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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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Angostura Bitters Cocktails: More Than 70 Classic Recipes and Fancy DrinksIn 1824, Johann Siegert, surgeon general of Venezuela's army, created Angostura bitters as a medicinal tincture to alleviate soldiers' stomach ailments. Sailors soon discovered that adding it to gin helped quell seasickness, giving rise to the Pink Gin cocktail. Over time, this iconic concoction...
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God-Man: The Word Made FleshGod-Man: The Word Made Flesh (1920) is a book of mysticism exploring how the allegories of scripture relate to the truths of the cosmos and the human body. Within many of the Biblical parables, George W. Carey and Inez Eudora Perry find that many...
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The Federalist Papers (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. The Federalist Papers are notable for their opposition to what later became the United States Bill of Rights. The...
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Live Like a Roman: Discovering the Secrets of Ancient RomeLive Like a Roman is a fascinating and informative journey back in time to find out what it was really like to live in Ancient Rome and the sprawling Roman Empire.Get ready to discover what it was like to live in this epic era...
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Truth Triumphant: The Church in the Wilderness - A Christian History from Apostolic Times to ModernityThis history of the church details the establishment of Christian churches whose stated beliefs stand outside of the Catholic doctrine. Wilkinson's enquiry spans from the Apostolic era through to modern times.Variously thought of as remnants of the old church which persisted after the Roman...
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The First Russian Revolution: The Decembrist Revolt of 1825Looking two hundred years in the past, an enlightening study of the neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought with resonance for today. On December 14, 1825, a group of young Russian army officers led three thousand troops to Senate Square in St. Petersburg,...
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Dixie Be Damned: 300 Years of Insurrection in the American SouthIn 1891, when coal companies in eastern Tennessee brought in cheap convict labor to take over their jobs, workers responded by storming the stockades, freeing the prisoners, and loading them onto freight trains. Over the next year, tactics escalated to include burning company property...
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Rad American History A-Z: Movements and Moments That Demonstrate the Power of the PeopleFrom the New York Times bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z comes an illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history. "An engaging, fascinating, and necessary book that speaks truth to power."--Congresswoman Barbara Lee In Rad American...
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Cry Havoc! An Untold Story of Rangers at WarBooks about combat are compelling. There's an inherent thirst for the stories about brave men, completing impossible tasks under the worst of conditions. Cry Havoc tells the story of how the Army Rangers emerged from the shadow of the Vietnam War, and morphed themselves...
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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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Por Qué Celebramos El Día de Los Muertos: Todo Lo Que Debes Saber Sobre Tu Celebración FavoritaCelebra el Día de los Muertos con esta alegre presentación en español para niños de 6 a 9 años!El Día de los Muertos es una festividad mexicana en la que la gente recuerda y celebra a sus seres queridos que han fallecido. La celebración...
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Lady Liberty's Treasure Hunt: For adults who are young at heartLady Liberty's Treasure Hunt: For adults who are young at heart, their families and friends. This book is a Northeast Treasure Hunt encompassing New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Families and friends study the book for clues and hints then go on...
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Stumbling BlocksStumbling Blocks, a second-generation Holocaust memoir, tells Jennifer's and Paul's stories.Paul, Jennifer's father, was born in Germany in 1928. At the age of ten, just after Kristallnacht, his parents sent him and his older sisters to Belgium. There, they lived for two years with...
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The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of LoveThe Bible contains many passages that believers and nonbelievers alike would recognize as appalling theology. Whether these texts are used to discriminate, oppress, or condemn, they distort the truth of Christianity and cast doubt upon the love of God. Now, legendary Episcopal bishop and...
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The Heart of MatterThe final volume of Teilhard's collected essays, containing two texts of key importance published for the first time: "The Heart of Matter" and "The Christic." Foreword by N. M. Wildiers; Index. Translated by René Hague. A Helen and Kurt Wolff BookAuthor: Pierre Teilhard de...
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The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction traces the Catholic Reformation from its beginnings in the first half of the sixteenth century, through the years of unrest in Europe, to its global expansion in the Americas, Asia, and...
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Energy and Civilization: A HistoryA comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization."I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A...
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The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop MusicBeloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been...
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From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-PalestineA decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine. For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state solution under the auspices of the Oslo Accords has allowed Israel to...
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John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole PeopleA magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy Adams In this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy's long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that...
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