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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Mississippi's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and PreservationBetween 1862 and 1864, Mississippi was the site of significant conflicts such as the Battle of Corinth and the Siege of Vicksburg. This history book covers the fourteen major skirmishes that took place within the Magnolia State during the Civil War and offers a...
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Middle Ages and Age of Discovery: 1500 Interesting Facts About the Medieval Period and European ExplorationJourney Through Time: Explore the Middle Ages and the Age of Discovery Through 1500 Interesting Facts!Two manuscripts in one book: The Middle Ages: 1000 Interesting Facts About the Medieval PeriodAge of Discovery: 500 Interesting Facts About the European Exploration During the Early Modern PeriodThis...
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Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a MemoryAuthor: Peter OrullianPublisher: Decant PublishingPublished: 11/03/2024Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79dISBN: 9781733810548
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Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership That Transformed AmericaThe histories presented here are of a select group of US presidents, their inspired leadership characteristics, and how they may inspire us today. The traits these presidents possessed were cultivated over a lifetime of lived experience and immortalized through the power of the presidential...
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Me 262 Units in CombatAn illustrated account of the first jet-powered combat aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and its short but action-packed career during World War 2. Powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower,...
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Maud and PearlAuthor: Pearl Allen AndreePublisher: Tranquility PressPublished: 09/17/2024Pages: 444Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13dISBN: 9781950481477
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Mark TwainPulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain Ron Chernow, the highly lauded biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant, brings his considerable powers...
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Marking Modern Times: A History of Clocks, Watches, and Other Timekeepers in American LifeThe public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces-bells, time balls, and clock faces-that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women,...
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Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American EconomyA revelatory and unexpected history of the rise of American capitalism--and an argument that entrepreneurial leaders in government, not the mythical "free market," created the most dynamic economy the world has ever known. For many decades, a sacred myth has ruled the minds of...
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Manual Of Equitation Of The French Army For 1912 (1913)The Manual of Equitation of the French Army for 1912 (1913) is a comprehensive guide to horse riding and cavalry tactics as practiced by the French Army at the beginning of the 20th century. Written by Adna R. Chaffee Jr., a retired American cavalry...
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Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked ChangeRead real stories about moments that changed history and find out what you can do to make a difference! "Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever...
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II"A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew--what...
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Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of DemocracyThe epic true story of Themistocles and the Battle of Salamis, and a rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It...
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Listen Closely as Johnson County Speaks - Vol. 3Oral History gathering is an official method of preserving voices and memories-to see a slice of the pie of life. Only we can tell our own story. A good first-person story will leave us wondering, thinking, and daydreaming. In this book, you'll find beautiful...
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Life Is Other: A/Biotic Entanglements in Art and CuratingZwischen belebter und unbelebter Materie Das Buch pr?sentiert k?nstlerische und theoretische Positionen, die sich mit der Dynamik von und den ?berg?ngen zwischen belebter und unbelebter Materie auseinandersetzen. Ankn?pfend an die Ausstellung Holobiont: Life Is Other (Bregenz/Wien, 2021/2022), wird untersucht, wie Kunst, Philosophie, Technowissenschaften den...
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Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House"New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States. Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington's departure after two terms...
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Leroy Neiman: The Life of America's Most Beloved and Belittled ArtistThe untold story of an American hustler who upset the art world and became a pop culture icon, cutting a swath across twentieth-century history and culture. LeRoy Neiman--the cigar-smoking and mustachioed artist famous for his Playboy illustrations, sports paintings, and brash interviews--stood among the...
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Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, 1848-1861 & More Leaves, 1862-1882'This solitude, the romance and wild loveliness of everything here . . . all make beloved Scotland the proudest, finest country in the world.' Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wrote a diary nearly every day of her life. Originally intended for private circulation, later expanded to...
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Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority"A perfect representation of Latino diversity" (The Washington Post), LatinoLand draws from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research to give us both a vibrant portrait and the little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority, in "a work of prophecy, sympathy, and courage" (Junot...
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Latino Americanos: El legado de 500 a?os que dio forma a una naci?n"El libro complementario de la conocida serie documental de PBS"--Cover.Author: Ray SuarezPublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 09/03/2013Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9780451238153Language: SpanishAudience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorEl periodista de televisión Ray Suarez es un experimentado corresponsal del programa PBS NewsHour...
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