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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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Soviet and Russian Special Mission AircraftIn the years after World War II, aircraft optimized for various kinds of special missions began assuming ever-greater importance in the inventories of the world's leading air forces. The Soviet Union was no exception - numerous special mission versions of Soviet military fixed-wing aircraft...
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Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of His Family, Friends and FoesJourney to the burial places of the people who lived in Poe's world. Edgar Allan Poe considered himself a Virginian. Credited with originating the modern detective story, developing Gothic horror tales, and writing the precursor to science fiction, Poe worked to elevate Southern literature....
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Sons of the Greatest Generation: Snapshots and Memories of Vietnam, October 1967 to October 1968Like thousands of young men before and after him, in 1967 at just nineteen years old, Ron Copeland was drafted into the US Army, trained as an infantry soldier, and shipped off to Vietnam. He spent the next year of his life immersed in...
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Slaves of the Emperor: Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight BannersChina's last imperial dynasty governed a vast and culturally diverse territory, encompassing a wide range of local political systems and regional elites. But the Qing empire was built and held together by a single imperial elite: the more than two million members of the...
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Sitting Ducks at Guadalcanal: The U.S. Navy's Disaster at the Battle of Savo Island in World War IIOn August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines waded ashore in the Solomons, defended by warships of the U.S. Navy. The amphibious landing was the first major American ground campaign of the Pacific War, intended to prevent the Japanese from establishing naval and air bases in...
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Silk: A World HistoryIn a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global,...
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मनाचे श्लोक ( Shri Manache Shlok )'मनाचे श्लोक' हे समर्थ रामदास स्वामींनी रचलेले मानवी मनास मार्गदर्शनपर असे पद्य आहे. मराठी पारंपरिक संस्कृतीत समर्थ रामदासकृत 'मनाचे श्लोक' सकाळच्या तसेच सायंकालीन प्रार्थनेत, प्रभातफेरीत, संस्कार व सुविचार म्हणून आणि संप्रदायातील शिष्यांकडून भिक्षा मागतानाही म्हटले जात. 'या पद्यात श्लोकांची एकूण संख्या २०५ आहे. मनाच्या...
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Shemsu Heru Mentchu-Hotep and the Spirit of the Medjay Book 2Author: Mfundishi Jhutyms Ka N. Heru El-SalimPublisher: Great Writers Media, LLCPublished: 11/28/2021Pages: 298Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62dISBN: 9798891750357
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in LiteratureAn "extraordinarily brilliant" and "pleasurably naughty" (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy...and who the Bard might really be. The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works...
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Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the RenaissanceThis remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of "a room of one's...
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See Inside a MuseumExplore every corner of a museum - from grand exhibition galleries to cavernous storerooms and dusty back offices. With stylish illustrations and flaps to lift, this book is packed with fascinating information about how museums work, how they look after precious exhibits and what...
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia is known for its oil, but readers go beyond the basics in this detailed guide to the history, people, and culture of one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East. Detailed chapters filled with full-color photographs focus on essential elements...
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Rural Iowa Sausage: History & Tradition of Brats on the Back RoadsAn Iowa Tradition Like No Other In the 1970s, there were around 450 local meat lockers throughout the state of Iowa. Today, there are little more than 100 left. History is finally back on their side with a wave of consumers wanting to support...
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Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547Author: Laura FlanniganPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 11/16/2023Pages: 342Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781009371360This title is not returnable
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Route 66 in the Missouri OzarksRoute 66 in the Missouri Ozarks picks up the journey west where its companion book, Route 66 in St. Louis, leaves off. As Bobby Troup's song says, Route 66 travels "more than 2,000 miles all the way." But one would be hard-pressed to "Show...
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Rosalynn Carter: Equal Partner in the White HouseBefore Hillary, there was Rosalynn. Rosalynn Carter--the most politically active first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt--was sometimes called the second most powerful person in the United States. Even when her husband Jimmy Carter's approval ratings sank to record lows, she still tied with Mother Teresa...
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Rosalind WiseAuthor: Rosalind Wise, Sean VandorPublisher: Pomegranate CommunicationsPublished: 07/15/2023Pages: 128Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 9.20h x 10.30w x 0.70dISBN: 9781087500621This title is not returnable
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Romans 9 and the Story Paul Was TellingGod is faithful! His word has not failed!These are the foundation-laying, faith-building, and heart-warming words that the Apostle Paul gave to us in Romans 9. Poetically written, symmetrically presented, structurally solid, and spoken with deep emotion, Romans 9 presents Paul's masterful answer to his...
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Robert E. Lee in TexasRobert E. Lee in Texas introduces a little known phase of the great General's career-his service in Texas during the four turbulent years just preceding the Civil War. In this account Carl Coke Rister takes us with Lee to his lonely posts on the...
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Rio Tinto in Australia: The Origins and Formation of an International Resources Company 1954-1995Rio Tinto in Australia charts the establishment and remarkable growth of Rio Tinto, including exploration in the 1950s, acquisition of the Mary Kathleen uranium deposit, and the 1962 combination with Consolidated Zinc to form Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA). CRA was the major contributor...
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