This history of Britain set in a global context for our times offers a new perspective on how the rise and fall of an empire shaped modern European politics. Wh

Our Island Story is the "history" of England up to Queen Victoria's Death. Marshall used these stories to tell her children about their homeland, Great Britain.

Islands fascinate us and fill us with wonder. Even just thinking about an island can give people pleasure. everyone dreams of living on an island, perhaps for j

Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young

In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals