Insects of North America: A Field Guide to Over 300 Insects by David M. PhillipsRequirements: PDF Reader 11.66 MBOverview: Insects of North America presents over 300 insect species of North America, including dominant species and insects most likely noticed. With information about distinguishing less common species from those that are more widespread, this guide is […]
Solomon Northup’s Kindred: The Kidnapping of Free Citizens before the Civil War by David FiskeRequirements: EPUB Reader 10 MBOverview: Kidnapping was a lucrative crime in antebellum America, and many American citizens―especially free blacks―were abducted for profit. This book reveals the untold stories of the captured.• Features portraits, sketches, and images of documents and newspaper articles […]
Lost Northern Kentucky by Robert Schrage, David E. SchroederRequirements: .ePUB reader, 9.8 MBOverview: Northern Kentucky has a unique location as the gateway between the North and the South. Many of its historic businesses, religious structures, homes and buildings were lost to time. Just after the Civil War, Daniel Henry Holmes purchased a large Victorian-Gothic house […]
Africa’s Discovery of Europe (3rd Edition) by David NorthrupRequirements: .PDF reader, 38.9 MbOverview: This groundbreaking book examines the full range of African-European encounters from an African perspective rather than from the customary European one. By featuring vivid life stories of individual Africans and drawing upon their many recorded sentiments, author David Northrup presents African perspectives […]
How English Became the Global Language by David NorthrupRequirements: .PDF reader, 1.5 MbOverview: In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English’s global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and […]