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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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The Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Tense Conflict between the United States of America and the Soviet Union Following World WaIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War, then keep reading...The seeds of the Cold War were sown toward the end of World War II. During the war, the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant partners. The communist...
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The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural BiographyChinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao's boast that revolution would be impossible without chiles, from the eighteenth-century novel...
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The Cathedral of SienaAldo Lusini explores one of Italy's greatest architectural treasures in this fascinating book. Filled with stunning photography and insightful commentary, The Cathedral of Siena offers readers a chance to experience the beauty and history of this magnificent structure like never before.This work has been...
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The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should CareIn 1948, the State of Israel was founded. While the philosophy of Zionism that advocated for a Jewish homeland in what was then known as Palestine dates back to 1897, the creation of Israel in 1948 was justified by the terrible crime of the...
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The Bushman's Lair: On the Trail of the Fugitive of the ShuswapA captivating biography of a fugitive with intriguing connections to a top-secret US military program, the infamous Bre-X mining scandal and moreIn the summer of 2002, the discovery of a cave on Shuswap Lake in British Columbia by a group of houseboaters made headlines...
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The Bulldog Detective: William J. Flynn and America's First War Against the Mafia, Spies, and TerroristsAmerica in the early twentieth century was rife with threats. Organized crime groups like the Mafia, German spies embedded behind enemy lines ahead of World War I, package bombs sent throughout the country, and the 1920 Wall Street bombing dominated headlines. Yet the story...
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The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)The Book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus; abbreviated Ecclus.) is a Jewish work, originally in Hebrew, of ethical teachings, from approximately 200 to 175 BCE, written by the Judahite scribe Ben Sira of Jerusalem, on the inspiration of his father Joshua son of Sirach, sometimes called...
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The Book of Scottish Wordsearch Puzzles: Over 100 Puzzles"My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer."- Robert Burns Celebrate the land of beautiful lochs, tartan, whisky, and haggis with this wonderful collection of more than 100 themed wordsearch puzzles. Whether a proud Scot...
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The Book of Facts and Trivia: American HistoryEntertaining, informative, and fun. Educational, trivial, and profound. Astonishing, amazing, and surprising. That's history! Take a weird and wonderful tour of American history with this treat of stories, trivia, and facts! From Juan Ponce de León to John Wayne to Jane Doe to the...
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The Black Campus Movement: A History of Black Student ActivismIn his first book, published in 2012, Ibram X. Kendi provided the first national study of when Black students organized, demanded, and protested against racism in almost every US State between 1965 and 1972. The book illuminated the complex context and prehistory for one...
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The Black Box: Writing the RaceA magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years...
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The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz AgeThe riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfall of the mayor of New York City and led to the end of Tammany Hall's dominance. Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress...
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The Ballad of Donald J. Trump: The Story of Our 45th President In Poetic VerseThe Ballad Of Donald J. Trump is the story of our 45th president, written in poetic verse. Destined to be a classic poem, of both political and historical importance, it chronicles the turbulent, cultural events that have swirled around Donald J. Trump ever since...
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The Art Deco Style: Great Designers & Collectors- Richly illustrated history of Art Deco- Written by art consultant Alastair Duncan- Designs by Eileen Gray, Jean Dunand and Antoine Bourdelle, among many others- Featuring legendary Art Deco collectors such as Jacques Doucet, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld- Perfect for antiques collectors,...
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The Armenian Diaspora and Stateless Power: Collective Identity in the Transnational 20th CenturyFrom genocide, forced displacement, and emigration, to the gradual establishment of sedentary and rooted global communities, how has the Armenian diaspora formed and maintained a sense of collective identity? This book explores the richness and magnitude of the Armenian experience through the 20th century...
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The Almoravid and Almohad EmpiresA comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North Africa. Author: Amira K. BennisonPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPublished: 08/01/2016Pages: 392Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10dISBN: 9780748646807About the AuthorAmira K. Bennison is a Reader in the History and Culture...
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The Age of AugustusThis volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts on the Age of Augustus (31 BC-AD 14), with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient...
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Testimonies of Tragedy and Resistance in the Minsk Ghetto 1941 - 1943Firstly, it tells the story of one of the largest, but least well documented, episodes of the Holocaust, bearing witness to the death of 100,000 people from across Belarus and beyond who were held, humiliated, and murdered in Minsk by Nazi Germany and its...
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Tempest: The Royal Navy and the Age of RevolutionsA major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution The French Revolutionary Wars catapulted Britain into a conflict against a new enemy: Republican France. Britain relied on the Royal Navy to protect its shores and empire, but as radical...
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Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern MexicoIn the late nineteenth century, Mexican citizens quickly adopted new technologies imported from abroad to sew cloth, manufacture glass bottles, refine minerals, and provide many goods and services. Rapid technological change supported economic growth and also brought cultural change and social dislocation. Drawing on...
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