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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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the WestThe definitive history of Russia's most secret spy program, from the earliest days of the Soviet Union to Putin's present-day invasion of Ukraine, and a revelatory examination of how that hidden history shaped both Russia and the West. A century ago, the new Bolshevik...
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The Ghosts of Hero Street: How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea"A wonderful American story of the extraordinary sacrifices made by a group of Mexican Americans . . . A shining example of patriotism at its best."--Former U.S. Representative Tom Railsback They came from one street, but death found them in many places. . ....
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The Gangs of New YorkFirst published in 1928, Herbert Asbury's "The Gangs of New York" is probably best remembered today as the source material for Martin Scorsese's 2002 film of the same name. According to the original publisher's announcement "this is a history of New York's underworld, from...
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The French Resistance"Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out." As Charles de Gaulle ended his radio address to the French nation in June 1940, listeners must have felt a surge of patriotism tinged with uncertainty. Who would keep the...
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The Fate of the Jury: An epilogue to Domesday BookThe Fate of the Jury - An epilogue to Domesday Book is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1929. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...
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The Fate of the Jews of Rzeszów 1939-1944 Chronicle of those daysFranciszek Kotula, well known author and historian (1900-1984) documented important events as he witnessed them in his community from the earliest days of the Nazi occupation in his home town of Rzesz w, Poland from 1939-1944. He made notes of everything he regarded as...
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The European Experience in Slavery, 1650-1850This volume documents the practice of bringing enslaved people to early modern Europe not only as a side effect of overseas colonial regimes but as a pan-European experience that even developed its own dynamics on the continent. Drawing on examples from France, Scotland, the...
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The Dutch East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from SIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Dutch East India Company, then keep reading..Huge international companies and corporations are a normal part of our everyday lives today. For most, their unimaginable wealth and power, which are rivaling even some of the...
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The Diez Albums: Contexts and ContentsThe five Diez albums in Berlin, acquired by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez in Constantinople around 1789, contain more than 400 figurative paintings, drawings, fragments, and calligraphic works originating for the most part from Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid workshops. Gonnella, Weis and Rauch unite in...
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The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq"Destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . A substantial contribution to history."--Los Angeles Times Now in paperback, The Deserter's Tale is the first memoir from a soldier who deserted from the war in Iraq, and a vivid...
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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack and the Fight for Survival in Early AmericaFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV+ series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes "a vivid account" (The Wall Street Journal) of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between natives...
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The Dark Side of Jane Austen's WorldUncovers the darker societal issues in Jane Austen's novels, challenging their light-hearted perceptions.Jane Austen's novels are read all over the globe, and adaptations of her works have graced both film and TV screens. Although sometimes criticised for being detached from the real world, providing...
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The Crime of the Democrats: Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and the Destruction of the Founding Fathers' Dream"The Crime of the Democrats: Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and the Destruction of the Founding Fathers' Dream" studies the activities of the opponents of the United States Constitution from its creation in 1787 through the presidencies of Barack Obama and...
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The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: The Book Designed to Save the WorldThe Book of Mormon has been a source of controversy since its publication and the history behind its coming forth is shrouded in mystery. By researching the historical background of the time period I have reconstructed a narrative for its coming forth to the...
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The Communist Manifesto / Маніфест Комуністи
From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentЗ того моменту, коли праця вже не може бути перетворена ні в капітал, ні в гроші, ні в рентуwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable...
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The City as Anthology: Eroticism and Urbanity in Early Modern IsfahanHousehold anthologies of seventeenth-century Isfahan collected everyday texts and objects, from portraits, letters, and poems to marriage contracts and talismans. With these family collections, Kathryn Babayan tells a new history of the city at the transformative moment it became a cosmopolitan center of imperial...
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The Case for the National Slavery Memorial and Aid to our HBCUsIt is fitting and proper that the United States dedicate, solemnize, and erect a memorial on our nation's most precious ground, the Washington Mall in Washington, District of Columbia, to commemorate the slavery and human bondage that existed on these shores before and after...
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The Carolingian Sacramentaries of Saint-Amand: Art, Script, and Liturgical Creativity in an Early Medieval MonasteryThe series of beautiful sacramentaries made at Saint-Amand in the later ninth century offer us unique insight into an early medieval scriptorium at work. These manuscripts contain principally the prayer texts for the celebration of the Mass, a ceremony which stood at the centre...
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The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Volume 2, Affairs of the StateThis volume explores the political and social dimensions of the Civil War in both the North and South. Millions of Americans lived outside the major campaign zones so they experienced secondary exposure to military events through newspaper reporting and letters home from soldiers. Governors...
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The Brazil ChroniclesAs a young journalist at the Brazil Herald from 1979-81, Stephen G. Bloom spent his early professional years working in Rio's seedy Lapa district, surrounded by fugitives, drug runners, pornographers, and stealth CIA agents. Bloom shares the wild story of this English-language newspaper in...
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