The 'Wild West' stories of Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone pale in comparison to the incredible story of Las Vegas, New Mexico, for decades con...

"I listened to my mum, my dad, my gramma, that is why I am still here. That is how you stay alive." --Mida Donnessey Wisdom Engaged demonstrates ho...

Wisdom from the Oval Office is the largest collection of presidential quotations ever assembled: 40 chapters, each dealing with one of the major th...

This book celebrates the words and lives of those who have articulated a forward thinking view of political, social, and environmental issues of th...

The severe shortage of teachers brought on by WWII meant that teenagers -- some with little or no training, were placed in charge of country school...

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as ...

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as ...

In this much-anticipated second volume in the Extraordinary Women Anthology series, Diana French follows up on Gumption and Grit with more stories ...

"A hard look at the extraordinary culture of violence and intimidation committed every day in the US military. The book should be required reading ...

The first earnest attempt to explore the valley of the upper Yellowstone was made in 1859, by Colonel Raynolds, of the Corps of Engineers. His expe...

Keeping people warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Wool's colorful and surprisingly e...

As the divided nation threw its sons into civil war, the home front demanded to know what was happening. Newspapers, North and South, responded by ...

Fisher Ames was a leading New England Federalist and sublime critic of Jacobin Democracy and the French Revolution. During the presidency of George...

The questions of where to locate, in whose hands to place, and how to exercise the state’s powers of deadly military force inform a perennial topic...

The questions of where to locate, in whose hands to place, and how to exercise the state’s powers of deadly military force inform a perennial topic...

In his new series: 'Wild West Heroes and Rogues', Marshall Trimble recounts the mystique surrounding the lives of the famous and not-so-famous West...

During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make...