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Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a CenturyNewspapers are a tough business, and no one knows that better than Rob Christensen, who was chief political reporter at North Carolina's capital newspaper, the News and Observer, for decades. Here he tells the story of the N&O and how it helped shape modern...
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Somos Tejanas!: Chicana Identity and Culture in TexasAn expansive volume on Tejana identity and Tejanidad told through personal narratives, poetry, and essays. Being Tejanx is different than just being from Texas. Being Tejanx means you are a border subject. Being Tejanx means living in and from a certain history of oppression,...
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Smithsonian Kids Young Explorers: DinosaursJourney back to the time of the dinosaurs--with the Smithsonian! Go back in time with the Smithsonian, and experience life among the dinosaurs. Smithsonian Young Explorers: Dinosaurs provides the perfect introduction for kids 6 and up to the fascinating world of dinosaurs. The playful...
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She's the Boss: The Rise of Women's Entrepreneurship Since World War IIIn the years after World War II, as women were being pushed from wartime jobs for returning soldiers, government and business leaders--and women themselves--saw small business ownership as a viable economic solution. In just five years, US women owned nearly a million of the...
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Shakespeare and ScienceAuthor: Tom RutterPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 12/19/2024Pages: 208Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.04h x 5.66w x 0.70dISBN: 9780192898548
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Shadow And SunshineThe narrative's final section, "Scenes from Slavery," consists of a series of anecdotes about the cruelty and hardships of slavery. Included are descriptions of the indignities endured by slaves on the auction block and the pain of forced separation from family that often accompanied...
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Sauces: A Global HistoryWhere would eggs benedict be without hollandaise, spaghetti without Bolognese, tortilla chips without salsa, or French fries without ketchup? A world without sauces is a dull and dry world indeed. But what exactly are sauces? How did they become a crucial element in every...
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Saltwater: Grief in Early AmericaDeath is easy to locate in the archives of early America. Grief is not so easily pinned down. Yet it was a near constant companion for the men and women that settled in what is now New England. Their lives were a kaleidoscope of...
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Roman Soldiers: Discover the World of the Ancient Roman ArmyDiscover the secrets of the Roman Army in this fascinating gift book for budding historians. What was a Roman legion? How exactly did soldiers train for battle? And why did they have to "march like a tortoise?" Find out the answers to these questions...
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Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez, 1893-1923Visionary essays and images from the crucible of the Mexican Revolution.El Paso/Juárez served as the tinderbox of the Mexican Revolution and the tumultuous years to follow. In essays and archival photographs, David Romo tells the surreal stories at the roots of the greatest Latin...
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Resolute: John Franklin's Lost Expedition and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost ShipFew know that the president's desk in the Oval Office plays a part in one of the world's most extraordinary sagas; in Resolute, noted historian Martin Sandler brings the story to light. After Sir John Franklin and his ships disappeared in the Arctic while...
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Resisting Brown: Race, Literacy, and Citizenship in the Heart of VirginiaMany localities in America resisted integration in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education rulings (1954, 1955). Virginia's Prince Edward County stands as perhaps the most extreme. Rather than fund integrated schools, the county's board of supervisors closed public schools from 1959...
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Resistance ManualThis manual is for the US Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) soldier. Whether attending his/her first course at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) or already deployed, the ARSOF soldier must be a student-practitioner of his/her craft: providing support to...
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Resistance: A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East SideThis collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC's Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America's strangest and most beloved neighborhoods. Current and former residents of the...
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Reproductive Realities in Modern ChinaAuthor: Sarah Mellors RodriguezPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/07/2023Pages: 262Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55dISBN: 9781009011570Review Citation(s): Choice 11/01/2024This title is not returnable
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Rembrandt. the Complete PaintingsThe Dutch Golden Age of painting spawned some of history's greatest artists and artisans, but few can boast the genius and legacy of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669). Despite never leaving his native Netherlands, Rembrandt projected his oeuvre past the boundaries of his own...
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Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New HistoryA sweeping retelling of American religious history, showing how religion has enhanced and hindered human flourishing from the Ice Age to the Information Age Until now, the standard narrative of American religious history has begun with English settlers in Jamestown or Plymouth and remained...
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Reconstructing the Human Population History of East Asia through Ancient GenomicsAuthor: E. Andrew Bennett, Yichen Liu, Qiaomei FuPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/09/2025Pages: 90Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781009246644
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Reclaiming Art in the Age of ArtificeA compelling call to rediscover the transformative power of art in an age of distraction, coercion, and spectacle In Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, J. F. Martel offers a compelling and incisive meditation on the nature of art in a world dominated...
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Race and Gender at War: Writing American Military HistoryFresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society Race and Gender at War is a collection of essays that illuminates ways that race and gender have...
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