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How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think
by Andy Andrews
It all comes down to the truth. Much like the character in one of his best-selling books, Andy Andrews is first and foremost a Noticer. Sometimes, all one needs is a little perspective and Andy has been providing that perspective to some of the world's most influential companies and organizations for the last 20 years. His ability to transform an individual by their own understanding and desire has made... (more)
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Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
by James M. McPherson, David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler
The definitive reference work on the Civil War, this thorough and wide-ranging volume, rich with over 500 illustrations, 75 maps, and 250 primary source documents, offers more than 1,600 entries that chart the war's strategic aims, analyze diplomatic and political maneuvering, describe key military actions, sketch important participants, assess developments in military science, and discuss the social and financial... (more)
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What This Cruel War Was Over
Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War
by Chandra Manning
A vivid, unprecedented account of why Union and Confederate soldiers identified slavery as the root of the war, how the conflict changed troops’ ideas about slavery, and what those changing ideas meant for the war and the nation. Using soldiers’ letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers, Chandra Manning allows us to accompany soldiers—black and white, northern and southern—into camps and hospitals and on... (more)
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Estação Carandiru
by Drauzio Varella
Text: Portugese
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Your Travel Guide to Civil War America (Day, Nancy. Passport to History.)
by Nancy Day
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Civil War, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
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The Real World of Technology (Cbc Massey Lectures Series)
by Ursula M. Franklin
In this expanded edition of her bestselling 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned scientist and humanitarian Ursula M. Franklin examines the impact of technology upon our lives and addresses the extraordinary changes in the bitsphere since Real World of Technology was first published. In four new chapters, Franklin tackles contentious issues, such as the dilution of privacy and intellectual property rights, the... (more)
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Eating the Dinosaur
by Chuck Klosterman
A Book of All-New Pop Culture Pieces by Chuck Klosterman. Chuck Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film and sports for almost 15 years. He's covered extreme metal, extreme nostalgia, disposable art, disposable heroes, life on the road, life through the television, urban uncertainty and small-town weirdness. Through a variety of mediums and with a multitude of motives, he's written about everything he can think... (more)
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Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers, the award winning author of "What Is the What?", wrote this true account of lives altered after Hurricane Katrina. "Zeitoun" was written in close collaboration with its subjects and involved vast research — in this case, in the United States, Spain, and Syria.
Geografia do Brasil (Didática)
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Geografia do Brasil (Didática)
Text: Portugese
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The Language of Things
Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
by Deyan Sudjic
A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce. What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some car doors sound “expensive”?... (more)
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The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film
by Bruce Chadwick
More movies have been produced about the Civil War than about any other aspect of American history. From 1903 (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) to the present, film studios have released more than eight hundred silent and sound pictures about the nation’s most cataclysmic event. In this wonderfully comprehensive study, Bruce Chadwick first shows us how historians, journalists, playwrights, poets and novelists of the late... (more)
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The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)
by Mark A. Noll
The Civil War was a major turning point in American religious thought, argues Mark A. Noll. Although Christian believers agreed with one another that the Bible was authoritative and that it should be interpreted through commonsense principles, there was rampant disagreement about what Scripture taught about slavery. Furthermore, most Americans continued to believe that God ruled over the affairs of people and... (more)
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Internship Success
by Marianne Ehrlich Green
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
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The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains--The Confederacy
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Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia
by Judith E. Harper
Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia is the first A-Z reference work to offer a panoramic presentation of the contributions, achievements, and personal stories of American women during one of the most turbulent eras of the nation's history. Incorporating the most recent scholarship as well as excerpts from diaries, letters, newspapers, and other primary source documents, this Encyclopedia encompasses the... (more)
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No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
by Robert O'Harrow
In No Place to Hide, award-winning Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr., pulls back the curtain on an unsettling trend: the emergence of a data-driven surveillance society intent on giving us the conveniences and services we crave, like cell phones, discount cards, and electronic toll passes, while watching us more closely than ever before. He shows that since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the... (more)
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All for the Union
The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
by Elisha Hunt Rhodes
All for the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a 23-year-old lieutenant colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. Anyone who heard these diaries excerpted on the PBS-TV series The Civil War will recognize his accounts of those campaigns, which remain outstanding... (more)
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A People at War
Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War, 1854-1877
by Scott Reynolds Nelson
Claiming more than 600,000 lives, the American Civil War had a devastating impact on countless numbers of common soldiers and civilians, even as it brought freedom to millions. This book shows how average Americans coped with despair as well as hope during this vast upheaval. A People at War brings to life the full humanity of the war's participants, from women behind their plows to their husbands in army... (more)
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The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction
by Steven E. Woodworth
The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction brings alive this decisive period in American history by taking the reader beyond the realm of generals, presidents, and the other towering figures of history and introducing fourteen individuals who represent the variety of people who made up the great mass of the nation in the middle of the nineteenth century. Readers will meet women like LaSalle Pickett,... (more)
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The Divided Family in Civil War America
by Amy Murrell Taylor
The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting "brother against brother." The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. Connecting the metaphor to the real experiences of families whose households were split by conflicting opinions about the war, Amy Murrell Taylor provides a social and cultural history of the... (more)

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