(Virtually Painless) History Books

Native Americans

Archaeoastronomy: Skywatching in the
Native American Southwest
by Ronald McCoy

Between Earth and Sky: Legends of
Native American Sacred Places
by Joseph Bruchac and Thomas Locker

Big Falling Snow
by Albert Yava

Book of the Hopi
by Frank Waters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown

Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American
by Dee Brown

Grandfather
by Tom Brown

Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women
Tell Their Life Stories
by Jane Katz

Native American Prophecies
by Scott Peterson

Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of
Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to Present
by Peter Nabokov

No Turning Back
by Polingaysi Qoyawayma and Vada F. Carlson

Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans
and the Myth of Scientific Fact
by Vine Deloria, Jr.

Travels in A Stone Canoe
by Harvey Arden and Steve Wall

Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American
Spiritual Elders
by Steve Wall and Harvey Arden

Archaeology/Anthropology

Akhenaten: The Heretic King
by Donald B. Redford

America's Ancient Cities
by Gene S. Stuart

Amish Society
by John A. Hostetler

The Anasazi: Ancient Indian
People of the American Southwest
by Jerry J. Brody

Ancient Ancestors of the Southwest
by Gregory Schaaf and Lewis Kemper

The Ancient Kingdoms of Mexico
by Nigel Davies

Ancient People of the Arctic
by Robert McGhee

The Anthropology of Europe: Identity and
Boundaries in Conflict
by Josep R. Llobera and Cris Shore

Atlas of Ancient Egypt
by Jaromir Malek and John D. Baines

Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites
by Colin Wilson

The Complete Pyramids
by Mark Lehner

Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the
Secrets of an Ancient Art
by Bob Brier

Forbidden Archaeology (audiocassette)
by Richard Cremo and Richard Thompson

Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson.

The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for
the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval

The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the
Secrets of the Pyramids
by Robert Bauval

The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the
Lost Ark of the Covenant
by Graham Hancock

Struggling for Rights

Not for Ourselves Alone:The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony:An Illustrated History (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)
Video directed by Ken Burns

Not for Ourselves Alone:The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony:An Illustrated History
the book by Geoffrey C. Ward, et al

The Woman's Bible
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Great American Women's Speeches : Lucretia Mott/Sojourner Truth/
Ernestine Rose/Lucy Stone/Anthony Susan B./
Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Carrie Chapman Catt
by Eileen Heckart et al

Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement
in the United States
by Eleanor Flexner

Failure Is Impossible:
Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
by Lynn Sherr

Biography: Susan B. Anthony
Video

The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony
edited by Ann D. Gordon

1001 Things Everyone Should Know
About Women's History
by Constance Jones

The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont

The American Women's Almanac : An Inspiring and Irreverent Women's History
by Louise Berniknow

African American Women and the Vote
edited by Ann D. Gordon

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter : A Woman's Journey
From Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
by Sue Monk Kidd

Notorious Victoria: The Life of
Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored
by Mary Gabriel

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
(ages 9-12) by Jean Fritz

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft

A Room of Her Own
by Virginia Woolfe

The Mismeasure of Woman
by Carol Tavris

The Unexplained

Charles Berlitz's World of Strange Phenomena
by Charles Berlitz

Mysteries of the Ancient World
by Charles E. Sellier

Mysteries of the Universe
by Colin Wilson

Mysteries of the Unknown
by Editors of Time-Life

Mysteries Through the Ages
by Anne Millard

Strange and Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century
by Jenny Randles

Strange Mysteries From Around the World
by Seymour Simon

Unsolved Mysteries of Past and Present
by Colin Wilson