History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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ShipsThis book describes the history, features, and uses of ships. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with plenty of colorful photos to make reading engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an...
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SeabrookSeabrook enjoys a prime location on Galveston Bay at the outflow of Clear Creek. Formerly a Spanish land grant known as Morris Cove, the town began to assume its modern shape in 1895 when Seabrook Sydnor purchased part of the Morris league and platted...
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Samuel "One-Armed" Berry: Shaker, Teacher, Ruthless Civil War GuerillaSamuel "One-Armed" Berry tells the story of Sam Berry, the infamous Civil War guerilla fighter who terrorized the Kentucky Commonwealth during that brutal conflict. The book describes his life before the war, the atrocities that led him into a life of violence, and his...
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Sailing to the Heart of Japan: A Cruising Adventure and How-To GuideDiplomat and long-distance cruiser Nicholas Coghlan had been curious about Japan ever since his father, a veteran of infantry fighting in Italy and Greece, confessed to him a dread of being sent to the Japanese front when the war in Europe ended in the...
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Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen: Classical ConnectionsRupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Charles Sorley all died in the First Word War. They came from diverse social, educational, and cultural backgrounds, but for all of the writers, engagement with Greek and Roman antiquity was decisive in shaping their war poetry....
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Romantic Poets and the Laughter of FeelingThe Romantic period witnessed decisive interest in how feeling might align with forms of artistic expression. Many critical studies have focused on the serious side and melancholic moods of Romantic poets. Romantic Poets and the Laughter of Feeling instead embraces the sublime and the...
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Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American IconRobert Rogers, commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, was the war's best-known colonial military hero and, in the ensuing peace, one of the best-known Americans of any description, rivaling Benjamin Franklin in popularity. He was revered in the colonies as...
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Robert E. Lee's Reluctant Warrior: The Life of Cavalry Commander and Railroad Businessman, Brigadier General Williams Carter WickhamWilliams Carter Wickham, a Confederate general, opposed secession, supported Reconstruction, and later led the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.Williams Carter Wickham fought bravely for the south as a Confederate cavalry officer, finishing the war as a brigadier general. He also steadfastly opposed secession, believing that...
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Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's UnionThe first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincoln's contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism How did slavery figure in God's plan? Was it the providential role of...
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Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to VietnamIn the late summer of 1942, more than ten thousand members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent Richard...
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Return to the Place I Never LeftA personal testament in poetry to survival, resilience, and the complex legacy of the Holocaust. In this harrowing firsthand account of the Holocaust, survivor Tobias Schiff displays the depths of human suffering, the capacity for hope and renewal, and the impact of starvation on...
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Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals about Diet, Insulin, and Successful TreatmentsAn eye-opening investigation into the history of diabetes research and treatment by the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of Why We Get Fat - "[Gary] Taubes's meticulous, science-based work makes him the Bryan Stevenson of nutrition, an early voice in the wilderness for an...
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Resilience: Amazing Courageous Stories of Young Holocaust SurvivorsAs I grew up, no story could ever compare what I heard around the dining room table and in the little park across the street from the school, told by people I thought of as my own family.When I approached my artist, McLean Fletcher,...
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Rescue Dogs on 9/11Showcases stories of the rescue dogs and handlers who reported to the attack sites to search for victims and survivors. This book describes the important service of these animals during the aftermath of the attacks. Additional features include a table of contents, a fast-facts...
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Red Man's Land White Man's Law: Past and Present Status of the American IndianThis is a history of the legal status of the American Indians and their land from the period of first contact with Europeans down to the present day. First published in 1971, this second edition contains a new preface and extensive afterword. "A brilliant...
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Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700This book argues that the striking resemblances in Spanish and Puritan discourses of colonization as "exorcism" and as spiritual gardening point to a common Atlantic history. These resemblances suggest that we are better off if we simply consider the Puritan colonization of New England...
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Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)Author: Jorge DuanyPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.70w x 0.90dISBN: 9780197782125About the AuthorJorge Duany is Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University. Born in Cuba and raised in Panama and Puerto...
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Puerto RicoThe Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. The beautiful, largely mountainous island is home to the only tropical rain forest in the United States. It was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taino...
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Protecting Paradise in the Driftless: How the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Came to BeProtecting Paradise takes the reader through the saga of how the US Army Corps of Engineers removed 149 families from their property in southwest Wisconsin to construct a dam on the Kickapoo River-a dam that was ultimately never completed-and how this failed project evolved...
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Prince Edward IslandWelcome to Prince Edward Island! Come with me, Ezra, as I show you around the province where I live. Learn about the provincial flag, animal, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding...
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