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1. Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
by Simon Schama
Simon Schama, the author of "The Embarrassment of Riches" and "Citizens", sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In ... More
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2. An Eulogy on the Honourable James Bowdoin, Esq. L.L.D. Late President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Who Died at Boston, November 6, A.D. 1790.
by John Lowell
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the ... More
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4. Galbert of Bruges and the Historiography of Medieval Flanders
by Jeff Rider (Editor), Alan V Murray (Editor)
*Leading medieval scholars analyze one of the best-known historical narratives of the Middle Ages*
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5. A Sermon Delivered in the East Meeting-House, Salem, on Sunday Morning, March 13: Occasioned by the Death of Jonathan Gardner, Esq., Master of the Marine Society in Salem, Who Died March 2, 1791, AET. 63.
by William Bentley
Title: A sermon delivered in the East Meeting-House, Salem, on Sunday morning, March 13: occasioned by the death of Jonathan Gardner, Esq., master of ... More
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6. James Connolly: Sixteen Lives
by Lorcan Collins
James Connolly (1868-1916) was one of the leaders in Ireland's quest for freedom from British rule in 1916. Written in an entertaining, educational ... More
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7. The Death of George Washington: He Died as He Lived. Foreword by Philander D Chase
In 1999, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association inaugurated the Bookshelf series in commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's death. ... More
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9. The Death of Captain Cook: A Hero Made and Unmade
by Glyn Williams
Captain Cook's enduring claim to fame is that he redrew the map of the world in three extraordinary voyages over the Pacific, north and south. The ... More
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14. The Death of Herod
by Richard K Fenn
This 1992 book studies the relationship between the social sciences and biblical studies of an account of Palestinian society during the first ... More
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17. Jonathan and Sarah: An Uncommon Union
by Edna Gerstner
Mrs. Gerstner wrote this book in the mid-1960's, but it was not published until 1995. Using the actual diaries of the Edwards family members, she ... More
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22. Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expedition of George Mallory
by David Breashears, Audrey Salkeld, John Mallory (Foreword by)
This lavishly illustrated account of the ill-fated 1924 attempt by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine to be the first to the summit of Mt. Everest ... More
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24. Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education
Howard Wesley Johnson has been associated with MIT for more than forty years and been a major influence on the modernization and expansion of many of ... More
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