Arrowhead, Beaton, and Needles are among the drowned; Waneta is a power dam; Jersey City was auctioned; Comaplix died one fiery night; Cody, Three ...

The famous Victoria ghost who appeared to a tour group listening to her story, the little boy playing with a red ball in Nanaimo, the phantom "help...

Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native ...

This stirring new version of the great Babylonian epic includes material from the recently discovered "monkey tablet" as well as an Introduction, t...

This stirring new version of the great Babylonian epic includes material from the recently discovered "monkey tablet" as well as an Introduction, t...

David Giblin’s stint as a seasonal salmon fishing guide on Stuart Island provides a seemingly endless supply of hilarious and bizarre stories that ...

Sidney Godolphin Osborne’s eyewitness famine narrative Gleanings in the West of Ireland is a text that is currently both neglected and misunderstoo...

In December 1943, Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe with General Carl Spaatz in command of all US Army Air Force. In Janu...

My brother officers. Are they human? Thus reads the first journal entry of twenty-three-year-old John Verney, graduate of Eton and Oxford, lover of...

Welcome to gold creek and ghost town country where towns stand in another century, the echoes of history are audible, and the wilderness is still j...

When Josephine Knowles left for the Klondike gold fields with her husband in 1898, she didn’t know she would be facing a constant battle with cold,...

This is a treasure trove of stories that reach beyond the buildings of timber and nails and put a human face on the history of these towering struc...

Bill Arnott guides readers on an epic literary odyssey following history’s most feared and misunderstood voyageurs: the Vikings! To go Viking is to...

When local author Dane Starbuck set out several years ago to write the biography of Pierre Goodrich, scion of one of Indianas most prominent twenti...

Includes timelines, maps, suggested further readings, and an index.

Includes timelines, maps, suggested further readings, and an index.

Government House Halifax is the home of the Sovereign's representative in the Province of Nova Scotia and the ceremonial home of all Nova Scotians....

In 1620 the first Danish settlement on the Indian subcontinent was established in the small fishing village of Tranquebar facing the Indian Ocean o...

Great Britain and the American Civil War is the telling of what the American Civil War meant to Great Britain; how she regarded it and how she reac...

This book is an attempt at an objective history about the Reformation. It presents the facts, but does not pursue any theory, or forward any cause....

This book brings together a sampling of the best of the gold rush stories. From realism to romance, from true-life adventure to droll reminiscence,...

"A classic. It provides an invaluable aid to anyone seeking to understand Plato and Aristotle in their historical context. Dover uses a variety of ...

A reprint, with corrections, of the University of California and Basil Blackwell editions of 1974.

Greek Religion: A Sourcebook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of ancient Greek religious beliefs and rituals through a rich collection ...

One hundred years ago, British Columbia was a resource-rich province greeting new arrivals from all over the world who'd come to seek their fortune...

This collection of postcards brings to life the previously untold stories of Dutch immigrants who ventured to Canada from the Netherlands in the la...

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concor...

Six papers by international scholars reporting on studies of food production and food consumption in the North Atlantic area during the Viking Age ...

Guide to herbs used by North American Indians. This well-illustrated handbook describes 52 of the best-known herbs used by the Indians of North Ame...

Merchants and bankers managed much of nineteenth-century Iran's economy and finances. The ulama -- clerical leaders -- who considered themselves re...