January 2017

The American Heritage History of the American Revolution is the complete chronicle of the Revolutionary War told in full detail. Lancaster
starts his story with an examination of Colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and
military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social
situation of the new nation.

American business people have built the most creative and productive economy in world history. Here is the story of the men and women who made America - from Pilgrim traders to pioneers of the Industrial Revolution and the great innovators of the early twentieth century.

Alexander the Great has fascinated people for centuries - and still does. Here, from award-winning historian and journalist Charles Mercer, is the story of the military genius who became a king at twenty told with all the color and drama characteristic of Alexander's time.

Here is the dramatic story of the race to invent the telephone and how Bell's patent would become the most valuable ever issued. The authors also write of Bell's other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. And they examine Bell's humanitarian efforts, including support for women's suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a "greenhouse effect" of pollution causing global warming.

Edwin Grosvenor is American Heritage's editor-in-chief and Bell's great-grandson. Morgan Wesson is a filmmaker and journalist in upstate New York.

Here is the dramatic story of the race to invent the telephone and how Bell's patent would become the most valuable ever issued. The
authors also write of Bell's other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical
phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. And they examine Bell's humanitarian efforts, including support for
women's suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a "greenhouse effect" of pollution causing global warming.
Edwin Grosvenor is American Heritage's editor-in-chief and Bell's great-grandson. Morgan Wesson is a filmmaker and journalist in upstate
New York.

In the history of Western civilization, few men have had as profound and lasting an influence on the course of human events than Charlemagne, who, as king of the Franks, united a huge area of Europe under his rule. Here is his story and the story of the age to which he gave his name.

This short-form book was written by the famed French historian Régine Pernoud, the curator of Museum of the History of France and the French National Archives. A noted Medievalist, she was given a lifetime achievement award by the Académie Française and the Grand Prize of the City of Paris for her scholarship.

Through the ages, great civilizations rose and fell in what was once called "darkest" Africa, leaving behind mysterious fortresses and splendid art. Christianity and Islam battled age-old beliefs - and each other. Traders on camels were followed by explorers in caravels and by a plague of invaders, hungry for ivory and diamonds and the "black gold" of slavery. In just the last half century, independence has swept away the old maps and colonial ways to jar the balance of the world.
Here is Africa's story.

Noted historian Francis Russell tells the compelling story of the Adams dynasty in this comprehesive and very readable book.

John and Abigail Adams and their descendants profoundly influenced life in the United States for more than two centuries. From the great political and philosophical contributions of Founding Father and President John Adams, the roster of Adams luminaries is unprecedented: diplomat and sixth president, John Quincy Adams; pre-Civil War "Voice of Honor," Charles Francis Adams; and authors Henry and Brook Adams.

An article in Foreign Policy, “Why Hawks Win,” by Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel laureate in economics at Princeton, and Jonathan Renshon, a graduate student in Harvard’s department of government, argues that people proposing the use of military force tend to win arguments over government policy because of fundamental psychological predispositions. As the two put it, “These psychological impulses—only a few of which we discuss here—incline national leaders to exaggerate the evil intentions of adversaries, to misjudge how adversaries perceive them, to be overly sanguine when hostilities start, and overly reluctant to make necessary concessions in negotiations.