history

Looks at the wars, the leaders and the people of Medieval Britain.

Looks at the development of the Roman Empire from the foundation of Rome in 753 B.C. to the Empire's collapse in the fifth century A.D.

A collection of essays in which British historian Niall Ferguson and his colleagues speculate upon nine questions of how history might have been altered if circumstances had been different--for instance, if there had been no American Revolution, and if President Kennedy had survived the assassination attempt.

Examines the achievements of fifty men and women throughout history who used their power for both good as well as evil in the areas of politics, military affairs, business, religion, the arts, and the sciences including Winston Churchill, Karl Marx, Pericles, Adolf Hitler, and Napoleon.

Provides accounts of one thousand events that have shaped the world, grouped in major eras from prehistory to the modern age, with footnotes, fact boxes, sidebars, and illustrations.

Contains five hundred review questions covering every topic on the Advanced Placement European history exam, and includes answers as well as a CD with four test-readiness quizzes, a time line of events, and charts.

Examines a variety of blunders and mistakes throughout history, some funny and some tragic, and causes for these errors.

Presents true stories of mysteries from the past, including the disappearance of the captain, crew, and passengers of the "Mary Celeste" in the middle of the Atlantic in 1872, the lost colony of Roanoke, the stone giants of Easter Island, and the giant geoglyphs in Peru.

Contains alphabetized profiles of 194 countries, each presenting information in thirty-four categories such as climate, environment, ethnic groups, transportation, government, industry, health, and media, as well as a short bibliography.