These 200 devilishly clever puzzles from skilled puzzlemakers Henry Hook, Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon are among the wittiest around. Sure to delight crossword fans everywhere, these puzzles will mak
A CLASSIC MEMOIR OF TWO PIONEERING ADVENTURERS Before Joy Adamson went to Africa, before Margaret Mead sailed to Samoa, before Dian Fossey was even born, a Kansas teenager named Osa Leighty married Ma
How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, The Human Zoo, r
A DANGEROUS NEW TWIST IN THE GREAT GAMEIn this gripping narrative Peter Hopkirk tells how Lenin and his revolutionary comrades tried, in the period between the two world wars, to set the East ablaze w
For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the grandest trophy of all. The lure of this mysterious land
The World of the Shining Prince, Ivan Morris's widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious, inbred, melancholy world of ancient Japan, has been a standard in cultural studies for nearly thirty years
The complete story of the tragic loss of the passenger steamer City of Columbus. In the early hours of January 18th, 1884, the majestic steamship ran aground on the treacherous Devil’s Bridge ro
A collection of memorial biographies of Farmington’s late ministers presiding from 1645 to 1937. Author Mabel Hurlburt wrote in the foreword: “With no thought of attempted comparisons, eac
Wethersfield, the oldest permanent English settlement in Connecticut, enjoys a rich historic heritage. From the small group of people who came in 1634, the Town has grown to an estimated population of
This is a comprehensive history of the beginnings, trials, and flourishing of Plainville Connecticut. As Gertrude Castle Nystrom wrote in the preface to her father’s book, “This history of
With this guide at your side, take a tour through Old Stonington, Rhode Island, visiting the historic homes and buildings that make Stonington a beautifully iconic town. Anne Atwood Dodge draws from c
Tolland: An Old Post Road Town tells the whole story of its institutions, its service to our country, and its people with absorbing biographical sketches and genealogical records of many of its promin
The sea chest with four hundred pounds sterling cleverly hidden in a secret compartment rested abandoned on the quay as the square-rigger put out from England in a freshening breeze. Young Richard Hol
This is a biography of William Williams, a merchant, a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As the son of a minister, Williams studied
First published in 1978, The Original Bluefish Cookbook, celebrates the versatility of an East Coast favorite. Learn how to bake, broil, fillet, and poach this tasty, abundant fish like a true connois
Based on Disney’s upcoming animated feature, Frozen, this enchanting book features a real snow globe with press-out cards that can be inserted to change the scene inside. Walt Disney Animation Studio
The Guardians of the Globe are BACK in an all-new, all-exciting ongoing series! Your favorite heroes - Brit, Invincible, Best Tiger, Robot, Yeti, Kaboomerang, and more - face new challenges of epic pr
Just in time for the second volume of the hit series, this volume reprints the first six-issue mini-series, following Brit as he recruits a new, international Guardians of the Globe roster.
This book argues that the «international community» created and managed the dysfunctional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by effectively rewarding ethnic cleansing, drawing up a transitional constitut
Democratization is a process of collective emancipation through self-government. Continuous political contestation is essential for emancipation but, in order to know which strategies and conditions w
Debates about Basque self-determination were curtailed for decades by political violence, involving both the actions of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) and the counter-terrorism activities of Spain and Fr
This book analyses the concept of patriotism and the contestation over its meaning in key public debates in Poland over the last twenty-five years. It focuses on the strategies used to define, re-shap
This volume examines nationalisms and the emergence of national identities among the indigenous peoples of North America through 11 case studies. Scholars working in history, anthropology, political s
At the beginning of 2000, with the launch of the so-called Third Chimurenga, Zimbabwean nationalism revealed some of its most grotesque aspects, resulting in a polarisation of the nation into ‘patriot
Political actors from many different countries locate their home country as a unique transition point between «the East» and «the West». The terms «east» and «west» have become highly symbolic, yet al
