Chronological Period/15th Century
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How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
$18.99 Read moreOn the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to t
- Author: Goodman, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492535
- Language: English
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Michelangelo. the Complete Paintings, Sculptures and Arch.
$25.00 Add to cartBefore reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Piet? and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter,
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 3836537168
- Language: English
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
$12.00 Read moreRegarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain’s work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan’s page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Cont?. (Twain’s alter
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0486424596
- Language: English
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Mortal Heart
$15.99 Add to cartMortal Heart is the powerful conclusion to Robin LaFevers’s New York Times bestselling His Fair Assassin trilogy–perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Kristin Cashore, and Victoria Aveyard.
“LaFevers ag
- Series: His Fair Assassin #3
- Author: Lafevers, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1328567672
- Language: English
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
$12.00 Add to cartRegarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain’s work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan’s page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain’s alte
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0486424596
- Language: English
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Michelangelo
$9.99 Read moreWith her thoroughly researched, lively narrative and superbly detailed illustrations, Diane Stanley has captured the life of the artist Michelangelo, who towered above the late Renaissance–and whose
- Author: Stanley, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 13 2003
- ISBN10: 0060521139
- Language: English
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Joan of Arc
$12.99 Add to cartAgainst the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years’ War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead Franc
- Author: Stanley, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0064437485
- Language: English
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Encounter
$9.99 Add to cartWhen Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy’s point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to
- Series: Voyager Books
- Author: Yolen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 20 1996
- ISBN10: 015201389X
- Language: English
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African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
$9.99 Read moreIn this expansive collection of history, meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world.
Black history begins
- Author: Baptiste, Tracey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1523525703
- Language: English
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Morning Girl
$8.99 Read moreWinner of the Scott O’Dell Award, this moving and poetic fictional story follows two Ta no siblings and their life in the Bahamas during the fateful year of 1492.
Morning Girl and Star Boy couldn’t be… [more below]- Author: Dorris, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 18 1999
- ISBN10: 078681358X
- Language: English
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Pedro’s Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493
$6.99 Add to cartPedro de Salcedo could not have known what adventures lay ahead His incredible voyage as ship’s boy aboard Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria would bring both danger and excitement. Pedro captured his… [more below]
- Author: Conrad, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0590462067
- Language: English
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, Fiction, Classics
$40.95 Add to cartTwain, aware of his reputation as a comic, asked that each installment appear anonymously so that readers will treat the piece seriously. Originally, this novel was published as a serialization in Har
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598184938
- Language: English
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Hiawatha
$8.99 Add to cartA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Rich in imagery and detail, this exquisitely rendered picture book introduces readers to one of America’s favorite classic poem
A Booklist Editor’s Choice- Series: Puffin Pied Piper
- Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140558829
- Language: English
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Imitation of Christ
$18.99 Add to cartThe Imitation of Christ has enjoyed an unparalleled place in the world of books for more than five hundred years. 5000 different editions have been published over the centuries, and it has been transl
- Series: Paraclete Essentials
- Author: Kempis, Thomas a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 155725608X
- Language: English
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The Imitation of Christ
$16.00 Read moreOne of the best-loved books of Christianity after the Bible, now in a new translation
A passionate celebration of God and his love, mercy, and holiness, The Imitation of Christ has inspired conversio… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Kempis, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 30 2013
- ISBN10: 0141191767
- Language: English
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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
$25.99 Add to cartIn 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Chang… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 401
- Publish Date: March 29 2012
- ISBN10: 1107632757
- Language: English
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The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
$18.99 Add to cart“A colorful introduction to one of the most influential businessmen in history” (The New York Times Book Review), Jacob Fugger–the Renaissance banker “who wrote the playbook for everyone who keeps sc… [more below]
- Author: Steinmetz, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1451688563
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
$24.95 Add to cartThe emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and t… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Febvre, Lucien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 1844676331
- Language: English
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The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, Political Science, History & Theory, Literary Collections, Philosophy
$33.95 Add to cart“Machiavellianism” is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described most famously in The Prince.
The Catholic Church banned The Prince. Humanist
- Author: Machiavelli, Nicolo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598181637
- Language: English
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Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo De’ Medici
$21.00 Add to cartA vividly colorful portrait of one of the greatest and most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, Lorenzo de’ Medici, focusing on his role as a brilliant–sometimes ruthless–statesman who was respo… [more below]
- Author: Unger, Miles J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 05 2009
- ISBN10: 074325435X
- Language: English
