The publication of Thomas Paine's incendiary pamphlet, Common Sense, in January of 1776, proved the
tipping point for America's Revolutionary War. Its eloquent and reasoned argument about the inherent unfairness of monarchic succession, and its catalog of abuses by the ...
Freemasonry is fascinating because it’s mysterious. Freemasons trace their roots to the stonemasons of
ancient and medieval timesthe men who, literally, built the world, from King Solomon’s Temple to the cathedrals of Europe.In this fascinating book focusing on the ...
This frank and fascinating book ransacks the remarkable history of forty of Europe's most dumb,
deluded, and downright dangerous monarchs, to reveal a legion of kings and queens who have sat upon the pedestal of power and abused it in ...
“I AM NINJAMy Magic is Training . . .My Body is Control . . .My
Strength is Adaptability . . .My Weapons are Everything That Exists . . .” For centuries, the ninja has occupied a unique place in Japanese culture, ...
Whether you're a recent convert or a Paleo devotee, you know that the Paleolithic diet
is highly effective for losing weight and improving your overall health. But who wants to spend all that time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning ...
You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy the exploits of these famous and
fearsome swashbucklers. There's a galleon's worth of action in this awesome exploration of pirates-their weapons, adventures, legends, language, and lost treasures. * See what life ...
The sixty poems selected for Pocket Book of Poetry span more than four centuries and
some rank among the greatest works of literature in the English language. Many are popular favorites and several represent the best works written by their authors, ...
This compact compendium contains the best work by the nineteenth-century British Romantic poets: William Blake,
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. It includes some of the greatest poems in the English language, among ...