"As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren...

Los relatos breves sobre diversos temas, que Ricardo Palma comenzó a escribir a principios de los años 1859, más tarde derivarían en sus Tradiciones peruanas.

Se trata de relatos cortos de ficción histórica que narran, de forma entretenida y con el lenguaje propio de la época, sucesos basados en hechos históricos de mayor o menor importancia, propios de la vida de las diferentes etapas que pasó la historia del Perú, sea como leyenda

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Gathers some of Trillin's best writing on subjects near to his heart-- politics, true crime, food, and rare books among them-- which also have a Texas connection.

"The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...

Presents a humorous guide to Victorian child-rearing that includes such advice as how much lager to consume while pregnant and which toys are most likely to render children sexual deviants.

"In this moving finale to the trilogy that began with Neither Wolf Nor Dog, Kent Nerburn blends history, humor, and heartbreak with a gripping mystery. Once again he visits the Dakota elder Dan and joins in the quest to understand the fate of Dan's little sister, Yellow Bird, a girl with a mystical relationship to animals who disappeared into the Indian boarding school system. Delving beneath the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes that make up...

New York Times best-selling author and world-class satirist Stanley Bing trains his savvy eye on the world's first and most famous multinational corporation in this humorous and insightful volume. Here, he chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting and general mismanagement. Rome, Inc. then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many dos and don'ts of a...