What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Joe Nickell demonstrates the techniques used in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries, such as the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, the 1913 disappearance of writer and journa…
What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Joe Nickell demonstrates the techniques used in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries, such as the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, the 1913 disappearance of writer and journa…
Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.
Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.
With conflicts around the globe, rampant environmental damage, economic struggles, poverty and the ongoing threat of terrorism, the world isn't perfect right now. But is everything really going to hell in a hand basket? Should we really be feeling so miserable?
With conflicts around the globe, rampant environmental damage, economic struggles, poverty and the ongoing threat of terrorism, the world isn't perfect right now. But is everything really going to hell in a hand basket? Should we really be feeling so miserable?
Author probes probes the motives and morals of some of history's most infamous and fascinating women. Drawing intimate portraits of those who have--either by chance, coercion or choice--assumed this complex role, from Chinese concubines and European royal mistresses to mobster m…
In this fascinating collection of historical vignettes, author Martin W. Sandler restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time. Though barely known today, these are major historical stories, from Ziryab, an eighth-century black slave w…
In this fascinating collection of historical vignettes, author Martin W. Sandler restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time. Though barely known today, these are major historical stories, from Ziryab, an eighth-century black slave w…
The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want' Which faction is which in Iraq and who's arming whom' What's the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir' Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah' Finally, here's Who Hates Whom'a hand…
The news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who's arming whom? What's the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah? Finally, here's a handy, often stunning gui…
Trivia books are a dime a dozen. Trust The Economist, which knows the price and the value of everything, to do something different. In its first ever trivia book in a 175-year history, the sharp wits of The Economist's own champion pub quiz team (team name: Marginal Futility) th…
