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Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Grace Coolidge: The People's Lady in Silent Cal's White HouseWhen Grace Anna Goodhue wed Calvin Coolidge in 1905, she thought then that marriage "has seldom united two people of more vastly different temperaments and tastes." Warm and vivacious to her husband's dour and taciturn, Grace was to be a contrast to Calvin for...
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God's Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-SistaniDuring decades of turmoil, war, and regime change in Iraq, one influential figure has loomed above all others: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.As the revered senior Shia cleric in a Shia-majority country, Sistani commands the loyalty of millions of faithful. With quiet authority, Sistani has...
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Germania: the origin and situation of the GermansThe Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.Author:...
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From the Banana Zones to the Big Easy: West Indian and Central American Immigration to New Orleans, 1910-1940From the Banana Zones to the Big Easy focuses on the immigration of West Indians and Central Americans--particularly those of British West Indian descent from the Caribbean coastal areas--to New Orleans from the turn of the twentieth century to the start of World War...
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From Many We Are OneFrom Many We Are One reveals the never-before told story of the rebirth and globalization of American Cuisine, as influenced by iconic restaurants, shaped by passionate individuals and enriched by education. A journey through ground-breaking periods illustrates the roller-coaster development of cooking in America.The...
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From Many We Are OneFrom Many We Are One reveals the never-before told story of the rebirth and globalization of American Cuisine, as influenced by iconic restaurants, shaped by passionate individuals and enriched by education. A journey through ground-breaking periods illustrates the roller-coaster development of cooking in America.The...
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From Guam and Beyond: Stories of the Men of VW-1The stories in this book were supplied by squadron mates who served with the U.S. Navy's Airborne Early Warning Squadron One or VW-1, a squadron that supported the Seventh Fleet and also engaged in typhoon tracking. The squadron's existence spanned a nearly 20 year...
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From Chang'an to Athens: The Ancient Sports Cultures of the Silk RoadThis book collects and studies the colourful sports and history of countries along the historical Silk Road from Chang'an to Athens, including a wide range of sports ranging from polo and chess to archery and lion dance. It will examine, research and analyse a...
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Freedom's Coming: Religious Culture and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War through the Civil Rights EraIn a sweeping analysis of religion in the post-Civil War and twentieth-century South, Freedom's Coming puts race and culture at the center, describing southern Protestant cultures as both priestly and prophetic: as southern formal theology sanctified dominant political and social hierarchies, evangelical belief and...
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Four Views on the Spectrum of EvangelicalismUnderstand the history, core values, and divisions as they've developed within the Evangelical Christian movement.Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalismcompares and contrasts four distinct positions on the current fundamentalist-evangelical spectrum. Each contributor offers their case for one of four primary views: Fundamentalism -...
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Four Acres under Slavnik: A Slovenian Migration StoryJanez Fradel, a Slovenian soldier, deserted his post in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1913. He went to West Virginia to cut trees, not knowing that he and his girlfriend, Marija Fabjančič, had conceived a child. Four months later, Marija waved good bye to her...
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Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Upper PeninsulaThat s the best I ve ever seen you look, the barber said to the corpse. What kind of filthy decedent could inspire such derision? Learn the answer and read myriad other little-known tales from Michigan s northernmost region in Forgotten Tales of Michigan...
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Forgotten Tales of AlabamaFrom Muscle Shoals to Montgomery to Mobile, there's just no place quite like Alabama. Take a journey off the beaten path through the Cotton State with author Kelly Kazek as she uncovers the stories that make Alabama one of a kind. Kazek, a longtime...
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Food - Media - Senses: Interdisciplinary ApproachesFood is more than just nutrition. Its preparation, presentation and consumption is a multifold communicative practice which includes the meal's design and its whole field of experience. How is food represented in cookbooks, product packaging or in paintings? How is dining semantically charged? How...
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Flowers, Guns, and Money: Joel Roberts Poinsett and the Paradoxes of American PatriotismA fascinating historical account of a largely forgotten statesman, who pioneered a form of patriotism that left an indelible mark on the early United States. Joel Roberts Poinsett's (1779-1851) brand of self-interested patriotism illuminates the paradoxes of the antebellum United States. He was a...
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Flaming Moderate: A Riveting Journey and Quest to Save DemocracyA Riveting Journey and Quest to Save DemocracyFrom the flames of a Ku Klux Klan cross burning in his home's front yard, to dealing with the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination, to knowing and working with some of our nation's most effective public...
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Finding the Fox: Encounters with an Enigmatic AnimalAn intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal.Few predators live as close to humans as the fox, an animal that seems to appear everywhere in our cultural history--from sly, fast, and thief-like foxes in fairy tales to modern versions like Roald Dahl's The...
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Field Trip: My Years on a Johns Island Farm: The story of why one end of Johns Island was so special at one point in time.Field Trip will enable readers to see crops and fresh food with significantly more appreciation. Author Lee Glover provides his audience with firsthand experiences that span decades, revealing Johns Island's evolution from a rural agrarian setting to a rapidly changing sea island of the...
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Fidel Y Raúl, MIS Hermanos. / My Brothers Fidel and Raul. Juanita Castro's Memoir as Told to María Antonieta Collins: La Historia Secreta: Memorias deLas memorias de Juanita Castro sobre sus hermanos Fidel Castro y Raúl Castro llevadas de la mano de la gran periodista María Antonieta Collins."Hace años Juanita Castro se decidió a escribir sus memorias y gracias a una doble y fortuita coincidencia: ser su amiga...
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Federico del Campo: The Complete WorksFederico del Campo (1837-1923) was a Peruvian artist who specialized in painting realistic and luminous views of Venice. This catalogue raisonné provides a complete overview of all known works of Del Campo, as well as a detailed description of his life and career.The works...
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