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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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Origins of the Georgia Coast: Retracing the Rich History of the Georgia LowcountryNow recognized as a global tourist destination featuring the Forbes Five-Star Sea Island Resort with world-renowned golf courses and fine dining, Georgia's Golden Isles possess a complex history involving indigenous populations, colonial rivalries, and economic transformations stretching hundreds of years. During its evolution from...
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Organizing Color: Toward a Chromatics of the SocialWe live in a world that is saturated with color, but how should we make sense of color's force and capacities? This book develops a theory of color as fundamental medium of the social. Constructed as a montage of scenes from the past two...
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Oregon History: Student WorkbookHere is a comprehensive overview of the history of the state of Oregon for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It is presented in a refreshing easy to read format with abundant graphics. It is a concise, one-volume workbook designed to be self-instructional or lecture...
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Ordeal by HungerAuthor: George R. StewartPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 06/03/2024Pages: 416Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.54w x 1.11dISBN: 9780395611593About the AuthorStewart, George R.: - GEORGE R. STEWART (1895-1980) taught for more than fifty years at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Pickett's...
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On the Jews and Their LiesMARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) was one of the greatest religious thinkers and reformers of all time. Founder of the Lutheran Church, his Protestant movement against the dominant Catholicism altered the course of European history. His fortitude in confronting and overcoming corruption within the Church hierarchy...
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One Who Survived: The Life Story Of A Russian Under The SovietsOne Who Survived: The Life Story Of A Russian Under The Soviets is a memoir written by Alexander Barmine, a Russian who lived through the tumultuous period of Soviet history. The book tells the story of Barmine's life, from his childhood in Russia to...
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Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-KennedyAuthor: Elizabeth BellerPublisher: Gallery BooksPublished: 07/01/2025Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781982178970About the AuthorElizabeth Beller is a writer and journalist specializing in culture, art, and travel with more than fifteen years of experience as a book and story editor. Her work has appeared in The Guardian,...
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On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from Florida's Space CoastA high-speed glide through Florida surf culture and a deep dive into the lore of a classic surfing destination.Not far from where the Apollo 11 rocket launched to the moon, surfers make their way to the shore in the night. Clutching their surfboards, they...
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On A Burning Deck. The Road to Akron.: An Oral History of The Great Migration.In the earliest decades of the 20th century, more than twenty-eight million men and women-black and white-began "The Great Migration" north from the Deep South and Appalachia, lured by high wages and the opportunity to make a better life for themselves and their families.Among...
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Odin: An Illustrated Guide to the AllfatherOdin: wanderer, rune-carver, and chief of the sir. Explore the revered god of Norse mythology in this richly illustrated guide. This authentic introduction to the Norse god Odin Borson, revered in Norse paganism as a warrior, a wanderer, and a leader, delves into his...
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Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and ArtistsFrom Holbein to Hockney, from Norman Rockwell to Pablo Picasso, from sixteenth-century Rome to 1980s SoHo, Robert Hughes looks with love, loathing, warmth, wit and authority at a wide range of art and artists, good, bad, past and present. As art critic for Time...
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Nightshining"Jennifer Kabat's Nightshining sifts a riveting expos? of the Cold War technocratic fantasy-state through lyrical family memoir. Her superb investigation calls to mind those of Rebecca Solnit and Errol Morris, among others."--Jonathan Lethem A propulsive, layered examination of the conflict between the course of...
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Neither the Charm Nor the Luck: Major-General John SullivanBiography of Major-General John Sullivan, the American Revolution's most controversial-- and interesting-- general.(Includes 10 specially produced, original maps.)Author: Karl F. StephensPublisher: Outskirts PressPublished: 07/15/2009Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37dISBN: 9781432742287This title is not returnable
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North AmericaWINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE - "An essential American history" (The Wall Street Journal) that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty...
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Native American Rights: The Decades Old Fight - Civil Rights Books for Children Children's History BooksDo you think it's too early to teach your children about the decades old fight for civil rights? No, because today is actually the perfect time to learn! In this book, children will learn about the Native American Rights, including facts on why there...
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Nahua Horizons: Writing, Persuasion, and Futurities in Colonial MexicoNahua Horizons: Writing, Persuasion, and Futurities in Colonial Mexico investigates how Nahuas conceptualized their futures in the early colonial period. Scholar Ezekiel G. Stear delves deeply into canonical texts such as the Florentine Codex and the Cr?nica mexicayotl as well as understudied texts such...
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My Summer Vacation: The Victorio Campaign Journal of Robert Grierson 1880Deeming it my duty, I camped directly in their line of march (the Apache Chief Victorio and his band), and at the only water for a long distance north. I had with me only First Lieutenant William H. Beck, Tenth Cavalry, one non-commissioned officer,...
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Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China: Debates on Hui Identity and Islamic ReformIn the early twentieth century, as the multiethnic Qing empire transformed into the Republican Chinese nation-state, Chinese Muslims faced new challenges, confronting competing visions of nation-building, religion, secularism, democracy, and modernity. In this book, Hale Eroğlu explores how a group of key figures navigated...
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Moty Tiger: Chief of the Creek NationMoty Tiger was Principal Chief of the Creek Nation from 1907 to 1917, after the death of Chief Pleasant Porter. This volume contains essays by Captain G. W. Grayson and Frederick Barde, and newspaper clippings detailing the life of Moty Tiger.Author: Luther S. McGaughPublisher:...
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Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda in Greek HistoriographyMindful of the present state of discourse on ancient Greek historiography, this edited volume explores the major themes of pursuing factuality, managing witness/source bias, falling into historical error and creating or confronting propaganda.Even the greatest ancient historians, striving for factuality and truthfulness, must commence...
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