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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Uncommon PeopleWhen Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. This fascinating pop history, exploring the moment British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving...
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Turtles Were Named After Them! Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo - Biography Books for Kids 6-8 Children's Biography BooksYour child probably knows the ninja turtles but does he/she know who Leonardo Donatello Raphael and Michelangelo really are? In this book your child will know the legendary painters who changed art history forever. This book is not just a treat for the eyes...
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True North: Travels in Arctic EuropeThe first book from Sunday Times bestselling author Gavin Francis, a travelogue of his adventures in the far north The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend...
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Trouble in Paradise: Twenty-Four Essays on the Social History of American ArtAuthor: Alan WallachPublisher: BrillPublished: 11/07/2024Pages: 492Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789004711518This title is only available via back order
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Trends in Iranian Cinema: Local and Global PerspectivesThe cinema of Iran is celebrated both locally and internationally, yet elements of this diverse field remain comparatively understudied. This book brings together a diverse range of scholars to explore contemporary Iranian cinema in its local and international contexts from a range of perspectives...
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Transforming the Prairies: Agricultural Rehabilitation and Modern CanadaCritically reassesses Canada's Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in light of its contribution to ecological changes and colonialism. Transforming the Prairies proposes a new understanding of Canada's Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), complicating common views of the agency as a model of effective government environmental...
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Tote-Road and Trail: Ballads of the LumberjackThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band's KogunA study of the 1974 album Kogun by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, this book assesses not just its importance in jazz history but also its part in public remembrance of World War II in Japan. In 1974 a Japanese soldier emerged from...
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To Kill a Sultan: A Transnational History of the Attempt on Abdülhamid II (1905)This book explores an event described by the Times as 'one of the greatest and most sensational political conspiracies of modern times'. On 21 July 1905, just after the Friday Prayer at the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque in Istanbul, a car bomb exploded and left...
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Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori ArtA landmark account in words and pictures of Māori art, by Māori art historians--from Polynesian voyaging waka to contemporary Māori artists. He toi whakairo, he mana tangata. Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity. In six hundred pages and with over five hundred illustrations,...
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Timetables of African-American History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American HistoryFrom Simon & Schuster, Timetables of African-American History chronicles the most important people and events in African-American history. Organized for easy reference in the popular timetables format, an illustrated chronology of the African-American experience covers significant people and events since 1492 in categories including...
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Tigray: The Hysteresis of War: Book 1The Tigray War (2020-2022) may have claimed as many as 700,000 lives. Fought between the national defence forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Tigray Defence Forces, the conflict unleashed horrific atrocities on civilians, including widespread massacres. The war was shrouded in secrecy due...
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Thus Spake ZarathustraIn this masterpiece of philosophical literature Friedrich Nietzsche utters the famous phrase "God is dead!" This powerful book spells out Nietzsche's belief in the will to power and serves as an introduction to his doctrine of eternal return. One of the most influential books...
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Thucydides: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its...
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Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve CarpetsCarpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the world's most fascinating carpets.Dorothy Armstrong's Threads of Empire is a spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets. Beautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors,...
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The Young Fed: The Banking Crises of the 1920s and the Making of a Lender of Last ResortA new history of crisis responses in the central bank's formative years. The long-standing description of the Federal Reserve as a "lender of last resort" refers to the central bank's emergency liquidity provision for financial entities in periods of crisis. As Mark Carlson shows,...
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The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, 1775-1776The untold story of how America's declaration of independence hinged on seven critical months in 1776 and the courageous votes that changed the world forever. This gripping account reveals the precarious path to American independence through a series of pivotal dates that history has...
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The War People: A Social History of Common Soldiers During the Era of the Thirty Years WarAuthor: Lucian Staiano-DanielsPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/19/2024Pages: 248Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63dISBN: 9781009428408This title is not returnable
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The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914-1920Exploring Minnesota's history from the beginning of the European war in 1914 through the 1920 U.S. election provides a unique vantage point from which to assess the war's impact on American society.Americans went to war in 1917 not only against Germany but also against...
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The Unthinkable Revolution in IranThe shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future: This was the firm conclusion of a top-secret CIA analysis issued in October 1978. One hundred days later the shah--despite his massive military, fearsome security police, and superpower...
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