Trans America: A Counter-History (Reay Barry)(Paperback)

Trans America: A Counter-History (Reay Barry)(Paperback)

Trans seems to be everywhere in American culture. Yet there is little understanding of how this came about. Are people aware that there were earlier periods of gender flexibility and contestability in American history? How well known is it that a previous period of trans visibility in the 1960s and

Barry (Klimo Kate)(Paperback)

Barry der Menschenretter--a.k.a. Barry--the most famous St. Bernard dog in history, tells the story of his life for the first time. Eight-thousand feet above sea level, in the treacherous pass in the Alps between Italy and Switzerland, the monks of the hospice of St. Bernard have, since the 11th

The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Palmer Steven)(Paperback)

Long characterized as an exceptional country within Latin America, Costa Rica has been hailed as a democratic oasis in a continent scorched by dictatorship and revolution; the ecological mecca of a biosphere laid waste by deforestation and urban blight; and an egalitarian, middle-class society

The Berlin Airlift: A New History of the Cold War's Decisive Relief Operation (Turner Barry)(Paperback)

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining

A New History of Modern Latin America (Clayton Lawrence A.)(Paperback)

A New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has been revised and updated to include

Capitalism in America - A History (Greenspan Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Behold, America - A History of America First and the American Dream (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine (Strauss Barry)(Paperback)

Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers 'an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones' (The Wall Street Journal)--a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of

Up and Down Stairs - The History of the Country House Servant (Musson Jeremy)(Paperback / softback)

A history that brings to life the real country house

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

The Penguin History of Latin America (Williamson Edwin)(Paperback)

Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at

Great Influenza - The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Barry John M)(Paperback / softback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History (Andersen Kurt)(Paperback)

Female Husbands: A Trans History (Manion Jen)(Paperback)

The first book-length history of female husbands: people assigned female at birth who transed gender to live fully as men in the United States and United Kingdom. Jen Manion draws on a wealth of sources to offer a dynamic, varied, and complex history of the LGBTQ

How the Post Office Created America: A History (Gallagher Winifred)(Paperback)

''The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ' Ms. Gallagher's opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.'--Wall Street Journal A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (Zoellick Robert B.)(Paperback)

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker-now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world. Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy,

Black Awakening In Capitalist America: An Analytical History (Allen Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Fantasyland - How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Andersen Kurt)(Paperback / softback)

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

A Short History of African Philosophy, Second Edition (Hallen Barry)(Paperback)

A Short History of African Philosophy discusses major ideas, figures, and schools of thought in philosophy in the African context. While drawing out critical issues in the formation of African philosophy, Barry Hallen focuses on recent scholarship and relevant debates that have made African

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America (Jarnow Jesse)(Paperback)

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: black market

A History of Modern Sudan (Collins Robert O.)(Paperback)

Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his

Roadside History of Colorado (Moulton Candy)(Paperback)

Colorado�s roads wind through country that is steeped in history, sometimes tracing routes with a history of their own, from the Santa Fe Trail to the Million Dollar Highway. But no matter where you roam in this beautiful state, this book can guide you. Like other books in this popular series,