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More than half of adults either cannot swim or do not possess all the basic swimming skills. Teaching Adults to Swim provides swiming instructors w...

The thrilling story of archaeological adventure, and astonishing discoveries around the globe   Archaeology tells the story of our ancestors: how t...

Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing o...

The British archaeologist Grahame Clark was a seminal figure in European and world archaeology for more than half of the twentieth century, but, at...

The British archaeologist Grahame Clark was a seminal figure in European and world archaeology for more than half of the twentieth century, but, at...

Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing o...

Both born to power and wealth, and raised by courtiers, they lived lives of aristocrats and landowners, in poor health and with uncertain futures. ...

Ever since Roman tourists scratched graffiti on the pyramids and temples of Egypt over two thousand years ago, people have travelled far and wide s...

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, has been called the Stonehenge of North America. Its spectacular pueblos, or great houses, are world famous and have attr...

What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? Fish on Friday tells the story of the discovery of Am...

The scandalous rape of Ancient Egypt is a historical vignette of greed, vanity, and dedicated archaeological research. It is a tale vividly told by...

Until recently, archaeology was concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this ground-breaking book, master st...

This book is a basic treatise on one of seamanship’s key arts – anchoring – the skill that causes skippers of all levels of experience more worry t...

People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 6 million years ago to the first pre-industrial sta...

In the Beginning describes the basic methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology. This is a book about fundamental principles written in a cl...

In the Beginning describes the basic methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology. This is a book about fundamental principles written in a cl...

People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 6 million years ago to the first pre-industrial sta...

In the Beginning describes the basic methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology. This is a book about fundamental principles written in a cl...

Humanity’s last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing—not as spor...

A gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research, excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the world’s greatest pio...

Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bed  "If you thought that your bed was only good for sleeping in, h...

A "learned and lively" (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventure—with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing...