Ambitious, original, and personality-filled, this book is at once an intimate narrative history and a provocative analysis that changes how we see the revolution’s “losers” and their legacies.

This book explores the history of this fundamental transformation, from the arrival of the printing press to the coming of steam.

The 1780 edition of one of the oldest English-language cookbooks, presenting a range of everyday and ceremonial dishes.

A precise experimenter in the realm of “chymistry,” Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation.

Traces the origins of democratic government in England and the U.S. compares their approaches, and discusses elections and the philosophical background of political representation.

This book was the culmination of Mr. Jászi’s theoretical and practical activity and was enthusiastically received when first published in 1929. “It is not only effective and dramatic narrative, it is also political science of the first ...

The dramatization of Sir Thomas More's historic conflict with Henry VIII—a compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions and a modern classic that "challenges the mind, and, in the end, touches the heart" (New York ...

Part journalism, part history, this is an examination of how two former Soviet republics were brought into the conflict that led to the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Were the British intent on development or exploitation? Were they a 'civilizing'force? Easy answers are avoided, and difficult questions provoked in this fascinating book.

Specially abridged version of beloved classic about the poor beggar boy and the English prince who exchange identities. Twists and turns in an exciting plot that will thrill young readers and listeners.