The Description of the World

Author Marco Polo Description Composed in a prison cell in 1298 by Venetian merchant Marco Polo and Arthurian romance writer Rustichello of Pisa, The Description of the World relates Polo’s experiences in Asia and at the court of Qubilai, the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. In addition to a new translation based on the […]

The Webs of Humankind | A World History

Author J. R. McNeill Description A leader in the field presents a cohesive narrative of world history that effectively addresses the main challenge of the introductory survey: how to navigate beginning students through the vast detail of the subject. McNeill uses connective webs—along which trade, religious beliefs, technologies, pathogens, and much else traveled—to organize details […]

Ancient Rome | An Anthology of Sources

Author Christopher Francese Description “Terrific . . . exactly the sort of collection we have long needed: one offering a wide range of texts, both literary and documentary, and that–with the inclusion of Sulpicia and Perpetua–allows students to hear the voices of actual women from the ancient world. The translations themselves are fluid; the inclusion […]

1776

Author David McCullough Description America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects […]

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee | Native America from 1890 to the Present

Author David Treuer Description FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCEA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal.”Chapter after chapter, it’s like one shattered myth after another.” – NPR”An […]

Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction (2nd ed.)

Author Chris Gosden Description Prehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. But this is relatively recent compared to whole history of the earth of some 4.5 billion years. A key aspect of prehistory is that it provides a […]

A Concise History of Canada

Author Margaret Conrad Description Margaret Conrad’s history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian history, […]

How to Hide an Empire | A History of the Greater United States

Author Daniel Immerwahr Description Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff PickA pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empireWe are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And […]

The West | A New History

Author David A. Bell Description This beautifully written history recenters the West and rekindles the past in a vivid narrative crafted for beginning students. Grafton and Bell tell the epic story of a West engaged in a continuing search for order across politics, society, and culture, driven by internal tensions and global influences. They deliver […]

The Warmth of Other Suns | The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

Author Isabel Wilkerson Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS […]

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