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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Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 7 Year OldsThis book is bursting with over 250 mind-blowing facts and quirky illustrations on a range of fascinating subjects, from prehistoric animals and Ancient Romans to curious inventions and foody trivia. Did you know ... Wombats defend themselves with their tough bums. When their burrows...
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Awesome Battles for Kids: The Vietnam WarAwesome Battles for Kids: The Vietnam War explores the political and military dynamics that shaped the course of the war, from the early days of French colonialism to the fall of Saigon.Awesome Battles for Kids: The Vietnam War chronicles the human cost of the...
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Australian Outback SafariWith this title, readers will go on safari through the Australian Outback! This book covers how and where safari-goers can encounter several animals of the outback. The title is complete with colorful images, simple text, and a list of exciting safari adventures. Aligned to...
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A Texas Sampler: Historical RecollectionsIn both words and images, A Texas Sampler is a tribute to the multicultural heritage of Texas. Thirty-two historically important pieces of art are integrated with thirty-two primary source documents. Together with the art, the excerpts from diaries, memoirs, letters, and tales preserve the...
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Art Monster: On the Impossibility of New YorkWhy do people choose the life of an artist, and what happens when they find themselves barely scraping by? Why does New York City, even in an era of hypergentrification, still beckon to aspiring artists as a place to make art and remake yourself?...
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Artistic and Life-Like: Photography in Washington, 1850-1900This is the first book-length exploration of nineteenth-century photography in Washington State. Each chapter features intriguing facts, stories, and images that bring to life this rich part of photographic history from the territory's earliest days to the state's emergence as an economic power in...
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A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the WorldThe history of coffee is much more than the tale of one luxury good--it is a lens through which to consider various strands of world history, from food and foodways to religion and economics and sociocultural dynamics.A Rich and Tantalizing Brew traces the history...
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A Regionalism That Travels: Writings on (Mostly) Montana Arts, 1975-2022A Regionalism That Travels: Writings on (Mostly) Montana Arts, 1975-2022, gathers together essays, talks, and reviews by Rick Newby, one of Montana's leading writers, editors, and publishers. These writings focus on Big Sky Country's writers and visual artists and the state's cultural history, especially...
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Țara mea: King of Romania consort of Ferdinand I"Țara mea" is a truly remarkable book, written by none other than Queen Marie herself, the consort of King Ferdinand I of Romania. This literary masterpiece holds great significance and touches the hearts of readers as it offers an intimate glimpse into the Queen's...
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Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli ConquestOffering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat's efforts since the historic Oslo Peace Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups...
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A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War IIThe untold story of four special operations officers who fought together behind enemy lines across multiple theaters of World War II, and then continued to serve, officially and unofficially, for decades after in the hottest parts of the Cold War There have always been...
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A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's CabinThe remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective story In December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John...
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A Plague on the WorldThe world today faces many grave problems, but arguably the gravest and most urgent is what has long been called the Jewish Question: how society should respond to the presence of a wealthy, powerful, and malicious Jewish minority. This question has existed for as...
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America's Hidden Heroes: The History and Evolution of U.S. Navy Frogmen and SEALsNoted SEAL historian and retired Navy SEAL Commander Tom Hawkins recounts how today's Navy SEALs can trace their capabilities and origins back to four formidable legacy units formed during World War II. For the first time in one volume are the stories of the...
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American Modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus, IndianaThe definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, IndianaThe midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community....
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American Anti-Pastoral: Brookside, New Jersey and the Garden State of Philip RothOne of the best-known novels taking place in New Jersey, Philip Roth's 1997 American Pastoral uses the fictional hamlet of Old Rimrock, NJ as a microcosm for a nation in crisis during the cultural upheavals of the 1960s-70s. Critics have called Old Rimrock mythic,...
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America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of WarBestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator...
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Amazonian Indigenous Cultures in Art and Anthropological ExhibitionsThe book discusses the representation of Amazonian indigenous cultures in exhibitions from a postcolonial perspective through the analysis of several temporary exhibitions taking place in both art and anthropological institutions from the 1980s onwards.Author: Cinthya LanaPublisher: Anthem PressPublished: 02/13/2024Pages: 284Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h...
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Alton B. Parker: The Man Who Challenged RooseveltThis first full-length biography of Alton Brooks Parker provides an in-depth look into the life, career, and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age. Parker had the courage to challenge Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency in 1904--at the...
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All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's WarWhat happens when a seasoned journalist and travel writer takes on his most challenging assignment yet--crossing not just continents but also history--by retracing his father's steps on the battlefields of Italy in World War II? When a slim packet of his father's letters came...
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