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|  | If You Were There in 1492 by Barbara Brenner
An account of what life was like for people living in Spain in 1492. The work is divided into such sections as Sickness and Health, Food and Clothing, and Education. Each section includes relevant information about explorer Christopher Columbus. Illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Barbara Brenner
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Victorians by A. N. Wilson
Description not available.A revisionist panorama of the nineteenth century examines the era's material and spiritual changes in the wake of emerging British capitalism and imperialism, as told through the writings of such figures as Darwin, Marks, George Eliot, and Kipling. 40,000 first printing. AUTHOR: A. N. Wilson
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz
What did President Truman and his advisors actually know about Japan's willingness to surrender? Was the atomic bomb deployed as a military weapon or as an instrument in the United States rivalry with the Soviet Union? To what extent was the truth about the decision to use it subsequently rewritten and replaced by an official myth? This title answers these questions with a thoroughness and authority that have made it a comprehensive and definitive history. AUTHOR: Gar Alperovitz
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Triangle Shirtwaist by Barbara D. Goldin
Description not available.Rosie's sister, Fredya, works for an unsafe factory in 1911 and tries her best to get the union organized so that it is safe enough for Rosie and others to work there, yet things do not happen quickly enough and a disaster finally occurs. Reprint. SLJ. AUTHOR: Barbara D. Goldin
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Hatfields & the McCoys by Otis K. Rice
Using court records, public documents, official correspondence, contemporary newspapers, and other documentary evidence, Otis Rice here presents an account that frees, as much as possible, fact from fiction, event from legend. AUTHOR: Otis K. Rice
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Desert War by Alan Moorehead
North Africa was one of the greatest theaters of the Second World War. Alan Moorehead's bestselling account of the Allied/Axis desert conflict is an epic story of electrifying details and keen historical insights. The Desert War interweaves vivid snapshots of war with eyewitness portraits of the famous adversaries-Generals Rommel, Montgomery, Eisenhower, and Patton--all set against the backdrop of the ancient desert and Mediterranean shores. The result is a masterpiece of war reportage. This edition includes a new Introduction by renowned military historian John Keegan. AUTHOR: Alan Moorehead
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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