesizing several decades of scholarship by historians East and West, Barbara Evans Clements traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the...
Of the many problems we face today, some are natural calamities and must be accepted and faced with equanimity. Others, however, are of our own making, created by misunderstanding, and can be corrected. One such type arises from the conflict of...
THE STORY OF A GREAT AMERICAN BUILDER
At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America’s best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time,...
For thousands of years, the faithful have honed proselytizing strategies and talked people into believing the truth of one holy book or another. Indeed, the faithful often view converting others as an obligation of their faith--and are trained from...
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill...