Physical description; 271 p. : illus. (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps, plans. ; 26 cm. Notes; Illus. on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Cixi Empress dowager of China 1835-1908. Tong Zhi Emperor of China 1856-1874. Guang Xu Emperor of China d.1908. Tz'u-hsi Empress Dowager of China.

The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi, 1835-1908, Empress Dowager of China

Biographies & Memoirs

WARNER, Marina

Community & Culture

History Book Club

Highly detailed account of the American revolution

The winter soldiers

History

KETCHUM, Richard M.

Americas

Plagues and Peoples

Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, the history of disease is the history of humankind. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter has been added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his new introduction to this updated editon. Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Plagues and Peoples is that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. "A brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement" (Kirkus Reviews), it is essential reading, offering a new perspective on human history.

Medical Books

William · H. McNeil

Medicine

1977, British hardcover edition, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K. 371 pages. Written by a respected University of Chicago professor, this is one challenging, brilliantly conceived title. Shows how diseases and viruses have literally brought on political and social upheavals throughout history. Documents smallpox and measles epidemics, influenza, syphilis, cholera, malaria, and much more. Something all of us sometimes forget is the 1918-1919 epidemic of influenza that claimed 21 million victims. "A brilliant and challenging approach to history."

McNeill, William H.

The National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough.
 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise.
 The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.
 Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal: 1870-1914

MCCULLOUGH, David

The Guns of August

BARBARA W. TUCHMAN

Military

Traces the life of Muhammad, discusses Moslem culture, and looks at the history of the region

The life and times of Muhammad,

Glubb, John Bagot (Glubb Pasha)

Travelers & Explorers

Korean War. Many wrote of their firsthand experiences during the war; some wanted to remember loved ones in the war; others offered simple expressions of thanks to those who served. This is History Book Club's tribute to the veterans of the Korean War.

Remembering the Forgotten War: Korea 1950-1953

No Author Mentioned

From Alexander to Cleopatra

Michael, Grant

The book is a good account and description of the man and the many trials, battles and the way he thought.

Constantine the Great the Man and His Times

Religion & Spirituality

GRANT, MICHAEL

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