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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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Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews: Humble Heroes from a Downeast IslandA thrilling tale fit for sailing experts and history buffs alike, historian Mark J. Gabrielson delivers the exciting tale of the Deer Isle Crew: a sailing story that offers an uncommon glimpse into American life at the turn of the twentieth century.In 1895, emissaries...
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Lost Butte, MontanaFrom the stately Queen Anne mansions of the West Side to the hastily constructed shanties of Cabbage Patch, Lost Butte, Montana traces the city's history through its architectural heritage. This book includes such highlights as the Grand Opera House, once graced by entertainers and...
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A History of Spiritualism and the Occult in Salem: The Rise of Witch CitySalem, Massachusetts, is the quintessential New England town, with its cobbled streets and strong ties to the sea. With the notoriety of the Salem witch trials, the city's reputation has been irrevocably linked to the occult. However, few know the history behind the religion...
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Great Camp Sagamore:: The Vanderbilts' Adirondack RetreatRead the remarkable story of one of the most unique and picturesque places in the Adirondacks, written by Sagamore's director, Beverly Bridger.Great Camp Sagamore was built by renowned American architect William West Durant and bought by Alfred Vanderbilt in 1901 to be his family's...
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The Battle of Bennington: Soldiers & CiviliansOn August 16, 1777, a motley militia won a resounding victory near Bennington, Vermont, against combined German, British and Loyalist forces.This laid the foundation for the American victory at Saratoga two months later. Historian Michael P. Gabriel has collected over fifty firsthand accounts from...
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The Battle of Brice's CrossroadsTold through a collection of first-person soldier accounts, the history of this Civil War battle and how the South's dubious chances of victory were overcome with grit and determination.Author: Stewart L. BennettPublisher: History PressPublished: 06/19/2012Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50dISBN:...
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The Life & Times of Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague: I Am the LawExplore the controversial life of New Jersey city mayor Frank Hague, whose propensity for corruption inspired a character on the television show Boardwalk Empire.Frank Hague served as the mayor of Jersey City for much of the early twentieth century. While some believed him a...
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Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue: A HistoryNamed for the famous Spanish explorer who was said to have discovered the Fountain of Youth, Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue began as a simple country road that conveyed visitors to the famous healing springs.Now, few motorists realize that the avenue, one of Atlanta's...
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Schuster's and Gimbels:: Milwaukee's Beloved Department StoresLove to shop? The residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin were lucky to have Schuster's and Gimbels, a part of Milwaukee culture.For well over a century, Milwaukee shoppers have had Gimbels or Schuster's on the brain. Even if they didn't crave sewing notions or prize-winning apple...
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Hidden History of DetroitDiscover the Motor City before the motor: a muddy port town full of grog shops, horse races, haphazard cemeteries and enterprising bootstrappers from all over the world.Meet the argumentative French fugitive who founded the city, the tobacco magnate who haunts his shuttered factory, the...
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Murder, Inc.:: The Mafia's Hit Men in New York CityBeginning in the 1920s, an all-star team of goons, gunmen and garrotters transformed America's criminal landscape. Its membership was diverse; the mob recruited men from all ethnicities and religious backgrounds. Most were natives of the Big Apple, handpicked from the city's toughest neighborhoods: Brownsville,...
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Philadelphia and the Civil War:: Arsenal of the UnionAt the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Philadelphia was the second-largest city in the country and had the industrial might to earn the title Arsenal of the Union.? With Pennsylvania's anthracite coal, the city mills forged steel into arms, and a vast...
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The Isleños of Louisiana: On the Water's EdgeLouisiana is perhaps best known for its distinctive French heritage, a legacy visible in the street names and architecture around the state.The truth is, Louisiana has one of the most culturally diverse populations in the nation, with not only French and Anglo-American settlers, but...
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Saratoga Race Course: The August Place to BeIn the early 1800s, Saratoga Springs was mostly a tourist destination because of its natural mineral waters and their healing powers.But that changed in 1863 with the opening of the Saratoga Race Course. From then on, summers in the Spa City came alive with...
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The Corpus HermeticumThe Corpus Hermeticum (or Hermetica) is a collection of Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Most of the texts are presented as dialogues in which a teacher, generally identified as Hermes Trismegistus, enlightens a disciple. The texts discuss the divine,...
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Bar Harbor Babylon: Murder, Misfortune, and Scandal on Mount Desert IslandMount Desert Island has attracted scoundrels and scandals for more than 100 years. Steady as the tide, every summer brings a rush of summer residents from eastern cities to the island and nothing thrilled them so much as a good scandal. In its heyday,...
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Maine at 200: An Anecdotal History Celebrating Two Centuries of StatehoodCelebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood. Historian Tom Huntington covers the course of Maine's often turbulent history, decade by decade. He writes about the death of Congressman Jonathan Cilley in a duel; the Portland Rum Riot and the birth of Prohibition; the Confederate raid...
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Turning the Tide at Gettysburg: How Maine Saved the UnionDuring the first three days of July in 1863, the largest battle ever fought in North America occurred in the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. More than 160,000 men from the North and the South engaged in mortal struggle in the third year of...
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Five Mystical Songs: Study scoreVaughan Williams' setting of poems from George Herbert's 1633 collection, "The Temple: Sacred Poems" was composed between 1906 and 1911. The premiere was given under the composer's direction on September 14, 1911 at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. This newly engraved edition by...
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StalinOn 20th August 1940 Trotsky's life was brutally ended when a Stalinist agent brought an ice pick crashing down on his head. Among the works left unfinished was the second part of his biography of Stalin.Trotsky's Stalin is unique in Marxist literature in that...
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