Best-selling author Richard E. Rubenstein brings the past to life in this engrossing story of social, religious, and scientific revolution during one of the darkest periods in European history....

To geologists, rocks are beautiful, roadcuts are windowpanes, and the earth is alive, a work in progress....

Compared to the Normandy invasion in World War II, Antietam produced four times as many casualties....

Here are six fascinating, well-researched chapters involving such icons as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.

This straightforward best selling guide thoroughly demystifies the options market, enabling you not only to maneuver effectively with options, but to gain healthy returns from them...

The Great Stone Face and Other Tales presents 4 haunting, unforgettable pieces, all set in the White...

Recently, Washington's papers were catalogued at the University of Virginia. Joseph J. Ellis had primary access to the 90-volume papers, allowing him to paint a thorough and fascinating portrait.

John McPhee's Pulitzer Prize-winning Annals of the Former World takes readers on mind-expanding adventures in geology....

Told by one of our country's greatest historians, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Truman," here is the extraordinary history of the birth of our country, seen through the lives of two extraordinary men: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent...

In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent...

London's Great Plague of 1665 devastated the city, as Europe's final bubonic outbreak killed...

In this remarkable book, hailed by CEOs, politicians, coaches, and college presidents alike, Donald T. Phillips examines Lincoln's effective leadership style....

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in Love and Friendship...

The best-selling author of The Founding Fathers on Leadership takes an inspiring look at what it takes to lead in challenging times.

From the bestselling author of The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream comes a compelling chronicle of a nation and its leaders during the period when modern America was created.

In the tradition of Seabiscuit, critically acclaimed author Neal Bascomb reaches back to the golden age of sport and crafts an utterly captivating narrative....

Rising From the Plains creates a fascinating picture of the interdependence of geology, commerce, and culture....

For a person who has not encountered John McPhee's lively writing, The Second John McPhee Reader is the perfect introduction....

For a person who has not encountered John McPhee's lively writing, The Second John McPhee Reader is the perfect introduction....

Stories from Xenophon is a valuable, firsthand historical account of the Peloponnesian War...

This New York Times best seller is a thrilling account of one of the most pivotal moments in United States history....

Dr. R. Paul St. Amand is a renowned endocrinologist and has taught at UCLA for over 43 years....