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|  | The Weather Channel by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
When cable television's Weather Channel blew onto the air in 1982, a new age of broadcasting dawned. This history of the enterprise chronicles the low and high points of the channel's history. AUTHOR: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Canaries in the Mineshaft by Renata Adler
Adler, a former reporter for The New Yorker, presents a collection of essays on the media's maladroit coverage of current events ranging from Watergate to the scandals of the Clinton-era. AUTHOR: Renata Adler
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Inventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
Our images of the Middle Ages--of wars, tournaments, and plagues, of kings and saints, of knights and ladies--are so vivid that it might be difficult to imagine them as modern conventions. In this ground-breaking work, medieval scholar Norman F. Cantor explores the lives, works, and conjurings of the great medievalists of the early 20th century. AUTHOR: Norman F. Cantor
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Crooked Timber of Humanity by Henry Hardy, Isaiah Berlin
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made .--Immanuel Kant. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin explores the complex, radical changes that have swept Western society as he proves to be an activist of the intellect . A beautifully patterned tapestry of philosophical thought. . . . A history of ideas that possesses all the drama of a novel, all the immediacy of headline news .-- The New York Times . AUTHOR: Henry Hardy, Isaiah Berlin
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Afrikakorps 1941-43 by Osprey
The campaign in North Africa between September 1940 and May 1943 holds an enduring fascination. Both sides were commanded by officers of the highest caliber, men who had profound respect for their opponents` capabilities. One of the greatest of these was Erwin Pommel, `The Desert Fox`, commander of the small but elite German force known to history as the Afrikakorps. AUTHOR: Osprey
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Plague on Your Houses by Deborah Wallace, E. A. Wallis Budge, Rodrick Wallace
Description not available.Discusses how the closing of massive numbers of New York City fire departments in the early 1970s resulted in deteriorated public health and increased violent crimes AUTHOR: Deborah Wallace, E. A. Wallis Budge, Rodrick Wallace
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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