The population of Ireland is five million, but 70 million people worldwide call themselves Irish. Here, Tim Pat Coogan travels around the globe to tell their story.

Many books written about the Vietnam War, dwell on the horrors of combat. Vietnam Guns and Fury is an attempt to bring to light the day by day activities which include combat, but also include hardships such as weather, loneliness, fear, and the hardships that come with living outdoors for months at a time.

Ce livre est le fruit d’une expérience historiographique, mené par l’un des plus grands historiens de la Première Guerre mondiale : après avoir tant travaillé sur les combattants des tranchées et leur expérience de la guerre, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau a choisi de se tourner vers les siens. Même si elles s’y apparentent parfois, les pages que l’on va lire ne constituent pas un récit de famille. Et quoique l’on puisse sans doute s’y tromper, ces mêmes pages ne sont pas non plus un essai d’ego-histoire. …

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers' Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country's shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state's unique flavor.

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers' Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country's shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state's unique flavor.

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers' Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country's shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state's unique flavor.

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers' Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country's shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state's unique flavor.

From Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras, a far-reaching examination of the perils of American military bases overseas

Cette collection d'histoire est une réponse originale et pertinente à l'enseignement de l'histoire tout au long du cycle. Elle propose tout le programme en multiniveaux et en cinq périodes (la Préhistoire, l'Antiquité, le Moyen-Âge, les temps modernes et l'époque contemporaine) pour permettre aux élèves de réinvestir les notions acquises dans leur ordre chronologique sans pour autant refaire les mêmes leçons. …

The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human—and animal