Provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world's most notorious secret societies, chronicling their origins, history, initiations, rituals, beliefs, activi

This unique history of the Civil War considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies on the path to as well as the course of the war. Begin

Almost every social system throughout history has produced its secret societies. Here is a unique study of such societies from earliest recorded times to the pr

Cats, the new special edition from LIFE, takes an in-depth look at the world's most popular pet, the only domesticated animal that remains almost as wild as its

This is Thomas Keightley's history of three secret societies of the Middle Ages: the Assassins, the Templars and the Fehmgerichte. A well-researched and detaile