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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GettysburgA comprehensive history of the Battle of Gettysburg by one of today's leading historians.The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent...
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Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch ComplexGateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achievements of humankind: the first trip to the moon. It includes archival illustrations...
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Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950sA gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas, during the 1930s, through the 1950s, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps, and lawmen on the take. The author recounts the days when Fort Worth was as wide open as Las Vegas with gambling...
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From Miracle to Mainstream: creating the world's first dialysis organization: Early years of Northwest Kidney CentersIn 1962, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center opened its doors as the world's first outpatient dialysis organization. Over the years, its name changed, ultimately becoming Northwest Kidney Centers. But its mission stayed constant: to promote the optimal health, quality of life and independence of people...
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Frommer's Washington D.C.Washington, D.C. can be an overwhelming destination for visitors. With so many museums, so many historic sights, so many working government buildings to see―not to mention its scintillating foodie and nightlife scenes―just coming up with a plan can be stressful.That's where Frommer's comes in....
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From Here to Equality, Second Edition: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First CenturyRacism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory of racial inequality could have been altered dramatically. But neither Reconstruction nor the New Deal nor the civil rights struggle led to an economically...
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Freud: A Very Short IntroductionSigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to current thought. As an experienced psychiatrist himself, Anthony Storr offers...
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Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet TubmanBorn into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible - certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to...
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Fragmentary Forms: A New History of CollageA beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to today While the emergence of collage is frequently placed in the twentieth century when it was a favored medium of modern artists, its earliest beginnings are tied to the invention of...
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present--edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of...
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Forgotten Founders: Black Patriots, Women Soldiers, and Other Thinkers and Heroes Who Shaped Early America"[T]he cause is just, and readers will come away with a firmer understanding that, as the introduction has it, the story of this country's founding is 'everyone's story.'"--Booklist A Junior Library Guild Gold Selection "This book will delight visual learners, history lovers, and trivia...
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Forged in Chaos: A Warrior's Origin StoryForged in chaos, shattered in peace: What happens when the war doesn't end, it just moves inside your head? Tyler Grey was the epitome of the warrior archetype: a Delta Force operator, a master of counterterrorism. He hunted the worst bullies on the world's...
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Fighting to Belong! (Vol. 2): Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, 1900-1970"Historic contributions and stories of resilience are shared in this dynamic graphic novel. An informative and engaging read!"--Maia and Alex Shibutani, two-time Olympic medalists and authors of Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us AllAsian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history...
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Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto RicoAn "urgent, fascinating, and impassioned" (Daniel Immerwahr) history of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the United States Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic,...
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Egyptian MythsA beautifully illustrated collection of 20 ancient Egyptian myths retold for children aged 7-9. Delve into a world of monstrous creatures, magical spells, and warring gods in this thrilling compendium of ancient Egyptian myths. With 20 exciting tales alongside fascinating historical information, this is...
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern MedicineA mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia, performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools--or even wash his hands....
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Don't Look Left: A Diary of GenocideA harrowing and indispensable first-hand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian writer In the morning I read the news. The news is about us. But it's designed for people reading it...
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American WestNow in paperback, the New York Times bestselling story of the taming of the Wild West, set in Dodge City, the most depraved and criminal town in the nation. The instant New York Times bestseller! Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The...
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Discourses on LivyDiscourses on Livy, written in 1531, is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided...
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Death in Briar Bottom: The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970sOn July 3, 1972, twenty-four hippies from Clearwater, Florida, set up tents and settled in for the night at Briar Bottom, a public US Forest Service campground in western North Carolina. The impromptu campout was a pit stop for the group on their way...
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