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The Englishman Who Opened Japan
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by John Butman, Simon Targett
Published Mar 2018
Read ReviewsThree generations of English merchant adventurers--not the Pilgrims, as we have so long believed--were the earliest founders of America. Profit-not piety-was their primary motive.
by Anchee Min
Published Apr 2008
Read ReviewsThe last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China’s history, ultimately ending in the demise of the Ch’ing dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, Lady Yehonala -- or Empress Orchid.
by Charles C. Mann
Published Oct 2006
Read ReviewsA groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
by Laurence Bergreen
Published Nov 2004
Read ReviewsMagellan's unprecedented circumnavigation of the globe is the subject of this gripping story of heroism, discovery, and disaster.
by Richard Zacks
Published Jun 2003
Read ReviewsThis masterpiece of historical detective work tells the story of the real Captain Kidd - a pirate hunter, not a pirate. A real page turner and an authentic pirate story for grownups.
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