Americanos

by John Chasteen

Americanos tells the story of the struggle of those other Americans—Latin Americans—in their battle for independence from Spain and Portugal. It is a dramatic story, rendered in vivid detail by historian John Chasteen.

Amerigo

by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

From the court of Ferdinand and Isabella and into the New World, we see the explorer Amerigo Vespucci as never before.

The Arabs

by Eugene Rogan

Eugene Rogan traces five centuries of Arab history, from the Ottoman conquests to the present age of American hegemony.

Armenian Golgotha

by Grigoris Balakian

First published in 1922, this memoir of an Armenian priest is a comprehensive eyewitness account of the Armenian genocide in Turkey during WWI, which left 1.5 million Armenians dead and a million more permanently exiled.

Atlantic Ocean

by Martin W. Sandler

This magnificently illustrated volume tells the history of the Atlantic Ocean: how this “Sea of Darkness” of early times became a main conduit of the world’s commerce and culture, uniting continents it had once divided.

The Aztecs

by Richard F. Townsend

New edition of the classic introduction to the Aztecs: their history, their culture and their legacy in modern Mexico.