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US History:
From Vikings to Egyptians: Who Really Discovered the New World?
Jamestown, Boston and St. Augustine: A Comparison of Successful and Unsuccessful Efforts to Colonize the New World
The First United States: Founding, Growth and Historical Role of the Seven Nations of the Iroquois
One Continent, Two Nations: How Canada and the US Became Separate Countries
Beyond the Hearth: The Role of Women in Colonial American Life
At Satan's Hand: A Critical Look at the Salem Witch Trials
A Triangle of Blood: An Examination of the Political Economics of the New World Slave Trade
A Legacy of Brotherly Love: Prominent Quakers in Early American Political Life
Scourge!: Disease's Role in Establishing European Domination of the New World
False Freedoms: Was The Struggle for US Independence Really a European War?
One if By Land: What Really Happened During Paul Revere's Ride
Freedman, Farmgirl and French Marquis: Unlikely Heroes of the American Revolution (Crispus Attucks, Molly Pitcher and the Marquis de Lafayette)
The Whites of their Eyes: Radical Military Tactics That Sealed the Colonists' Victory in the American Revolution
Let Freedom Ring: A Comparison of the French and American Revolutions
The Missing Amendment: The Debate Over Slavery During the Continental Congress
From Sea to Shining Sea: Events Leading up to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803
The Day the White House Burned: Why the War of 1812 Was a Historical Inevitability
Settling for Profit: Hudson's Bay Company in the Early Days of the American Northwest
Remember the Alamo!: The Truth Behind the Myth
Yankee Clippers: How Innovations in American Shipbuilding Changed World Trade
Four Flags Over One City: The Turbulent History of New Orleans
Under the Lone Star: The Rise and Fall of the Republic of Texas
Emissaries from Etowah: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
King Cotton: How the Growth of One Industry Created a Country Within Itself
The First Terrorists?: John Brown at Harper's Ferry
Could the Civil War Have Been Avoided?: An Examination of the Facts
Hoop Skirts and Midnight Rides: Spies Who Changed the Course of the Civil War
No Price Too High for Victory: Sherman's Infamous March to the Sea
From Revolvers to Riverboats: Inventions that Changed American History
Equal Partners: Early Years of the Women's Suffrage Movement
Heaven on Earth: Thoreau and the Growth of the Utopian Movement
Manifest Destiny: The Great Myth of the American West?
The Unsung Pioneers: How Black Women Helped to Build the American West
Backlash: The Rise of Jim Crow in the American South
Blood Money: The Role of Robber Barons in the Rise of the US Labor Movement
No Irish Need Apply: Discriminatory Practices in Turn of the Century America
From Minstrel Shows to Ragtime: Music as an Expression of 19th Century American Life
54-40 or Fight: How We Almost Went to War with Canada
In Defense of Seward's Folly: Why the Alaska Purchase Made Sense
A Land of Our Own: Marcus Garvey and the Rise of the Back to Africa Movement
Over Here: American Popular Opinion at the End of the Great War
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Were the 1920's as Wild as They Seem?
When the Party Ended: Events in the 1920's That Led to the Great Depression
Rebuilding America: The Purpose and Legacy of the Citizens Conservation Corps
Heaven on the Silver Screen: Movies That Helped America Survive the Great Depression
The Good War: How Public Opinion Helped to Inspire Victory in World War II
How Could We Do It?: The Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II
A Bomb Shelter in Every Yard: How the Cold War Affected Daily Life in America
Writing in Red: The McCarthy Era in Hollywood
Knights of Camelot?: The Men of the Kennedy Cabinet
The Dream's End: Could We Have Prevented the Assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King?
Appointment to Saigon: How America's Involvement in Vietnam Began
LSD and Love-Ins: A Day in 1960's Haight-Ashbury
Power to the People!: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party
The Day the Dream of Democracy Died: The Effects of Watergate are Still Being Felt Today
Silicon Revolution: The Invention of the Microcomputer Changed American Life
Countdown in Teheran: The Unseen Politics Behind the Efforts to Free the Hostages in Iran
Thunder Before the Storm: Events Leading to the War with Iraq
Civics, Law and Economics:
Self-Evident Truths?: Why the Ideals of the Declaration of Independence Have Never Been Realized
We The People: Why the US Constitution is the Greatest Political Document Ever Written
A More Perfect Union: The Sources and Notions of Early American Democracy
The Legacy of an Admiring Critic: The Lessons of DeTocqueville
The Federalist Papers: America's First True Populist Debate?
The Electoral College: The White Elephant of the US Political Process?
Uneasy Union: The States Rights Controversy Continues Today
American Isolationism: How a Policy Designed to Avoid Wars May Have Caused Them
The Cross and the Law: Have We Ever Really Achieved Separation of Church and State? Do We Really Want To?
Beyond the Bench: Three Supreme Court Decisions that Affect Our Daily Lives
Guiding by the Gavel: The Three Greatest Judges in Supreme Court History
Four Score and Seven Years: What Was the True Message of the Gettysburg Address?
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: How Public Opinion Affects US Immigration Policy
Marx Was Right: Why Capitalism is Doomed to Failure
Marx Was Wrong: Why Capitalism is the Greatest Invention of Modern Society
No Such Thing as Separate but Equal: Thirty Years after Brown V. Board of Education, Is School Desegregation Possible?
Spearheading Social Policy from a Most Unlikely Source?: The Legacy and Lessons of the Warren Court
The Golden Gavel: Does the Speaker of the House Have Too Much Power?
From VATs to Vouchers: Alternatives for School Funding in the US
The US Flag Salute: What It Means to Me
Replaceable Parts?: The Meaning of Human Capital in a Post-Industrial Marketplace
The Revolt of the American Middle Class: Evidence From Recent Elections
Two Presidents in Trouble: A Comparison of the Impeachment Process at Work During the Johnson and Nixon Administrations
Can Democracy Survive? A Critical View
A Necessary Evil: When Monopolies Make Sense
When Public Opinion Rules: A Critical Analysis of Three Major Legal Cases (Sacco & Venzetti, The Lindberg Case and the Rosenberg Case)
Revolution in the Rough: Why We Have a National Park System
A Potato in Every Pot: Race and the Rise of Ward Politics in Chicago
Americans Killing Americans: Lessons From the Kent State Massacre
Can a Good Man Be a Good President?: A Comparison of Carter and Nixon
From Gandhi to King: Non-Violent Resistance as a Tool for Social Change
Anarchy: A Viable Political Alternative or Road to Self-Destruction?
Whigs, No-Nothings and Bull Mooses: What Political Parties of the Past Can Teach Us About Our Future
Dashed Hopes or Great Strides? The Lessons of Johnson's Great Society
Desegregation at Any Price? An Examination of the Boston Busing Controversy
The Electoral College: Is it a Political Dinosaur?
Midnight Plumbers: What Watergate Taught Us About Democracy, Power and the Presidency
Soldiers of Fortune: The Role of Mercenaries in a Shrinking World
Guns or Dollars: Trade Agreements and Military Alliances -- Which Are More Powerful?
A Most Divisive Issue? The Politics of Abortion on America
An Eye for an Eye: A Historical Survey of American Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty
Swords from Plowshares: How Feudalism Made the Rise of Communism a Political Inevitability
40 Acres and a Mule: The Lessons of Southern Reconstruction
The Role of the Presidential Cabinet: A Case Study in Power and Decision-Making
Technocracy: Does it Still Exist? Did it Ever?
World History and Comparative Cultures:
Secrets of the Lost City: Did Atlantis Ever Really Exist?
The Fertile Crescent: Cradle of Western Civilization
Egypt's King Ankhenaten: The World's First Religious Revolutionary?
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Truth vs. Legend
From Plinthes to Pedestals: The Basic Rules of Classic Greek Architecture
On the Wings of Athena: The Role of Sports in Greek Culture and Daily Life
History's Mysteries: Stonehenge, Easter Island and the Great Pyramids
Where Did the Mayas Go? The Mystery of the Americas' First Great Civilization
The Greatest of the Great: Why Alexander Was Able to Conquer the World
From Legion to Soldier: The Logistics of Roman Military Organization
Just Before the Fall: Is America Following the Same Historical Path as Ancient Rome?
The Sword of God: The Founding and Spread of Islam
Hero or Fable: Did King Arthur Really Exist?
Carolus Magnus: Charlemagne and the Rise of the Holy Roman Empire
Longboats to Vineland: The Vikings' Path of Discovery and Destruction
God's Smallest Soldiers: The Sad Story of the Children's Crusade
The Other Christian Empire: The Rise and Fall of Constantinople
The Black Plague: Why It Happened, and How It Changed Europe Forever
Death from the East: Who Was Attila the Hun?
God's Villages: Monasteries as Models of Medieval Life
When Tolerance Prevailed: Jews, Christians and Moslems in the Golden Age of Spain
The Hundred Years War: Causes of the World's Longest Military Confrontation
Joan of Arc: An Examination of Fact vs. Legend
Truth at Any Price: Lessons of the Spanish Inquisition
Swords of God: Militarism in Christianity, Islam and Judaism
Empires on the Ascent: The Political Balance of the World in the Year 1600
From Apples to Zucchini: How New World Discoveries Changed Daily Life in Europe
White Gods in Big Boats: How Cortez Was Able to Conquer the Aztecs with Just a Few Hundred Men
Outriggers to the World's End: The Path of Human Settlement in Polynesia
Burghers and Beggars: Daily Life in a Medieval European Town
The Aztec Calendar: Even Better Than Our Own?
Officers and Gentiles Hommes: The True Story of the French Musketeers
Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots: Cousins, Enemies, Queens
In the Shadow of the Sun King: Brilliant Women Who Were Mistresses of King Louis XIV of France
The Dream of the Red Chamber: What China's Most-Read Book Tells Us About Its Culture
No Greater Love: The Story Behind the Building of the Taj Mahal
Napoleon Bonaparte: History's Greatest Man?
Seeds More Precious Than Gold: The Establishment and Growth of the Spice Trade
Meztizos, Mulattos and Indios: Ethnicity and Social Class in Pre-Revolutionary Mexico
Iron Horses and Cotton Gins: Inventions that Led to the Industrial Revolution
The Gentleman Adventurers: English Exploration of Africa, 1850-1900
Jewel in the Crown: The Story of the East India Company and England's Conquest of India
Misplaced Chivalry? An Analysis of the Legendary Charge of the Light Brigade
500 Years as Europe's Battlefield: The Political History of Poland
Persian Nights: The Rise and Fall of the Qajar Dynasty of Iran
Assignment in Athens: The Purpose and Founding of the Modern Olympic Games
Karl Marx: The Writer Who Changed the World
Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Legend
The Last Czar: Events Leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917
Paris in the 1920's: An Age of Unparalleled Artistic Freedom
From Seoul to Shanghai: Japanese Military Expansion Before World War II
Right Through Might?: A Comparative Analysis of Fascism in Italy, Germany and Spain
Bombs and Horsemen: The Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Blitz!: How the Bombing of London Destroyed a City and Led to Allied Victory
Chosen People in God's Land: Events that Brought the State of Israel into Being
Dancing on the Berlin Wall: The Fall of European Communism
Notable Americans:
Patriarch of Brotherly Love: William Penn and the Founding of the Pennsylvania Colony
Tituba of Salem: Witch or Victim?
The Return of Poor Richard: How Our Daily Lives are a Testament to the Genius of Benjamin Franklin
Father of Us All: Why George Washington was the Greatest President in US History
Brash Patriotism: The Story of Nathan Hale and the Green Mountain Boys
Benedict Arnold: The Man Behind the Myth
Thomas Jefferson: Inventor, Statesman and Humanist
Alphabet Man: The Life and Wisdom of Tecumseh
Sacajawea and York: Icons of American History
John Jacob Astor: Visionary or Profiteer?
Dolley Madison: First Lady and Heroine
Blood Politics: Reasons Behind the Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr Duel
Andrew Jackson: Tormentor or Hero?
Unlikely Hero: How Pirate Jean Lafitte Helped America Win the Battle of New Orleans
Davy Crockett: Statesman and Adventurer
First Lady of the Pioneer West: The Life and Death of Narcissa Whitman
Henry Clay: America's First Great Senator
Towards the North Star: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Tubman
An Uneasy Alliance: Frederick Douglass and the Mainstream Abolitionist Movement
Country Before Self: The Lessons of Robert E. Lee's Exemplary Life
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: Two Presidents, One War
Angel of Mercy: Florence Nightingale and the Founding of the American Red Cross
Billy the Kid: Hero, Villain or Victim?
The Great Adjudicator: Examining the Legal Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie: Pioneers of Profit, Captains of Industry
"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Wallowas
Mark Twain: The Author as Critic
John Henry, Pecos Bill and Calamity Jane: Seeds of a Mythology as Wide as the American West
Crazy Horse: The True Hero of Custer's Last Stand
George Custer: Hero, Fool or Villain?
"Sit Low in the Saddle": Why Teddy Roosevelt was the Greatest President of the 20th Century
Up By His Bootstraps: Booker T. Washington in a Historical Perspective
Ranting and Ravens: The Tortured Life of Edgar Allen Poe
Scott Joplin: The Father of American Jazz
Liliokaulani: The First and Last American Queen
Babe Ruth: The Greatest Player Baseball Player Ever
W. E. B. duBois: Black America's First Great Leader?
Live Fast, Die Young: The Turbulent Lives of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ansel Adams: Man of the Wilderness, Father of Photography
Jesse Owens and Adolph Hitler: Showdown in Munich
Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete Ever
Babe Didrickson Zaharias: The Greatest Athlete Ever
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin: A Comparison of Leadership in Action
Eleanor Roosevelt: Reticent Revolutionary?
Power Behind the Throne: Bess Truman's De Facto Presidency
Just Keeps Rollin' Along: The Life of Paul Robeson
General George S. Patton: The Military Genius as a Man
History at Bat: The Remarkable Life of Jackie Robinson
The Screaming Voice of a New Generation: Jack Kerouac Was a Man Before His Time
Lyndon Baines Johnson: The Ultimate Politician
First Lady Forever: The Trials and Triumphs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Capturing the Heart of America: The Art and Philosophy of Norman Rockwell
The Reverend Martin Luther King: America's Greatest Black Leader
Malcolm X: America's Greatest Black Leader
Hero in the Lettuce Fields: How Cesar Chavez Became the US's Most Powerful Latino
From Plains to President: The Making of Jimmy Carter
The Populist President: A Critical View of the Reagan Presidency