history

Discusses the influence of nineteenth-century philosophers and World War I on the growth of Nazism and Hitler's rise to power.

Lists concise biographies about the careers of 350 prominent or significant individuals of the Third Reich.

Describes how gypsies were persecuted by the Nazis during World War II and explains why Nazi policies towards the gypsies was confused and changeable.

Study and recreation of one of the last slave conspiracies in the United States before the Civil War.

Traces the rise and fall of the Confederate states in the years before, during, and after the Civil War.

Tells the true stories of musicians who have been moved by their convictions to become involved in the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, political activism, the antinuclear crusade, human rights, and other calls for social change.

Azriel, Servant of the Bones, tells the story of how he was transformed from a young Jewish scholar in ancient Babylon into a spirit that is neither demon nor angel, but subservient to whoever possesses his mortal remains. His saga climaxes in present-day New York when, for the first time ever, he appears without being summoned and witnesses the murder of a girl who knows what he is.

Recounts the behind-the-scenes drama which took place in a computer company while creating a "32-bit supermini" computer for the market.

Examines the complete works of Mary Shelley, focusing on the various genres in which she worked, including poetry, drama, travel writing, essays, novels, and science fiction, and looking at the political and feminist issues that interested Shelley and are seen interwoven in her texts.

Provides an account of the origins of modern molecular biology, presenting historical episodes from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and introducing the scientists whose work revolutionized the field of biology and biochemistry.