Books similar like Signs and Seasons Understanding the Elements of Classical Astronomy

The Elements of Style

This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is on promoting a plain English style. This little book can help you communicate more effectively by sho…

Buy this book on Amazon

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

Though many factors have been proposed to explain the failure of Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign, it has also been linked to something as small as a button - a tin button, the kind that fastened ever…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Land of Little Rain

“Between the high Sierras south from Yosemite—east and south over a very great assemblage of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert” is the territory that Mary Au…

Buy this book on Amazon

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Rasselas --regarded as Johnson's most creative work--presents the story of the journey of Rasselas and his companions in search of "the choice of life." Its charm lies not in its plot, but rather in i…

Buy this book on Amazon

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal…

Buy this book on Amazon

Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787

A classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents: the Constitution of the United States.
From Cat…

Buy this book on Amazon

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.

An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founde…

Buy this book on Amazon

As You Like It

Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after…

Buy this book on Amazon

Joni: An Unforgettable Story

The award-winning story of a young woman who triumphed over devastating odds to touch countless lives the world over with the healing message of Christ. In a split second on a hot July afternoon, a di…

Buy this book on Amazon

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his b…

Buy this book on Amazon

Johannes Kepler: Giant of Faith and Science

Buy this book on Amazon

The Roar on the Other Side: A Guide for Student Poets

Buy this book on Amazon

Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable goals. It’s not easy mothering children. In the throes of motherhood, moms often find themselves forg…

Buy this book on Amazon

The Pursuit of Holiness

"Be holy, for I am holy" commands God to His people. But holiness is something that is often missed in the Christian's daily life. According to author Jerry Bridges, that's because we're not exactly s…

Buy this book on Amazon

The School for Scandal

"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scand…

Buy this book on Amazon