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81) The Knights Templar of the Middle East: the hidden history of the Islamic origins of Freemasonry
Author
Publisher
Weiser Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
210 p.
Language
English
Description
Includes bibliographical references.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: no one was on stable ground and few could be trusted. Through the fascinating tales of the first Americans, Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the country into...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2020
Physical Desc
466 p.
Language
English
Description
"A twenty-first-century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, and corruption The Texas Rangers rode into existence in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico, and continue today as one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson offers a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles both their epic, daring escapades...
Author
Publisher
Islandport Press
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
viii, 228 pages ; illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine. celebrates more than 300 of the natural wonders, characters, inventors, historical firsts, legends, and landmarks, that give the state its zest.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common: murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city. Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was butchered in the theater, Claudius was poisoned at dinner, and Galba was beheaded in the Forum. In one 50-year period, 26 emperors were murdered. But what did killing mean in a city where gladiators fought to the death to sate a crowd? In A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 413 pages : ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and one of the bloodiest in United States history, began on February 19, 1945. What happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now. On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. U.S. military leaders thought they had weakened Japanese forces in the area, so they were...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Physical Desc
xvi, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
255 p. : ill., maps 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lew Bryson travels through the great whiskey-producing regions exploring the unique characteristics of each spirit and allows the reader to refine his tasting skills and have some fun with whiskey cocktails.
98) Great adaptations: star-nosed moles, electric eels, and other tales of evolution's mysteries solved
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
199 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities. In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures. Telling the story of his biological detective work, Catania sheds light on the mysteries behind the heavoirs of tentacled snakes, tiny shrews, zombie-making wasps, and more. He...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English? "As a species, we're hardwired to obsess over food," Matt Siegel explains as he sets out "to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths." Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths--and realities--of...
