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Civilizations by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
This comparative study of world civilizations is organized thematically according to environmental features--rivers, woodlands, islands, deserts, etc.--which the author uses as organizers by which to find commonalities.

AUTHOR: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History

Second Time Around by Mike Royko, Roger Ebert
Robert Ebert provides the forward to this collection of columns written by beloved Chicago Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mike Royko during the 1960s through the 1990s.

AUTHOR: Mike Royko, Roger Ebert
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History

Red Azalea by Anchee Min
Anchee Min, raised on the teachings of Mao , worked at a hopelessly infertile communal farm. This toil for no apparent reason caused her to question her upbringing and devotion to Mao; when she traveled to Beijing to audition for the part of Red Azalea in one of Madame Mao's propagandistic productions, she became completely disillusioned with Maoist doctrine.

AUTHOR: Anchee Min
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History

Teaching American History by Chertok
Eight full-color reproductions of art masterpieces provide an electrifying focus on events in American history: the Trail of Tears, Crossing the Delaware, the Civil War, the First Thanksgiving, Paul Revere's Ride, Pioneers, the Underground Railroad, and Immigration. Each teaching unit includes an exploration of the painting, historical information, and a reproducible U.S.A. Yesterday newspaper and other activities.

AUTHOR: Chertok
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: History

Encyclopedia of North American Indians by Frederick E. Hoxie
Description not available.Illustrated with rare photographs, an authoritative reference guide to Native American history, culture, and life contains contributions by more than 260 experts, including articles on present-day community life, treaties, and the status of Indian women. History.

AUTHOR: Frederick E. Hoxie
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History

Few Returned by Carlo D'Este, Eugenio Corti, Peter E. Levy
After World War II more than one hundred books appeared that dealt with the experience of the Italian army in Russia, and particularly the terrible winter retreat of 1942-1943. Few Returned (I piu non ritornano) is the only one of these that is still regularly reissued in Italy. Eugenio Corti, who was a twenty-one-year-old second lieutenant at the time, found himself, together with 30,000 Italians and a smaller contingent of Germans, encircled on the banks of the river Don by enemy forces who far outnumbered them. To break out of this encirclement, these men undertook a desperate march across the snow, with constant engagements and in temperatures ranging from -20 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Whereas supplies were air-dropped to the Germans, the predicament of the Italians was far more difficult: lacking gasoline, they were compelled to abandon their vehicles and to proceed without heavy arms, equipment, ammunition, or provisions. Even the wounded had to be abandoned, though it was well known that the soldiers of the Red Army - enraged by the brutality of the German invasion - killed all the enemy wounded who fell into their hands. After twenty-eight days of encirclement, only 4,000 of the 30,000 Italians made it out of the pocket. Why is it that Corti's book, which was first published in 1947, continues after fifty years to be reprinted in Italy? Because, as Benedetto Croce wrote, one finds in Corti's book the not infrequent gleam of human goodness and nobility . Few Returned is a classic of war literature that succeeds in bringing home the full hatefulness of war.

AUTHOR: Carlo D'Este, Eugenio Corti, Peter E. Levy
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History