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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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Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish HistoryA comparative legal history of Jewish sovereignty and religious freedom, illuminating the surprising ways that collective and individual rights have evolved over the past two centuries It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews...
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Southern California Top Fuel DragstersSouthern California front-engine top fuel dragsters were the kings of the quarter mile. Fathers and sons, friends, and next-door neighbors joined together to build and race these cars. From 1963 to 1971, considered the toughest years to complete, the top fuel dragster became faster...
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Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern BakersThe essential history of bread baking and sourdough's rise to a global phenomenon.Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sourdough bread...
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Soul-Making by Grace: Purgatory's Past, Present, and FuturePurgatory holds a precarious position in the afterlife beliefs of most Christians. Often viewed as a doctrine that is held only by Roman Catholics, purgatory has historically been maligned by its detractors as unbiblical, theologically problematic, and a product (and source) of superstition. Moreover,...
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Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. Into a Manufacturing PowerhouseWe live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods - from beds to batteries to printer paper - are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes...
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Sic Itur ad Astra: A Chronological History of Canadian Civil and Military Aviation on the 100th Anniversary of the RCAF Volume 2, 1946 toThe year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the RCAF. This book, Volume 2, covers the period of our Canadian Civil and Military aviation history from 1946 to 2024. It serves as a tribute to the Canadian Forces men and women and the families...
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Show Time: A tattoo artist's storyShow Time is a true story which found its roots in the answer to the question, 'how did the author get into tattooing', which she fielded from almost every person that she met. The book travels the backroads of Europe in the 1980s and...
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Shooting Crows: Mass Murder, State Collusion and Press FreedomEveryone knows where they were when Ray Houghton outfoxed the Italian goalkeeper in the 1994 World Cup finals. Every television in the country was tuned in to the match, and The Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co. Down was no exception. But two miles down...
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Self-Help in the Digital Age: Ted Talks, Speculative Fiction, and the Role of ReadingIn an age where science and technology hold sway and the humanities face a crisis, this book explores the evolving role of literature. It delves into how American self-help culture shapes contemporary ideals of success, mindfulness, and happiness, with a particular focus on its...
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Segunda Guerra Mundial para ni?os: Una fascinante gu?a sobre la Segunda Guerra MundialAlguna vez te has preguntado c?mo era la vida durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial? Todo el mundo estaba en batalla? Por qu?? En este libro, descubrir?s todo sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, incluyendo a los participantes y por qu? comenz? la guerra, una l?nea...
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Seeing Black: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and BeyondSituating historical inquiry alongside contemporary practices of Black image-making in New Orleans, SEEING BLACK: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond engages the photographic grammars, textures, multiplicities, and visual sounds of Black life in and outside the city.SEEING BLACK features over two hundred...
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Secrets of the SphinxA giant statue of a lion with a human head sits in the Egyptian desert. Why is it there? Who is it guarding? No one knows for sure. Can you solve the mystery?Author: Tim CookePublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 01/01/2025Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9798765662540Audience: Ages...
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Secrets of the Gettysburg Battlefield: Little-Known Stories & Hidden History From the Civil War BattlefieldOnce upon a time on the Gettysburg Battlefield...The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. The July 1-3, 1863, battle saw the greatest number of casualties during the war. Beyond the fighting, the battlefield is the site of many other...
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Secret Servants of the Crown: The Forgotten Women of British IntelligenceDrawing on private and previously classified documents, this definitive history of women's contributions to the intelligence services is the first authoritative account of the hidden female army of clerks, typists, telephonists, and secretaries who were the cornerstone of the British secret state across two...
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Second Book of Ethiopian Maccabees: with additional commentaryThis second volume of the Book of Ethiopian Maccabees is shorter than the first. Moreover, it appears to be composed at a different time and by a different person, likely during the high medieval period around the 1450's. It again attempts to recount the...
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Schuremans of New YorkThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black WomenFounded in 1833 by white teacher Prudence Crandell, Canterbury Academy educated more than two dozen Black women during its eighteen-month existence. Racism in eastern Connecticut forced the teen students to walk a gauntlet of taunts, threats, and legal action to pursue their studies, but...
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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of HumankindAuthor: Yuval Noah HarariPublisher: HarperPublished: 02/04/2025Pages: 464Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780063422018
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Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. FrancisFrom the award-winning author of Property and bestselling author of Mary Reilly--"a bold retelling of a familiar, beloved story" (Los Angeles Times), inspired by the fresco cycles that depict the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Drawing from myriad sources and moving in reverse...
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Saladin: The biography of the legendary sultan of Egypt and Syria, his Jerusalem crusade and triumphDelve into the captivating life of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, widely known as Saladin, in this comprehensive biography that unravels the extraordinary tale of his journey from a Kurdish upbringing to becoming the formidable founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Born around 1137, Saladin...
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