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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Historias interesantes para niños curiosos: ¡Una asombrosa colección de historias increíbles, divertidas y verdaderas de todo el mundo!Explora aventuras increíbles y hechos asombrosos: Satisface la curiosidad de tu hijo con este libro de cuentos único en su género. Tus hijos, amantes de la fantasía, encuentran las clases de historia demasiado serias o aburridas? Se han preguntado si algunas historias realmente asombrosas...
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Historia de la India: Un apasionante recorrido por importantes civilizaciones, imperios, acontecimientos, personajes y religionesIncredible India es el eslogan de la campa?a oficial de turismo de la India, y es verdad! La India tiene una historia asombrosa, desde algunas de las primeras civilizaciones del mundo hasta su cultura contempor?nea de alta tecnolog?a y una enorme diversidad de religiones,...
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham LincolnAmerica's first female detective Kate Warne's mission? Protect president-elect Abraham Lincoln from Southern rebels bent on assassinating him before his inauguration. Abraham Lincoln faces a dangerous and uncertain future after leaving Springfield, Illinois, for his inauguration in Washington, DC. Luckily for him, detective Kate...
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Heroines of the Tudor WorldThese are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love. These are the women who made a difference, who influenced countries, kings and the Reformation. Heroines of the Tudor World focuses on...
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Herodotus: Book IIIThis accessible edition for students presents Herodotus as one of the most fascinating and colourful authors from the ancient world. Book III of Herodotus' nine-book work is one of the richest in its exploration of themes, such as the practices and customs of different...
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Herbert Hoover: The biography of a Humanitarian President and his Extraordinary LifeDelve into the life of Herbert Hoover, a complex figure who served as the 31st President of the United States during one of the nation's most challenging times. Hoover's early career as a mining engineer and his humanitarian efforts during World War I established...
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Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River Campaign, November 1862-January 1863Explores the pivotal Stones River Campaign of 1862-1863, detailing the intense battles and firsthand accounts that turned the tide for the Union Army.The waning days of 1862 marked a nadir in the fortunes of the United States. After major defeats at Fredericksburg in Virginia...
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Healing the One New Man: Restoring the Church's Identity Through the Feasts"That they may be one . . ." was Jesus' final prayer for those who would become the Body of Christ. Yet, Nearly 2000 years later, the Church seems more divided than ever. The roots of this division lie in Church history only 100...
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Haverford College ArboretumIn 1833, when the first 23 students arrived at what is now Haverford College, they found one school building surrounded by nearly 200 acres of farmland, woods, and a small creek. The story of how this landscape evolved into the park-like setting of today's...
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Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern ShoreA fresh portrait of this iconic American--and the first to involve a Tubman family member since Harriet herself was interviewed in 1886. For all Harriet Tubman's accomplishments and the myriad books written about her, many gaps, errors, and misconceptions of her legendary life persist....
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Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910-1930The first publication of its kind, connecting a constellation of artists working at the forefront of abstraction in the early 20th centuryOrphism emerged among a cosmopolitan group of artists active in Paris in the early 1910s, as the innovations of modern life radically altered...
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Hans and Wassili Luckhardt: Buildings and ProjectsDas Werk der Architekten Hans und Wassili Luckhardt (1890-1954/1889-1972) wurde bis heute nicht angemessen gewürdigt. Deren Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der Architektur zeigt sich schon daran, dass die Architekten Bestandteil der der wichtigsten Überblickswerke über die Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts sind, etwa bei Giedion,...
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Haciendas del Altiplano. Historia(s) y leyendas.: Tomo II. De la Independencia a la Revolución?sta es la segunda entrega del trabajo de investigaci?n en torno a ciertas haciendas mexicanas, titulado Haciendas del Altiplano - historia(s) y leyendas, emprendido de manera independiente por el investigador Homero Adame, quien puede ser considerado como pionero en el estudio de estos lugares...
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Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2: 1960-1980Read it for nostalgia, for memories of pop culture, for history, or for pure entertainment. Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2 will shed a spotlight on the astonishing degree to which Canada changed in a mere twenty years from 1960 to 1980. Rolling out in...
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Growing Up Canadian: Canada and its Youth Come of Age 1960-1980The generation that came of age from 1960 to 1980 had front-row seats to the events and personalities that laid the foundation for the Canada we know today. As the generation matured, so too did the country.Chapters range from TV to sports, music to...
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Greek Myths for a Post-Truth WorldYiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth' times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism and perplexing technological possibilities.It shows how Greek myths continue to stir our emotions and shape our experiences,...
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Grace Hartigan: The Gift of AttentionImportant new publication brings together a selection of forty significant works by American Abstract Expressionist artist Grace Hartigan.Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention explores the significant impact mid-century American poets and poetry had on painter Grace Hartigan's early career during the 1950s and 1960s....
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Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew in Revolutionary EgyptGoodbye, Tahrir Square is a first-person memoir written from the standpoint of a Jewish boy growing up in Egypt during the watershed years that shaped the Middle East into the powder keg it is today. Described as the "Holden Caulfield of the Nile" for...
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Golden State: The Making of CaliforniaFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California--from the Spanish conquistadors to the Gold Rush to the state's meteoric rise as a tech powerhouse and bulwark of progressivism--and of its indelible mark on the United States and the world.California has...
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God Called, She Answered: Moving Past History and Tradition into Ministry LeadershipGod Called, She Answered: Moving Past History and Tradition into Ministry Leadership challenges women to embrace and press into God's plan for their ministry gifts. It explores reasons for the obstacles found in some religious communities. These obstacles are largely based on influences (i.e.,...
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