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|  | Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East by Michael Roaf, Nicholas Postgate
This sumptuously illustrated atlas re-creates the cradle of civilization through a brilliant integration of text, maps, and illustrations. AUTHOR: Michael Roaf, Nicholas Postgate
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Vietnam by Michael Lind
Description not available.Offering what is sure to be a controversial perspective on America's most painful war, the author proposes that Vietnam should have been fought, but with different tactics. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Michael Lind
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Burnt Bread and Chutney
This memoir is told from the perspective of the daughter of a Indian-Jewish woman and a Russian-Jewish man. Raised in poverty in New York, she tells a story of feeling removed from both the Jewish community and the Indian one, and the complicated emotions that arose when she turned to family for support.
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Hernando Cortes by J. Bayard Morris
These five letters by the Spanish Conqueror Hernando Cortes were written to the Emperor Charles V of Spain between the years 1519 and 1526. They describe the earliest discoveries of the mainland, the perilous trek into hostile country, the capture of the Aztec capital, the extension of Cortes power throughout Mexico, the expedition to Honduras, and the organization and ordering of the Spanish empire in the new world. AUTHOR: J. Bayard Morris
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Nicopolis 1396 by David Nicolle
By the late 14th Century the once mighty Byzantine Empire had been reduced to little more than the city of Constantinople itself. In 1391 the Sultan Bayazid I `The Lightning` besieged the city. In response to a crusade preached by Pope Boniface IX a French-led army of 10,000 marched to the relief of Constantinople. At Nicopolis on the Danube they met the Ottoman army in Battle. Ignoring the advice of their Hungarian and Transylvanian allies the Crusaders charged the Turks and were in turn smashed by the Ottoman heavy cavalry. The last Crusade ended on the banks of the Danube as the Crusaders desperately sought to escape from the pursuing Turks. AUTHOR: David Nicolle
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | U.S. Navy Special Forces by Michael Burgan
Description not available.Introduces the Navy special forces known as SEALs, describing their mission, history, and the equipment they use AUTHOR: Michael Burgan
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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