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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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Captain Kidd's Treasure (Unsolved)Discover the unsolved mystery of Captain Kidd's treasure in this beautifully illustrated book for kids, accessible for all readers!Captain Kidd was a famous pirate. Legend says that, before Kidd was captured, he buried a sizable treasure of silver, gold, and precious gems. But it's...
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Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and BetrayalAuthor: Samuel MarquisPublisher: Diversion BooksPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 384Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781635769685About the AuthorSamuel Marquis is the ninth great-grandson of legendary privateer Captain William Kidd, and is the #1 Denver Post bestselling and award-winning author of Blackbeard: The Birth of America among eleven other American nonfiction-histories,...
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Capitol Crude: The Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics"Capitol Crude: The Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics" is the story of how oil and gas corporations' efforts to limit state taxation and regulation of their industry in Alaska led to a change in Alaskans' political ideology and governance - from a state...
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By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in UkraineAn intimate, affecting account of life during wartime, told through the lives that have been shattered. Even as scores of Americans rally to the Ukrainian cause and adopt Volodymyr Zelensky as a hero, the lives of Ukrainians remain opaque and mostly anonymous. In By...
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Branching Out: The Public History of TreesTrees are not just natural resources; they are also cultural ones that present unique challenges and opportunities for public historians. Trees can serve as important objects of memory, recalling past triumphs or tragedies. They can be the last living witness to important events or...
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Botanical Revolutions: How Plants Changed the Course of ArtThis groundbreaking volume unearths the representation of plants and their vital impact on art, thereby advocating for the botanical world's legitimate place in art history. Desired for their aesthetic beauty, sought after for their medicinal properties, harvested for their scents and flavors, or grown...
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Book of Reveal: Hidden Sinsations: The Curse of Ham & Descendants of Sumeria+ Website: bookofreveal.com What Can Humanity's Past Teach Us About Today's Identity Suppression and Systemic Oppression? More than simply a history lesson, this book draws on various fields-from linguistics and etymology to anthropology, sociology, and religious studies-to expose hidden truths and unravel the tangled...
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Bob MarleyLearn about the inspiring story of Bob Marley! The man who moved the world with his music. Little Bob grew up on the sunny, Caribbean Island of Jamaica. Born to a Black mother and white father, life could be difficult, and he was often...
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Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's WakeHow white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions In the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state mental hospitals at higher rates as white psychiatrists listed "religious excitement" among the most frequent causes of insanity for Black patients. At...
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Black Movement: African American Urban History Since the Great MigrationThe Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970 fundamentally altered the political, social, and cultural landscapes of major urban centers like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit, and changed the country as well. By...
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Blackbeard: The Truth RevealedThroughout the centuries, tales of Blackbeard's piratical activities and buried treasure have sparked the public's fascination and curiosity. Who was Blackbeard? What vessels did he take? Where is his treasure? What about Stede Bonnet and Benjamin Hornigold? Are the stories real? Writers and historians...
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Bitter Creek: An Epic PoemBitter Creek, a lyric Chinese epic of the American West, reveals the devastating realities of the 1885 Rock Springs Massacre.In September of 1885, the Chinese coal miners who were brought in as strikebreakers were ambushed and driven out of the town at gunpoint by...
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Biggest Stars of the Super BowlStarring in the Super Bowl can turn a great player into a football legend. Through the years, many of the National Football League's best players have cemented their status as all-time greats by leading their teams to glory. From the quarterbacks, runners, and receivers...
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Beyond the Green Widow: Consequences of the Piney Woods Creek Murders of 1921Prohibition began as a well-intentioned and earnest effort by politicians and temperance movement leaders to stem the tide of evils threatening Americans due to the use of alcohol. However, none could have envisioned how differently and disastrously the period would end. Former President Herbert...
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Beyond Division: The Resilient Lives of Thirty Diverse Israeli Women LeadersDrawn from fresh post-pandemic interviews, Beyond Division relates stories of how thirty diverse Israeli women leaders, artists, scientists, philanthropists, healers, academics--religious and secular Jews, Christians, Druze, Ethiopians, Arabs, and others, from the North to the South--lead lives of purpose in their polarized nation, despite...
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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of HistoryMesopotamia saw the first cities, devised the original writing system, sowed the early seeds of agriculture, and developed myths, medicine, and astronomy that all went on to influence societies around the world. However, the significance of this ancient civilization goes far beyond its technological...
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BerlinAuthor: Mary FulbrookPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/30/2025Pages: 300Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68dISBN: 9781009160933
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Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style"If people turn to look at you in the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable." -- Beau Brummell Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male...
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Bear Witness: The Pursuit of Justice in a Violent LandAs young men, Kurt Ver Beek, an American sociologist, and Carlos Hern?ndez, a Honduran schoolteacher, devoted their lives to helping the poor. But it wasn't until they moved to an extraordinarily dangerous neighborhood in Honduras that they came to a radical conclusion: The charity...
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Bankrolling EmpireAuthor: Sudev ShethPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/06/2025Pages: 377Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78dISBN: 9781009330220
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