Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. It focuses on a national disgrace.

Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history - 130 years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S.

An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. .

A history of the French Revolution, this book gives an account of the first few years of the great Revolution in France, and of the decades that led up to it.

Paul Theroux left Victoria Station in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border. The reality, of course, was very different. In fact, Theroux experienced a decidedly odd and unexpected trip to China that set the challenging tone for his journey.

An exploration of one of the paradoxes of history: the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.