Non-Fiction Books

Delaware, the First State, has always been a vibrant reflection of early American history. Historic Photos of Delaware captures more than a century...

Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth...

The Nutmeg State, the Constitution State, the Land of Steady Habits. For a state that some derisively claim is "no bigger than a postage stamp,” th...

In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and ...

The campaign from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Chickamauga, Georgia, followed by the siege of Chattanooga, is one of the most dramatic stories of th...

Much of Arlington County typified the "sleepy Southern town," decades into the twentieth century. It was initially part of, then (merely) the close...

Founded in 1824, Ann Arbor got its name originally from Annsarbour in honor of the founders' wives, both of whom were named Ann. The Tree City boas...

This is not your typical guidebook, but Virginia is not your typical state. Virginia has been around for so long, as the place in America first set...

West Point, New York, home of the United States Military Academy, is one of the nation's most famous and unique landscapes. Established in 1802 to ...

Washington State has a rich history. Known for its stunning natural beauty and diversity, Washington was populated for centuries by a large number ...

What makes Washington, D.C., so attractive to so many people? Locals and visitors in the nation’s capital may respond with a range of generic answe...

More than 250 years passed from the founding of the first English colony in the New World at Jamestown in Virginia until the beginning of the Ameri...

Nothing about history pops off a page better than illustrative photos. And nothing can tell the story of the first century of the Trojans better th...

The images in this book, Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football, depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coaches who co...

Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation, the University of Michigan moved to Ann Arbor in 1837....

On January 30, 1892, on a field adjacent a small university’s quadrangle, just behind its New College, a mascot—the university goat—was paraded bef...

When the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City became the University of Florida and moved south to Gainesville in 1906, it had a very fledgling...

With a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nation’s premier instit...

From its beginning as part of the relocation of five tribes to Indian Territory, to becoming the Oil Capitol of the World during the early 1900's, ...

From a city that boasts itself as the "Crossroads of America," has the nation's third largest rail hub, 15th busiest air cargo hub, and one of the ...

With 1,093 U.S. patents to his credit, Thomas Edison was one of history's most prolific and influential inventors. His Menlo Park and West Orange, ...

Founded in 1906 in Gainesville as a consolidation of several smaller institutions focusing on agriculture, teacher training, and the military, the ...

Called "The Mother Church of Country Music," the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors on 5th Av...

The history of the Main Line began in 1832 with the building of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, which opened the area to Philadelphia and po...