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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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental JusticeFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry--and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America....
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American History for Everyone: The Fascinating Story of Our Great NationThe one thing we Americans have in common is our history. It doesn't matter if you're a first-generation or twelfth-generation American. You own our history. That's what makes you an American. That's the glue that holds us together as a people. Only 21 percent...
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A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. ChesnuttA biography of Charles Chesnutt, one of the first American authors to write for both Black and white readers.In A Matter of Complexion, Tess Chakkalakal gives readers the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in...
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Amalgam: An Immigrant, His Labor Union, and His American Family in BrooklynThe narrative thread unspools with Abram, a Polish Jew who immigrates to America for economic opportunity and -- much like his namesake -- takes on a new name, 'Abe'. He is a passionate arbitrator and advocate in his union but an unyielding patriarchal tyrant...
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Always a Berliner at Heart: Jewish Emigrants in Dialogue with Their Home TownEbook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and during the process of German reunification, the city of Berlin commissioned a working group to create a "Memorial Book...
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All Things are Possible"All Things Are Possible" through Lev Shestov is a philosophical exploration that delves into the depths of existential wondering and the nature of human lifestyles. Written by means of the Russian philosopher Lev Shestov, the book demanding situations conventional notion and engages readers in...
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A Livable Future Is Possible: Confronting the Threats to Our SurvivalA sweeping yet penetrating collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, exploring the most pressing global concerns of our time. In these illuminating interviews conductedby C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky yet again shares his brilliant insights on an array of struggles and challenges facing humanity. A...
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Alexander: The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the WorldNow in paperback: This concise, visual biography of one of the world's most fascinating historical figures, engages kids by using colorful photographs, illustrations, maps, and archival objects, as well as lively narrative. Using period artwork, primary source accounts, photographs, artifacts and a lively, engaging...
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A History of Us: War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945a History of Us Book NineRecommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to...
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A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's SchoolsA new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation...
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A Faraway IslandTwo Jewish sister leave Austria during WWII/Holocaust and find refuge in Sweden. It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna--12-year-old Stephie Steiner and seven-year-old Nellie--are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents...
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AegeomaniaThis Element provides an overview of Aegeomania: the fascination, sometimes bordering on the obsession, with the Aegean Bronze Age, which manifests itself in the uses of Aegean Bronze Age material culture to create something new in literature, the visual and performing arts, and many...
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A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople's Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and ReconstructionA testament to the resilience and determination of Black North Carolinians to achieve educational equality This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861-1877. By highlighting the collaborative efforts that led to the growing...
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A Canoe Named Klmin: Sixth-, Seventh-, Eighth-, and Ninth-Generation Family Members of Captain William Clark Right a WrongSomething beautiful happens within the human heart when a gift is given--it shines.Historically, a fact often overlooked is that Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark committed one blatantly offensive act during their 1804-1806 expedition. Often, these types of offenses are committed out of...
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A Brief Moment in the Sun: Francis Cardozo and Reconstruction in South CarolinaWinner of the George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award A Brief Moment in the Sun is the first scholarly biography of Francis Lewis Cardozo, one of the most talented and influential African Americans to hold elected office in the South between Reconstruction and the...
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Aboriginal ArtThis concise survey showcases the work of Aboriginal artists from across the Australian continent. From Arnhem Land and the desert, the Kimberley and North Queensland, to modern towns and cities, Aboriginal artists have built on traditions that stretch back at least fifty thousand years,...
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Abandoned Coal Towns of Southern West VirginiaAbandoned buildings provide us with a look at the past. Often these structures are all that's left of the history of a bygone era. The images within these pages will help tell the story of forgotten coal towns of West Virginia and provide a...
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9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USAThe thesis of Webster Tarpley's 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA has been enthusiastically received with its working model of the 9/11 plot: a rogue network of moles, patsies, and a commando cell in the privatized intelligence services, backed by corrupt political and corporate...
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3,000: Baseball's Elite Clubs for Hits and StrikeoutsIt typically takes 20 years of consistent excellence for a baseball player to reach the coveted milestone of 3,000 hits or strikeouts. Some of the great players to accomplish this feat are well-known: Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Walter Johnson, Nolan Ryan. But who are...
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24! / Fragen an Die Konkrete GegenwartAlthough Concrete Art comes across as very precise, it is only possible to say approximately when the name was born. In his manifesto of the same name, Theo van Doesburg officially introduced the term to art theory in 1930. But the Dutch artist, architect...
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