History
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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Prehistoric Europe: 50 Great DiscoveriesA full-color examination of 50 fascinating and important archaeological discoveries from prehistoric Europe. Countless archaeological sites and artefacts relating to the diverse prehistoric peoples who occupied the landscapes of Europe thousands of years ago, have been unearthed, either by archaeologists, or by lucky individuals...
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82The astonishing, hitherto unknown truths about a disease that transformed the United States at its birth A horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across the Americas when the American Revolution began, and yet we know almost nothing about it. Elizabeth A. Fenn is the...
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Post-Scarcity AnarchismIn this series of essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchist vision with the promising opportunities of a "post-scarcity" era. Technological advances during the 20th century have expanded production in the pursuit of corporate profit at the expense of human need and ecological...
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Portland Queer: Stories of LGBTQ+ Life in Portland, OregonAuthor: Ariel GorePublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9781648414435About the AuthorAriel Gore is a journalist, memoirist, novelist, nonfiction author, and teacher. She is the author of 10 books, including F*ck Happiness, and the creator of the zine...
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Pop ArtPeaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist, and of what constituted an artwork. Focusing on issues of materialism,...
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Pistis Sophia: The Gnostic Tradition of Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and His DisciplesA document of paramount historical importance, not only in terms of Christianity but also with respect to the development of Western religion. It chronicles the teachings of Jesus, who explains life's mysteries to his disciples and Mary Magdalene. Their discussions take place after Christ's...
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Piracy on the Great Lakes: True Tales of Freshwater PiratesWaiting in the night, hidden behind a remote island, no lights showing, pirates would lure unsuspecting ships into unknown waters. Then they would silently slide up to them and board the ship. The crew would be killed and the bodies thrown over the side,...
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Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression's Finest Photographers Introduce America to ItselfA National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show--and tell--the story of the Great Depression. In an exquisitely curated volume of 140 full-color and black-and-white photographs, Martin W. Sandler unpacks the United States Farm Security Administration's sweeping visual record of the Great Depression....
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Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten FruitThe largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically, it fed and sustained Native Americans and European explorers,...
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Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939In 1925 Flanner began her New Yorker "Letter from Paris," from which most of the pieces in this collection are drawn. They give an incomparable view of French life before World War II. Edited by Irving Drutman; Index.Author: FlannerPublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 04/18/1988Pages: 264Binding Type:...
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ParadisoWith his journeys through Hell and Purgatory complete, Dante is at last led by his beloved Beatrice to Paradise. Where his experiences in the Inferno and Purgatorio were arduous and harrowing, this is a journey of comfort, revelation, and, above all, love-both romantic and...
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Palm Springs Tiki: Polynesia in the DesertPalm Springs Tiki presents a visual exploration of a mid-century tropical paradise in the California desert.From the 1930s through the 1970s, Palm Springs and other desert communities embraced the mid-century fantasy of a home-grown Polynesian paradise. The concept of the oasis and that of...
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Pablo PicassoIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Pablo Picasso, one of the world's greatest artists in the 20th century. Little Pablo grew up in an artistic household and after drawing his first painting...
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Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate CrisisIn this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course....
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On the TrinityOn the Trinity is a Latin book written by Augustine of Hippo to discuss the Trinity in context of the logos. Although not as well known as some of his other works, some scholars have seen it as his masterpiece, of more doctrinal importance...
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One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You VoteLaugh and learn with fun facts about voting, the history of democracy in America, and more, all told in Dr. Seuss's beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat--with 16 bonus pages of kid-friendly activities! "Voting is something we do every day....
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration CampsA groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity's greatest tragedy: concentration camps. For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope of their...
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On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and StruggleAn intimate conversation between towering public intellectuals examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and U.S. empire An audacious revolutionary experiment in the backyard of empire, Cuba has occupied a vexed role in the international order for decades. Though its doctors (and fighters)--and...
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On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS TitanicOn the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brandnew, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved....
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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century AmericaAs Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to more...
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