Product Description: One of Americas founders, Dr. Benjamin Rush often wrote about the importance of temperance, or not drinking too much alcohol. By the nineteenth century, many more Americans thought alcohol was a big problem and began to speak out...read more

Product Description: Great Inventions is a captivating chronicle of major technological advances that have shaped everyday life over the past two centuries. Each book provides an in-depth look at the dedicated individuals behind each invention, a history of each invention's development, and its present-day use and continuing evolution...read more

Product Description: Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood. Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser's origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships...read more

Product Description: In his voyages to India, beginning in 1497, Vasco da Gama revolutionized the economy of Europe. This biography of Vasco da Gama not only presents the life of this famous Portuguese navigator but also describes his impact on world events during the 16th century.