Empires Nations

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white...

Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible, and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the 19th century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history.

Abolish the Federal Reserve. Return to Constitutional banking. This book examines the axiomatic difference between oligarchical Central Banking and legitimate Constitutional monetary, banking and credit methods. It demonstrates that the only means to overcome our current crisis is to return to the principles of sovereign National Banking as defined by Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln. Economics is not about money and mathematical formulas; it is defined by a principle of human advancement, increases in physical productivity and scientific and technological progress. Chapters: 1. - ...

During the contentious and progressive antebellum era, the Fowler family preached a gospel of self-improvement to a nation eager to embrace its foundational beliefs. For the first time, this new “science” of phrenology offered all Americans the ability to improve their station by unlocking their innate mental and emotional truths. Revered politicians, quirky celebrities, infamous criminals, and social outcasts all found their way to the Fowlers for skull readings.

It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination, Chicago's corrupt political leaders fraternized with gangsters, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as $30 million.

Uncover Japan's Secrets in One Epic Volume From the mysterious Jōmon people to the heights of its technological prowess, Japan’s story is a 10,000-year saga of ruthless warriors, spiritual emperors, and revolutionary rebirth. Beneath the history books lie the timeless legends: the divine creation myths, the harrowing ghost stories, and the tales of samurai honor that define the nation's soul. Two manuscripts in one book: History of Japan: An Enthralling Journey Through Ancient Japanese Empires, the Shogunate Era, Cultural Renaissance, and Modern Period Japanese Folktales and Legends: An ...

From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and New York Times bestselling author, the essential history of Russian imperialism. “A singularly fascinating account of Russian nationalism through the ages.” —Financial Times In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion...

An astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century—a “riveting…engrossing…‘American Epic’” (The Wall Street Journal) and necessary work of history that reads like Gone with the Wind for the Cherokee. “A vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash...

From the dust of ancient battlefields to the thunder of modern warfare, Battles That Changed Human History reveals the pivotal clashes that shaped the world we live in today. This compelling exploration goes beyond the familiar names and dates, examining the strategic decisions, human courage, and historical forces that turned single battles into turning points for entire civilizations.

In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas colonies. This sudden transition to a post-colonial nation left the men and women invested in German imperialism to rebuild their status on the international stage. Remnants of an earlier era, these Kolonialdeutsche (Colonial Germans) exploited any opportunities they could to recover, renovate, and market their understandings of German and European colonial aims in order to reestablish themselves as "experts" and "fellow civilizers" in discourses on nationalism and imperialism.

A landmark new history of Syria—a country forged in conflict, cursed by civil war and dictatorship, and pivotal to the future of the Middle East “A masterful history of Syria that is both sweeping in scope and brimming with vivid detail...a riveting and insightful book.” —Wendy Pearlman...

A bold and sweeping history of modern South Asia, told through the five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swath of Asia stretching from the Red Sea to the borders of Thailand was bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the “Indian...

She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and legendary mountaineer.

A New York Times Bestseller The definitive history of Ukraine from antiquity to today. “An admirable new history.... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine’s past, Mr. Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future.” ―Economist As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing...

How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship, identity, and belonging across Europe.

From the Dawn of Civilization to the World's Largest Muslim Nation Seventeen thousand islands. One and a half million years of human history. And a story the Western world has almost completely ignored. Scattered across the equator between the Indian and Pacific Oceans lies the world's largest archipelago — a chain of volcanic islands that gave birth to civilizations rivaling anything medieval Europe produced. Temples larger than Notre-Dame. Maritime empires that controlled trade routes spanning half the globe. Kingdoms so wealthy that European explorers risked everything — and killed ...

Spain did not lose its history. It lost the narrative. For centuries, Spain has been remembered through a narrow lens: conquest, the Inquisition, violence, fanaticism, and guilt. But that version of the past leaves too much out. The True History of Spain challenges the inherited story of Spanish shame and restores the parts of history that were erased, minimized, or selectively forgotten: the laws that protected the Indians, the Valladolid debates, the School of Salamanca, the viceroyalties, the universities, the cities, the cultural mixing of peoples, and the universal dimension of ...

Eagles of the Balkans From Illyrian Origins to National Awakening Step into the dramatic and enduring history of Albania — a land shaped by empires, resistance, faith, and survival at the crossroads of civilizations. Eagles of the Balkans is a sweeping historical journey that traces Albania’s story from the ancient Illyrian tribes to the birth of modern Albanian national consciousness in the nineteenth century. Across centuries of conquest and transformation, Albania stood between East and West, preserving its identity through Roman domination, Byzantine rule, medieval warfare, Ottoman ...

Bloomsbury presents The Franco-Prussian War by Stephen Badsey, read by Ric Jerrom. This is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe. The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French...

A legendary diplomat, scholar, and civil rights leader, Ralph Bunche was one of the most prominent Black Americans of the twentieth century. The first African American to obtain a political science Ph.D. from Harvard and a celebrated diplomat at the United Nations, he was once so famous he handed out the Best Picture award at the Oscars. Yet today Ralph Bunche is largely forgotten. In The Absolutely Indispensable Man, Kal Raustiala restores Bunche to his rightful place in history.