164円 This is a brief description of early watchmaking in a factory setting written during the mid nineteenth century when the master watchmaker was fast being displaced.

421円 While most people remember Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his 'Sherlock Holmes' stories, he actually wanted more to be a journalistic and historical writer. This is one of his works in that vein, documenting the events of the Boer War, which had yet to end at the time of writing.

330円 A Brief overview of the Funereal Effigies as found at Westminster in the late 19th century.

777円 A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America’s growth and shows how the acquisition of western territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep fault line that would bring war in the near future. Steven E. Woodwor...

248円 Written in 1859, this introduction to the Croton, as it winds its way to New York City, gives a pleasant insight into the city of New York and the surrounding areas during the mid Nineteenth century, highlighting the engineering accomplishment that is the Croton Aqueduct and the improvements to ...

3,979円 Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet’s hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. During the nineteenth century, a scientific description of an earthq...

260円 *Includes pictures of Butch Cassidy and other important people and places in his life.*Explains the origins of the name Butch Cassidy *Discusses the legends and mysteries surrounding Butch Cassidy's life and death, and how his legacy grew. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a ...

10,571円 Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller which shaped much more than the literary culture of the times: it defined a nation's sense of self, charting the rise of the British Isles to its triumph as a homogenous nation, a safeguard of the freedom of bel...

496円 This brief narrative details the tribulations and the ordeals of three Union Soldiers captured and imprisoned by the Confederacy, especially heir daring escape from the infamous prison in Richmond. Illustrated.

2,377円 A fascinating look at the other side of the Opium Wars In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839–1842 and 1856–1860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time through the eyes of the Chinese as well as the Imperial West. Opium entered China during the Middle Ag...

3,973円 In life and in death, fame and glory eluded Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779–1813). The ambitious young military officer and explorer, best known for a mountain peak that he neither scaled nor named, was destined to live in the shadows of more famous contemporariesーexplorers Meriwether Lewis and Wi...

1,243円 At the heart of this landmark collection of essays rests a single question: What impact, good or bad, immediate or long-range, did Lewis and Clark’s journey have on the Indians whose homelands they traversed? The nine writers in this volume each provide their own unique answers; from Pulitzer pri...