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|  | Plough, Sword & Book by Ernest Gellner
Description not available.Elucidates and argues for the author's concept of human history from the past to the present AUTHOR: Ernest Gellner
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | In Lands Not My Own
Description not available.The author of The Warsaw Ghetto Revolt describes his youth in Poland, his escape from the pogroms to a university in Brussels, his flight from Belgium after the 1940 Nazi occupation, his journey across Europe to Spain, his capture and confinement in a Spanish concentration camp, and his ultimate escape to Britain and training as a turret gunner for the RAF. 25,000 first printing.
CATEGORY: History
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 | Fantasies of the Master Race by Ward Churchill
The reworking of fact into expedient fantasies is a well-known historical process. In this volume of incisive essays, Ward Churchill examines the cultural propaganda that has served to support the continued colonization of Native America. AUTHOR: Ward Churchill
PUBLISHER: City Lights Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Istanbul by John Freely
An illustrated history of the ancient city of Constantinople, founded in the 4th century as the Eastern capital of the declining Roman Empire and rebuilt over the centuries by the succession of emperors, sultans, and warlords who ruled over it. AUTHOR: John Freely
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Silent Night by Stanley Weintraub
Description not available.A vivid account of a remarkable holiday miracle describes the spontaneous celebration that occurred in the trenches on Christmas Eve in 1914 during World War I, when participants on both sides briefly put aside their hatred and anger to exchange gifts, share food, sing carols, and enjoy a brief moment of peace. Reprint. AUTHOR: Stanley Weintraub
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, Clinton Rossiter, Garry Wills, James Madison, Jim Killavey
The essays by Hamilton and Madison that are known collectively as the Federalist Papers comprise one of the most-studied and most-revered texts in American political writing. Written as essays in favor of the ratification of the Constitution, they provide a living guide that broadens the statements in the Constitution, and they initiate many of the debates regarding government and citizenship that were to shape America throughout its history. This is history at its finest. AUTHOR: Alexander Hamilton, Clinton Rossiter, Garry Wills, James Madison, Jim Killavey
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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