This handsome reprint of a rare 1930s catalog displays the interiors and exteriors of Sears-designed homes. Illustrations of 68 houses, including measured floor plans, depict such attractive residences as the Belmont -- a six-room house -- and the Dover -- an English cottage with a massive chimney. [...]

The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking East but where networks of cities grew [...]

An award-winning historian and author of Landscape Turned Red presents a definitive account of the momentous events of the pivotal Civil War battle of Gettysburg, offering a vivid, richly textured narrative of each moment of the campaign, the lives of officers and common soldiers on both sides, the [...]

Exposing the true nature of low-fat diets, which can result in various detrimental ailments, a groundbreaking cookbook reveals the vital health properties of such foods as eggs, nuts, red meat, butter, coconut, and chocolate, providing a simple guide for using the right fats to help promote weight l[...]

A definitive study of the climactic and pivotal battle of Antietam offers a vivid account of the two armies, the soldiers and officers, and the bitter, bloody campaign and analyzes the impact of Antietam on the Civil War as a whole. Book available.[...]