Colonial Age

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire...

The acclaimed seven-book series chronicling the adventures of the generations of the Treegate family from the birth of the Revolutionary War through the War of 1812, ending at the Battle of New Orleans. Recommended by the Seton Home Study Guide for Grade 8 for American History. John Treegate's Musket (Book 1) An epic historical adventure that takes young readers from The Boston Massacre to the Battle of Bunker Hill. When young Peter Treegate is framed for murder while his father is away on business, Peter is forced to flee Boston on a smuggler's brig, sending him on a series of adventures ...

Life has dealt him an unfair hand, leaving him with few options. Will a chance encounter with a caring American colonial family provide a poor English boy with a stable home, or will the boy be lost in events that are spiraling out of control? Peter Smith, a boy of humble beginnings, is a testament to the human spirit. Despite his impoverished upbringing, abduction, and mistreatment, he refuses to be defined by his circumstances. Born into poverty and hopelessness on the streets of Portsmouth, England, Peter is forced into a life of crime just to survive. His resilience is tested when he is...

Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of these seafaring outlaws.

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy...

A bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece’s private confession to the reader—she and her sister killed him, and they blame the British. "I have been waiting for Nina McConigley's debut novel for years and it's even better than I...

Cecil John Rhodes became one of the most influential people in the history of the British Empire. He made a fortune in South Africa by leading the world's most important diamond mining company, De Beers. While he was a busy entrepreneur, he was also a member of the Cape Colony's legislature and served as prime minister from 1890 to 1896, a key period for the development of racial discrimination.

New York Times Bestseller! Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie. Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with...

1777. The war for independence is spreading — and Jeremiah Carter wants no part of it. At twenty-two he has everything a man could ask: good land cleared by his own hands, a wife named Abigail, two small children, and a life ruled only by the turning of the seasons. Then he drives his cart to market in New Bedford, and a British press gang drags him from the street in chains. Torn from his family and thrown aboard the frigate Orion, Jeremiah is carried across a brutal Atlantic into the service of a King he never chose. He learns the gun deck and the lash, survives storms that swallow men ...

Trade is a lifeline, and it shapes the world. Big businesses contributed to the building of empires, and the empires, in turn, aided in the development of trade. From this, we know that a nexus was always there between big business and the kings. Trade binds people together and brings prosperity to all members of society. A common spice, pepper, had caused the Europeans to come to India and eventually rule it for over two hundred years. The Portuguese found a sea route to India thanks to Pepper, and the British and other European nations followed suit. The trade of pepper, sandal, and agar ...

The Surprising, Contested, and Often Unequal Story of How the United States Became the World's Wealthiest Nation The United States is the wealthiest nation in human history. But how did it get that way? The standard answer, told through rising GDP figures and celebrated entrepreneurs, leaves out most of the story. The actual history of American prosperity is more complicated, more contested, and far more illuminating than any single narrative of innovation or hard work can capture. The How America Got Rich guide traces that full history, from the colonial tobacco plantations and ...

Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the Hamiltons survive a terrible storm and receive a surprise visit from George Washington, Ann realizes...

Set sail on a gripping journey through one of history’s most extraordinary empires. The History of the Portuguese Empire: Ships, Souls, and Silver brings to life the rise and fall of a maritime kingdom that reshaped the world. From stormy Atlantic coasts to the spice-scented ports of India, from the jungles of Brazil to the fortified enclaves of Africa and Asia, Portugal’s empire stretched across continents.

*** Child Study Association Book of the Year Award Winner *** An epic historical adventure that takes young readers from The Boston Massacre to the Battle of Bunker Hill... The year is 1769, and wealthy merchant John Treegate is a solid citizen of Boston, who is loyal to his British King. John has taught his eleven-year-old son Peter to be loyal too, and wanting nothing more than his father’s approval, Peter always does as told. But when his father is called back to England on business, Peter is left behind and apprenticed to a maker of barrel staves. Alone and feeling abandoned, Peter ...

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year from The New York Times, Literary Hub, Stylist and many more 'Takes all the expected stories about growing up Indian American, slices them open with razor-sharp wit, and turns them inside out' CELESTE NG, author of OUR MISSING HEARTS 'Droll, caustic . . . and...

In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution.

Captain James Cook was one of the most skilled navigators of the eighteenth century, a man whose charts reshaped the world and whose voyages transformed the Pacific into a space legible to European power. Rising from modest beginnings in Yorkshire, Cook mastered the arts of navigation, surveying, and command with a discipline that set him apart from his contemporaries. His voyages mapped New Zealand and Australia’s eastern coastline with unprecedented precision, proved that scurvy could be controlled on long sea journeys, and established professional standards that influenced maritime ...

Experience the dramatic rise and fall of a global superpower in this epic world history journey. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative transports you from medieval Iberian battlefields to the bustling ports of Manila and Mexico City. Witness how dynastic ambition and religious...

Myths! Lies! Neighbors casting spells? Grab your brookstick, beloved educator and author Kate Messner is cleaning up the biggest myths and misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials. A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In 1692, a few paranoid Puritans accused their neighbors of being...