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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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On the Wings of the Red-Tailed Hawk: The Centenary Chronicles-Tales of American WomenPlymouth 1620-Sarah has left the security of all she knows to travel with her husband to the New World, but things don't go as planned. The Mayflower is lost unable to find the colony already there they must manage on their own. Not enough...
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On the Creation of the Cosmos According to MosesAuthor: Charles Duke Philo, David T. RuniaPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublished: 04/26/2005Pages: 464Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.03dISBN: 9781589831605This title is not returnable
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Only a Bad Dream?: Childhood Memories of the HolocaustOne of the youngest survivors of the Warsaw ghetto, author Sahbra Anna Markus lived a life only those who have survived Hitler's hell can imagine. In Only a Bad Dream? she narrates the drama of her early years through her most vivid memories. Sahbra...
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One Mo' Time: The Personal Memoirs of T/Sgt. James J. Lynch Radio Operator/Gunner on A B-17One Mo' Time is the story of one crew's 35 Strategic Bombing Missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. The Details of the missions I describe are from a diary I kept. Some details I have omitted. I am not a...
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Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War EraThe smooth faces of boy soldiers stand out in Civil War photography. Yet until now, scholars have largely overlooked the masses of underaged youths who served as musicians, carried wounded from the field, ran messages, took up arms, and died in both the Union...
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Novísimo Diccionario Español-francés Y Francés-español: El Mas Completo De Cuantos Se Han Publicado En España Y En El Extrangero Hasta Hoy Dia...Ce dictionnaire bilingue espagnol-français / français-espagnol est le plus complet jamais publié en Espagne et à l'étranger. Avec plus de 100 000 entrées, il est un outil indispensable pour les étudiants, les professionnels et les amateurs de langues.This work has been selected by scholars...
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North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation CommissionerThe incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling...
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Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on EducationA reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of...
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Normandy: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for FranceThe first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognized events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation Neptune, began with...
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New York Fire PatrolOperated by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, the New York Fire Patrol was organized in 1839 to patrol lower Manhattan. Their job was twofold: to discover fires and to prevent losses to insured properties. The New York Fire Patrol evolved, and in...
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Newport: A Concise HistoryThis revised edition of Newport: A Concise History tells a more inclusive story of Newport's past with the aid of new scholarship and images. Beginning with the area's first Indigenous inhabitants, this book explores Newport's colorful history, uncovering the traditions and innovations that shaped...
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New England Sea Glass: A Vibrant HistoryThe lure of beachcombing in New England has been around since Colonial times. From shipwrecks, relentless storms and spooky maritime mysteries, pieces of sea glass are tumbled treasures speaking to us about our past. Many frosty cobalt blue shards come from medicine bottles from...
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Navy SEAL's Guide to Surviving Invasions, Civil War, and World War IIIThe phrase "The British are coming" is attributed to Paul Revere, a colonial Boston silversmith and patriot who was among several riders who sounded the alarm that the British Regulars were coming to attack the American colonies. On the night of April 18, 1775,...
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Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary HistoryA bold reinterpretation of the causes and legacy of Nat Turner's rebellion--and the new definitive account. In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, rose up to fight for their freedom. They attacked the plantations on which their enslavers lived...
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Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in CanadaThis book unmasks one of the greatest human interest stories in Canadian history: the emigration of tens of thousands of children from Britain, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, to become home children in Canada. Through first-hand accounts and archived materials, Corbett...
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Nathan Bedford Forrest and African-Americans: Yankee Myth, Confederate FactAccording to Yankee historians Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was a vicious redneck who detested blacks, beat his slaves, refused to fight alongside African-Americans, killed black Union soldiers on sight, committed a racist massacre at the Battle of Fort Pillow, and founded and led...
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NashvilleDid you know that Nashville is sometimes called "Music City"? This is because it is the home of country music. Find out more about this fascinating city in Nashville, part of the American Cities series.Author: Lily ErlicPublisher: Av2Published: 08/01/2020Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.60lbsSize:...
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My Life of High AdventureMy Life of High Adventure, first published in 1962, is the autobiography of Grant Pearson, park ranger and later superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park and Preserve). He began work at the Park in February 1926 and retired as superintendent...
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My Egypt ArchiveA prominent historian provides an engaging on-the-ground account of the everyday authoritarianism that produced the Arab Spring in Egypt "A visceral and perceptive study of life under autocracy."--Publishers Weekly An unmatched contemporary history of authoritarian politics and an unflinching examination of the politics of...
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Murder & Mayhem in Boston:: Historic Crimes in the HubBoston's history is checkered with violence and heinous crimes. In 1845, a woman lured into prostitution was murdered at the hands of her jealous lover who used sleepwalking as his defense at trial. A leg was found floating along the Boston Harbor, wrapped in...
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