Taylor Publishing: 636 books
That's Not in My American History Book
A Compilation of Little-Known Events and Forgotten Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2000
History classes reduce America's story into a dry litany of dates, names, and places. That's Not in My American History Book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. This book explains why July 4th isn't really Independence Day, reveals 19th century mudslinging...
The Young Eagle
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Drawing on the latest interpretive and methodological advances in historical scholarship, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln reexamines the young adult life of America's sixteenth president.
Deadly Indifference
The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, The Bush White House, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
At last, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown—infamously praised by President George W. Bush for doing a "heckuva job" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina—tells his side of the response to one of the greatest natural disasters to occur in the United States. Without making excuses...
by Neal Boortz
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 1998
Talk-show host Boortz's in-your-face brand of Libertarian politics addresses nagging social and political issues, such as the true definitions of democracy and racism, and the Social Security system.
Texas Gulag
The Chain Gang Years 1875-1925
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2002
For fifty years prison inmates in Texas were leased out to railroads, coal mines, farm plantations, and sawmill crews with terrible incidences of brutality, cruelty, injury, and death to the prisoners.
They were forced to produce daily work quotas of seven tons of coal, three hundred pounds of cotton,...
In Praise of Poison Ivy
The Secret Virtues, Astonishing History, and Dangerous Lore of the World's Most Hated Plant
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Deadly. Powerful. Beautiful. The much-hated plant called poison ivy is all of these—and more.
Poison ivy has long irritated humans, but the astounding paradox is that poison ivy is a plant of immense ecological value. In Praise of Poison Ivy explores the vices and virtues of a plant with a dramatic...
Gardener's Fitness
Weeding Out the Aches and Pains
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
A practical, easy-to-follow manual, Gardener's Fitness includes conditioning exercises, postural guidance for moving correctly and safely, therapeutic stretches to relieve discomfort, and a variety of gentle exercises designed to relax tired muscles and restore energy after laboring in the garden.
Dead Reckoning
Calculating Without Instruments
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1993
No author has gone as far as Doerfler in covering methods of mental calculation beyond simple arithmetic. Even if you have no interest in competing with computers you'll learn a great deal about number theory and the art of efficient computer programming. —Martin Gardner
100 Things to Do Before You Die
Travel Events You Just Can't Miss
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 1999
100 Things to Do Before You Die highlights the wildest and most exciting events on the planet. The authors profile the 100 best happenings, gatherings, festivals, and events from all over the globe, providing photographs and detailed reports from each scene.
Native Florida Plants
Low Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Many counties in Florida now require that new commercial landscapes contain a percentage of native plants. Native landscapes are easier to maintain, use less water and thrive without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Native Florida Plants describes every type of regional flora—-from seaside foliage...
The Little League That Could
A History of the American Football League
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Wearing borrowed uniforms, practicing on obscure college campuses, and led by a former Marine Corps W.W. II fighter ace as commissioner, the American Football League (AFL) debuted in the Fall of 1960 to challenge the monopoly of the well-established National Football League. Within ten years it had...
The Big Dance
The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Covered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, “March Madness” has become an American phenomenon as anticipated as the Super Bowl. This is the story of the tournament from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as just an eight-team “bracket” to today’s sixty-eight-team format....
Hoop Hysteria
The College Basketball Trivia Quiz Book
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
A Must-Have for Basketball Fans! In this book you will learn where Lurch from television''s Adams Family played college basketball, what a North Carolina Tar Heel is, and what record Frank Selvy set that may never be broken by a Division I player.
Gridiron Gauntlet
The Story of the Men Who Integrated Pro Football, In Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball in 1947, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first professional football players of African-American descent in the modern era. While blacks had played on professional teams...