The American Home; Material, Culture, Domestic Space, and Family Life (Eleanor Thompson)
Fifteen essays explore the material culture, history, and essence of the American house and home from the mid-seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, including furnishing, interpersonal relationships, and life and death issues.

Antebellum Life At Sea (L. Tracy Girdler)
Life aboard a clipper ship engaged in the antebellum cotton trade, based on diaries kept by a nanny for the captain’s daughter on a voyage from America to Russia and Europe in 1857/58, providing a unique picture of life at sea and the management of the ship.

Bowing To Necessities; A History of Manners in America, 1620 - 1860 (C. Dallett Hemphill)
Analyzing the sermons, child-rearing guides, advice books, and etiquete manuals that taught Americans how to behave, the book connects these instructions to individual practices and personal concerns in contemporary diaries and letters.

Colonial Living (Edwin Tunis)
Recreates 17th- and 18th-Century America, describing daily living of the colonial world. Details the building of houses, dye- and candle-making, weaving, cooking, coopering, silversmithing, and more.

Deceived; The Story of the Donner Party (Peter Limburg)
A recreation of the 1846 Donner wagon train trip to California and the tragic circumstances that forced the party of settlers to cannabalism.

Denmark Vesey; The Buried History of America’s Lergest Slave Rebellion (David Robertson)
The only modern account of the surprisingly well-organized yet failed slave revolt at Charleston in 1822.

The Earth Shall Weep; A History of Native America (James Wilson)
Charts the collision course of the indigenous civilization and invading Europeans up to the 20th Century.

Every Day Life In The Massachusetts Bay Colony (George Francis Dow)
A classic work which provides a record of early shelters and dwellings, furnishings, wardrobes, sports, games, medical practices, crime, and other aspects of day to day life in the earliest days of English settlement in North America.

Eyewitness To America; 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen (David Colbert, Editor)
A collection of documentary narratives, each placing the reader at the center of an important moment in American history.

A Fever In Salem; A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials (Laurie Winn Carlson)
A reassessment of the events in Salem using historical epidemiology and sociology and suggesting that the physical symptoms of “possession” resemble those of encephalitis lethargica.

Gotham; A History of New York City to 1898 (Edwin Burrows & Michael Wallace)
A history of the city from the time when it was inhabited by Indian tribes to 1898. The first in a projected two-volume set.

Illegal Tender; Counterfeiting and the Secret Service in 19th-Century America (David Johnson)
The only history of the federal government’s response to the wave of counterfeiting that affected as much as 80 percent of American currency in the 1860s. Also explores the formation and growth of the Secret Service in America

Inheritance And Family Life In Colonial New York City (David Narrett)
A detailed analysis of inheritance practices in New York City from the beginning of Dutch settlement to the onset of the American Revolution shows how the transmission of property at death reflected the distribution of power and authority within the family.

A Life Wild And Perilous; Mountain Men and America’s Continental Destiny (Edwin Burrows & Michael Wallace)
Recounts the lives of such men as Kit Carson, Jed Idiah, and others who went beyond exploration to open up the Western United States.

Like Men Of War; Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 (Noah Andre Trudeau)
A history of the 175,000 black soldiers who fought in some 400 battles, recreating the experience of these men from the beginning of the war when they were thought incapable of combat duty through their distinguished actions at Fort Wagner and elsewhere.

A Little Commonwealth; Family Life in Plymouth Colony (John Demos)
A classic work which draws on physical artifacts, wills, estate histories, etc. to portray the family as a structure of roles and relationships.

Mary Chesnut’s Civil War (C. Van Woodward, Editor)
The most famous, and perhaps the best, diary to come out of the Confederacy, written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, a woman of high society who hobnobbed with the Confederate movers and shakers.

Moonshiners, Bootleggers, And Rumrunners (Derek Nelson)
Describes the struggle between distillers and drinkers on the one side and teetotalers and tax agents on the other. Includes the history of moonshining, as well as rumrunning techniques, the battles with the authorities, and many of the colorful personalities involved.

New York; An Illustrated History (Ric Burns, James Sanders, & Lisa Ades)
A companion volume to the PBS series, with photographs, paintings, and prints recapturing the history of the city.

The Problem Of Slavery In The Age Of Revolution, 1770 - 1823 (David Brion Davis)
A reissue of a classic, award-winning work on the complex factors that influenced opinion on slavery.

Saloons Of The Old West (Richard Erdoes)
An illustrated history of the mythology and actuality of saloons in the old west.

The Slave Trade (Hugh Thomas)
The most comprehensive study on the slave trade to date.

Small Houses Of The Twenties; The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog
A full reproduction, with photographs and illustrations, of this rare catalog which provides an accurate record of the company’s “Honor Bilt Modern Homes.”

The Story The Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell; Sex in the Civil War (Thomas Lowry)
Explores everything from prostitution, pornography, rape, and sexually transmitted diseases during the Civil War.

Three Roads To The Alamo (William C. Davis)
The lives and fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis, stripped of the myths and legends surrounding them.

Turncoats, Traitors, And Heroes; Espionage in the American Revolution (John Bakeless)
This classic work ranges from the plot to kidnap George Washington to the fall of Yorktown, covering clandestine activities of spies, counterspies, and double agents.

Who Was Who In The American Revolution (L. Edward Purcell)
Contains more than 1,500 entries and provides a reference to the lives and careers of the men and women of the Revolution.

Woman’s Life In Colonial Days (Carl Holliday)
Details the role of women in early America, including both New England and the Southern colonies.

Hidden Cities; The Discovery and Loss of Ancient American Civilization (Roger Kennedy)
Studies the highly advanced civilizations that were located in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys for more than 5,000 years, their cities, roads, and other creations.

History Of The Incas (Pedro Sarmento de Gamboa)
A republication of a rare manuscript, dating from 1572. Information on the pre-Conquest Incan history, traditions, ceremonies, festivals, etc., and the first years of Spanish conquest.

An Elegant Madness; High Society in Regency England (Venetia Murray)
A history of England between 1788 and 1820 chronicling the daily life of the rakes and dandies, duchesses and courtesans, politicians and patrons who seem to have set a new standard for elegance and vulgarity.

The English Fair (David Kerr Cameron)
An account of this vital part of English economy, based on local sources, archives, and interviews with present-day farmers and dealers. Covers the fairs from Saxon times to the great fairs of the Middle Ages to the notorious cloth fairs of St. Bartholomew.

Farmers In Prehistoric Britain (Francis Pryor)
A study of early farming in Britain, reconstructing the everyday life of the farmers, how they managed their flocks, cultivated their fields, how they developed livestock rearing, etc.

The Great Stink Of London; Sir Joseph Balgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis (Stephen Halliday)
Recounts the work of the civil engineer retained by Parliament to clean up the Thames after the stink of sewage drove the House of Commons from its location in the summer of 1858.

Hatred Pursued Beyond The Grave; Tales of our Ancestors from the London Church Courts (Jane Cox)
A portrait of everyday British society over the course of 600 years, drawing on records of wills and lawsuits. Filled with true-life accounts of soured relationships, neighbors’ quarrels, and domestic struggles, the records portray the real happenings of ordinary people from all walks of life.

A House In Gross Disorder; Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (Cynthia Herrup)
Detailed study of the notorious 17th-Century case in which the Earl was accused of sodomy, abetting the rape of his wife, and failing to maintain the correct social order in his household. Focuses on the legal, social, and political dynamincs of the case.

The Mammoth Book Of Jack The Ripper (Maxim Jakubowski & Nathan Braund)
Ripperologists discuss the facts of the case and reassess some of the most convincing theories of the murderer’s identity.

Medieval England (Paul Szarmach, Editor)
A comprehensive survey of medieval England in one volume. More than 300 contributors have prepared more than 700 entries covering art, architecture, law, kings, commoners, women, music, warfare, and more.

Medieval Outlaws; Ten Tales in Modern English (Thomas Ohlgren)
Studies what is known about the lives of such figures as Earl Godwin, Eustache the Monk, An Bow-Bender, and other coloful and notorious criminals who were loved, supported, and encouraged by their communities.

The Napoleon Of Crime; The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty (Ben MacIntyre)
The full story of the greatest master-criminal of Victorian times.

The Oxford History Of Britain (Kenneth Morgan)
A standard work, newly revised to cover the last 12 years, prepared by leading historians.

Pleasure And Pastimes Of Victorian England (Pamela Horn)
Traces the upsurge in leisure pursuits between 1837 and 1901 with the coming of cheap books, newspapers, and musical instruments as well as the creation of parks, libraries, and museums.

The Real Counties Of Britain (Russell Grant)
A county-by-county guide to England, Scotland, and Wales which brings out the individual character, traditions, customs, and local pride that have suvived to the present day. Includes information on landscape, the distinctive flavor of towns and cities, a guide to villages off the beaten track, local government structures, and more.

Timpson’s Book Of Curious Days; A Year of English Oddities (John Timpson)
A quirky book which records with humor the obscure happenings, anniversaries, and customs that have taken place on each day of the year somewhere and sometime in England. Included are such events as the first women’s public lavatory, the dismantling of the “other” London Bridge, the birth of James VI with a caul on his head, etc.

A Trial Of Witches; A 17th-Century Witchcraft Prosecution (Gilbert Geis & Ivan Bunn)
A full acount of the 1662 trial, cited later and proving pivotal at Salem, which explores the group mentality, social forces, and the whole witchcraft phenomenon as a whole in the 17th Century.

Victorian Shopping (Maurice Baren)
With both text and illustrations, readers can revisit the many stores crammed with food, fashion, furnishing, books, toys, remedies, spices and more that the Victorians bought.

Worlds Of Arthur; King Arthur in History, Legend, and Culture (Fran & Geoff Doel and Terry Lloyd )
A study of the historical Arthur and his place in history as well as of the many legends and their sources.

Culinaria (Andre Demine)
Massive two-volume history of culinary arts and the evolution and consumption of various foods. Includes recipes.

Civil War Recipes (Lily May & John Spaulding)
Receipts from the pages of Godey’s Lady’s Book reproduced with original wording with annotations to present-day cooks in preparing them. Also includes an overview on the technical state of cooking in America prior and during the Civil War and well as sections detailing Union and Confederate rations.

Drink; A Social History (Andrew Barr)
Studies not only the cultural and social influences that determine what, where, and with whom we drink, but also the historical influence of drink as an instrument of suppression of the Native Americans, as a symbol of resistance against British rule and Federal government, and as a totem of opposition to Germany during the world wars.

Food In Antiquity (Don & Patricia Brothwell)
A world-wide survey of the consumption habits of early peoples, how food was prepared and how it was spread from its region of origin.

The Drake Manuscript (Ruth Kraemer, Translator)
A full-color facsimile edition of this portrait and record of the Caribbean as seen by Drake and his expedition.

European Intruders And Changes In Behaviour And Customs In Africa, America, And Asia Before 1800 (Murdo Macleod)
Several scholars focus on the impact of European intruders on invaded peoples in terms of everyday life and behavior among both the conquered and the conquerors, such as changes in agriculture, clothing, city life, and the growth of slavery.

The History Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition (Meriwether Lewis & William Clark)
An unaltered, unabridged reprint of the 1893 edition in 3 volumes.

The Roanoke Voyages (David Beers Quinn)
Two-volume set of documents and detailed narrative related to the English voyages to North America under Walter Raleigh in 1584.

The Search For The Northwest Passage (Ann Savours)
An interesting perspective on the British quest for the Northwest Passage, examining their encounters with eskimos, their role in charting the Arctic archipelago, the way ice formations affected each expedition, their boats, clothing, and diet.

Voyage To Atlantis (James Mavor, Jr.)
The author’s account of his expeditions in search of the fable land argues that Atlantis was the Aegean island of Thera and disappeared in a cataclysmic volcanic eruption so great that it left its impact on the myths and legends of numerous cultures.

The Armourer and His Craft; From the XLth to the XVIth Century (Charles Foulkes)

Costume 1066 - 1990s (John Peacock)
Contains hundreds of illustrations with notes about material used and names of each piece of clothing.

Costumes Of The Greeks And Romans (Thomas Hope)
More than 700 detailed engravings depict the apparel of people from all walks of life on the Roman and Greek civilizations.

A Dictionary Of Costume And Fashion (Mary Brooks Picken)
Defines more than 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion, with illustrations, photographs, and assembled alphabetically in groups according to fabrics, elements of design, etc.

Dress And Decoration Of The Middle Ages (Henry Shaw)
A classic work, essential to the study of life and history in the Middle Ages, including full color-plates.

A History Of Costume (Carl Kohler)
A fully illustrated history of the development of dress based on paintings, statues, and clothing that has survived. From ancient times to present-day fashion.

Medieval Costume And Fashion (Herbert Norris)
A classic work on British fashion worn at all levels of society between the Norman Conquest and the battle of Bosworth field. A meticulously researched text and nearly 700 illustrations.

Rings For The Finger (George Frederick Kunz)
The history of rings, including photos and illustrations.

Tudor Costume And Fashion (Herbert Norris)
Carefully researched and illustrated, this one-volume edition covers the costumes of each period, discussing everything from court dress to daily wear, headgear to jewelry.

The King’s Trial; Louis XVI vs. The French Revolution (David Jordan)
A narrative history of Louis XVI role between his dethroning and his execution, focusing on the trial.

Manor Life In Old France; From the Journal of the Sire de Gouberville for the Years 1549 - 1562 (Katherine Fedden)
A well-documented portrait of a 16th-Century manor house, how its inhabitants lived and dressed, ate and drank, and managed their domain.

Origins Of The French Revolution (William Doyle)
The indispensable guide to the sources of the French Revolution and the debates among historians about them.

A History Of Modern Germany (Hajo Holborn)
A three-volume comprehensive history of Germany from the 1600s to World War II.

The Long Nineteenth Century; A History of Germany, 1780 - 1918 (David Blackbourn)
A narrative and analytical history which focuses on how Germany went from a disunited provincial land to the industrial and military giant of the 20th Century.

Athens; A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age (Christian Meier)
The definitive account of Athens in the age of Pericles, tracing the effects of the victory at Salamis and the rise of the city and its civilization to dominance in commerce, science, art, etc.

Ancient Ireland (Nick Constable)
Depicts the history of ancient Ireland, especially the castles, tombs, circles, monuments, and battlefields.

Famine Ships; The Irish Exodus to America (Edward Laxton)
Details the years between 1846 and 1851 when more than one million people sailed from Ireland to America to escape the famine. Focuses on individual stories and recounts the sagas of families who made their way to a new world.

The Atlas Of Languages (Bernard Comrie, Stephen Matthews, & Maria Polinsky, Editors)
The origin and development of languages throughout the world, encompassing prehistorical and historical languages, distribution, differences and similarities, grammer, writing systems, and more.

Medieval Wordbook (Madeleine Cosman)
Defines more than 4,000 medieval terms and expressions from art and architecture, to costume and cookery.

The Story Of Writing (Andrew Robinson)
Covers the entire history of writing by explaining the interconnections between sound, symbol, and script.

Swearing; A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English (Geoffrey Hughes)
Traces the history of swearing from the Middle Ages through present-day trends.

Where Queen Elizabeth Slept & What The Butler Saw (David N, Durant)
A treasury of historical terms from the 16th Century to the present. Also includes details of everyday life in the past, how people lived, spoke, dressed, talked, entertained, etc.

The World Of Words (Victor Stevenson, Editor)
Explains how specific words were changed through time in every family of Western language.

American Cabinetmakers; Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 (William Ketchum, Jr.)
Catalogs and illustrates all known American wood furniture pieces that bear signatures, labels, or brands of their makers.

The Art Of Blacksmithing (Alex Bealer)
Shows how such objects as horseshoes, knoves, iron grills, rifle barrels, and more were manufatured by the local blacksmith. Detailed coverage on the making of tools, weapons, and home utensils.

Colonial Craftsmen (Edwin Tunis)
Describes the working methods and products houses and shops, town and country trades, individual and group enterprises by which the colonists forged an economy and a way of life.

Farm Conveniences And How To Make Them
A guide dating back to 1884 which contains the best ideas gathered by farmers for building such things as milk sheds, dams, animal traps, log boats, and other farming or homesteading instruments.

Fences, Gates, And Bridges; And How to Build Them (George Martin)
Written in 1900, this book is an instructional work for the construction of fences, gates, and bridges, and also a record of American practicality.

The Homestead Builder; Practical Hints for the Handy-men (C. P. Dwyer)
Dating back to 1872, this remains a valuable source for practical information on using wood, earth, and gravel, how to erect log cabins and houses, building cellars, fences, furniture, and everything else needed by a homesteader.

Old Ways Of Working Wood (Alex Bealer)
Classic guide to woodworking methods. Illustrates the operations of chopping, splitting, sawing, boring, shaping, etc., and also covers tools, wood characteristics, and its preservation.

The Telegraph; A History of Morse’s Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States (Lewis Coe)
Contains every aspect of the telegraph, beginning with the ancient system of fire and semaphore signals and through the telegraph’s invention. Describes how the instrument worked, how it caused a communications revolution, what the life of a telegraph operator was like, and how it impacted and altered society.

The Doctor In Colonial America (Zachary Friedenberg, M.D.)
The realities of medicine in the American colonies. Chapters on medical and surgical practice, popular medicine, education, hospitals, military medicine, etc.

Plagues And Peoples; Updated Edition (William McNeill)
Traces the effect of disease from 500 B.C. through the invasions of the Mongols, the transoceanic migrations of 1500-1700, and the role of modern medicine.

Rats, Lice, And History; A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues (Hans Zinsser)
A classic account of man’s struggle against typhus and other diseases and their effect on human history.

The Atlas Of Medieval Europe (Angus Mackay & David Ditchburn)
A comprehensive and annotated atlas of 154 maps of medieval Europe from the Roman Empire to the beginnings of the Renaissance.

Castles; Their Construction and History (Sidney Toy)
A classic study which traces the history of the castle from its ancient roots in the Levant, through Roman Times and the Middle Ages, to the chateaux of the 16th Century. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, the book explores everything from siege operations to living conditions.

Knights (The Complete Story of the Age of Chivalry, from Historical Fact to Tales of Romance and Poetry) (Andrea Hopkins)

The Mediaeval Builder (Francis B. Andrews)

Medieval Prostitution (Jacques Rossiaud)

The Medieval Soldier (A. V. B. Norman)

The Medieval Tournament (R. Coltman Clephan)
Describes and illustrates such aspects as Arthurian and other round tables, body armor, chain mail, plate armor, royal jousts, the introduction of firearms, the tilt, effigies, trial by combat, duels, and historical and fictional tournaments and combatants.

Sex, Dissidence and Damnation (Minority Groups in the Middle Ages) (Jeffrey Richards)
Contains information on witches, lepers, prostitutes, and more.

Trial By Fire And Water; The Medieval Judicial Order (Robert Bartlett)
Examines the workings of trial by ordeal from the time of its first appearance in the barbarian law codes.

The Waning Of The Middle Ages (Johan Huizinga)
Studies the age’s cultural decline and the coming of the Renaissance, including the idea of chivalry, the increase in violence, and the idyllic vision of life.

The Bridling Of Desire; View of Sex in the Later Middle Ages (Pierre Payer)
The author shows how the Middle Ages produced the emergence of an integral theory of human sexuality, a systematic account of its origins, role, and significance in the divine plan, etc.

The History Of Prostitution (George Ryley Scott)
Covers the causes and history of prostitution from modern to present day.

Sex In Elizabethan England (Alan Haynes)
Offers new perspectives on the social and cultural history of Elizabethan England, with studies of its brothels, bawdy behavior in the playhouses, love and marriage, homosexuality, etc., as well as a consideration of how Elizabeth exercised political power through her manipulation of sexuality.

Sexual Life In Ancient Rome (Otto Kiefer)
Traces Roman sexual life in terms of Rome’s history and literature.

The History Of Pirates (Angus Konstam)
Traces piracy from antiquity to the New World and down to the present day where ships in the South China Sea are frequently attacked by modern buccaneers.

Pirates! Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend (Jan Rogozinski)
Hundreds of articles supply important details of both real and imaginary pirates as well as their weapons, ships, booty, music, language, and clothing.

Exploring Prehistoric Europe (Chris Scarre)
Identifies and explores fifteen of the most famous and important archaeological sites from Ireland to Poland to Malta, with tours of the remains, the history of the excavations, etc.

Lost Cities; 50 Discoveries in World Archaeology (Paul Bahn, Editor)
Pompeii, Troy, Machu Picchu, Copán, and Ninevah are among the cities profiled, with their histories, remains, and enduring monuments.

The Lost Civilizations Of The Stone Age (Richard Rudgley)
A study of writing, mathematics, science, art, and religion in the Stone Age.

The History Of The Devil (Gerald Messadie)
An iconoclastic history which points out that Satan was a concept unknown to the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Hindus, and Chinese and that, after its presumed invention by Persian clergy, the idea was used as a tool by the powerful for political and religious purposes.

The Oxford History Of Christianity (John McManners)
Traces the history of Christianity from the early church to the present day, exploring every aspect of the faith.

Popular Religion In The Middle Ages; Western Europe 1000 -1300 (Rosalind & Christopher Brooke)

Everyday Life In Ancient Rome (Lionel Casson)
A series of concise sketches of key phases of life in the Roman world during its greatest period, the era of peace and prosperity in the first and second centuries A.D.

Frontiers Of The Roman Empire (Hugh Elton)
Provides an economic and social analysis of how each political, military, judicial, and financial zone functioned in the Empire.

Rome In The Dark Ages (Peter Llewellyn)
An account of the 500 years of war and confusion that followed the removal of the last western Emperor in 476 A.D.

Slavery And Rebellion In The Roman World, 140 B.C. - 70 B.C. (Keith Bradley)
Describes and analyzes the three major slave rebellions that occurred in Rome during this period and their impact on Roman society.

The Flight Of The Romanovs (John Curtis Perry & Constantine Pleshakov)
The most comprehensive history to date of the last years of Russia’s imperial family, drawing on untapped sources, unpublished diaries, and never-before-published photographs.

Red Victory; A History of the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 (W. Bruce Lincoln)
An interwoven military, political, and social history describing the Bolshevik triumph over the White opposition.

Ancient Scotland (Roger Kennedy)
With photographs, the book depicts the great castles, monuments, battlefield, and historical site of Scotland from ancient times to the era of Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

The Castles Of Scotland (Maurice Lindsay)
An unmatched guide to every authentic castle, illustrated with photographs, plans, interior cross-sections, and imaginary reconstruction. Includes a history of each castle and a guide to its important features.

Scotland’s Hidden History (Ian Armit)
Paints a detailed portrait of the early settlers, tombs and sacred places, forts and farms, and life under the Romans, Picts, Britons, and Vikings.

The American Railroad (Joe Welsh)
A history of the railroad industry in the United States, illustrated with photographs, maps, timetables, etc.

The American Railroad Freight Car; From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel (John White, Jr.)
Establishes the sophistication and expertise that marked the development of the freight car in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Includes hundreds of photographs and blueprints.

The Birth Of The Titanic (Michael McCaughan)
A visual history of the building of the ship to the installation of the engines, covering also the ill-fated maiden voyage.

The North American Railroad; Its Origins, Evolution, and Geography (James Vance, Jr.)
A comprehensive account of where and why rail lines were built in various regions and at different times, and why America and Canada developed their own distinctive technologies in contrast to those of Europe.

The Railway Dictionary; An A-Z of Railway Terminology (Alan Jackson.)
A comprehensive dictionary of British railway terms, including abbreviations, initials, slang, and colloquialisms. Also includes the proper names of trains, lines, companies, manufacturers, etc.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings (Peter Sawyer, Editor)
12 leading scholars draw on the latest research and archaeological evidence to provide the clearest picture yet of this fabled people. From sagas to shipbuilding, from funeral rites to the fur trade, this volume is an indispensable guide to the Viking world. 124 color plates, including 24 color plates. 16 maps.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (John Haywood)
Describes Vikings from their origins to their demise. Discusses Viking life at home and on voyages and conquests. Contains many maps, photographs, and illustrations. This atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers, and mercenaries, and follows the routes of Viking merchants from Constantinople to the new world.

The Vikings and Their Origins; Scandinavia in the First Millennium (David M. Wilson)

Women In The Viking Age (Judith Jesch)
Illuminates aspects of women’s lives in the Viking Age, such as dress, work, daily life, and how they were seen by their male contemporaries.

Encyclopedia Of World History
Single-volume encyclopedia of more than 4,000 entries with full coverage of major rulers, commanders, politicians, ideas, inventions, discoveries, movements, etc.

Lord High Executioner; An Unshamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind (Howard Engel)
A look at the theory and practice of execution in various countries, from the machinery to the working methods of the executioners themselves.

On This Day in History (Leonard and Thelma Spinrad)
More than 1,500 facts listed according to the days on which they happened, including quotations and commentary.

Secret Societies; From the Ancient and Arcane to the Modern and Clandestine (David. V. Barrett)
Studies secret societies throughout history and around the world, how they survive, and how some turn to the “darker side.”

Slavery; A World History (Milton Meltzer)
Traces slavery from prehistoric hunting societies through the antebellum United States, Nazi Germany, modern-day Thailand, and elsewhere.

The Year 1000; What Life Was Like A Thousand Years Ago (Milton Meltzer)
Portrait of European life and civilization at the dawn of the first millennium. Includes what daily life was like for people from Vikings to forest dwellers, from peasants to city dwellers in London and Rome.