An in-depth series of military history studies, written by leading authorities in the field, combines important insights into each era; detailed analyses of battlefield campaigns, strategies and tactics, technology, weaponry, leadership, and the implications of the era in terms of global history; a[...]

This field guide to North American birds, written by the foremost birding writers, delivers a power-punch of innovation and usability never before brought to together in one reference. With 730 new color maps based on the latest range information (more than any other previous field guide), this titl[...]

Nobel Prize winner Al Gore wrote of Deborah Cramer's previous book Great Waters, "I urge everyone to read this book, to act on its message, and to pass on its teachings."Now Cramer offers a groundbreaking book for an even more urgent time.Our lives depend on the sea. As gifted science writer Deborah[...]

Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian who had stumbled onto an international art scandal, was brutally murdered in front of two hundred guests at an elegant party at the Smithsonian. When his fiancee, Heather McBean, flies in from Scotland to learn more, Mac Hanrahan, the captain in charge of the [...]

When Leonard Fisher claims to be the long-lost heir to the Smithsonian fortune, KC Corcoran and her best friend Marshall set out to prove that he is a phony. Simultaneous.[...]

Starting with the Big Bang creation of the universe, Bonewitz (a geologist specializing in crystal chemistry with secondary training in archaeology per his New Age spiritually-oriented Web site) introduces types of rocks, minerals, gemstones, and fossils to novice collectors. The well-illustrated gu[...]

The most visually appealing guides to the natural world that one can buy. Packed with superb full-color photography, detailed descriptions, and highlights of key facts, Mammals is the latest addition to the Smithsonian Handbook series. Including more than 500 profiles each with its own spread, there[...]

Collects annotated photographs and descriptions of over 300 species of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids, such as mayflies, bees, isopods, scorpions, and spiders.[...]

More than one hundred works are catalogued in the second of two volumes devoted to the National Gallery of Art's holdings of nineteenth-century American paintings, including virtually all of the important portraits in the collection. Distinguished in part by the concentration of works by three preem[...]

Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution and with the latest CGI technology, the "Knowledge Encyclopedia" is a bold new approach to family reference using 3-D rendered images to explore the wonders of the world in unprecedented detail. Divided into six chapters -- Space, Earth, Nature[...]