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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Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked ChangeRead real stories about moments that changed history, and find out what you can do to make a difference! "Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever...
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Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9): A Grand Canyon TaleExplore the Grand Canyon with John Wesley Powell in Major Impossible, a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Hale's New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. "These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history." --New York Times...
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Lone WomenNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Blue skies, empty land--and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an "absorbing, powerful" (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning...
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Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) WordA comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language.Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as "like." Indeed, excessive use of this word is a surefire way to make those who pride themselves on propriety,...
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Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler ProjectDuring World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. Incredibly, after the war her heroism, like that of many others, was suppressed...
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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the WorldIn Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin--"one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea" (American Heritage)--tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago...
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Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to WarOut of nothing but the government's behest, a few bold men conjured a giant ship-building industry in 1940 and launched the ships that took America to war and to victory. In 1940, the shadow of war loomed large over American life. President Roosevelt understood...
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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American StoryA wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call homeHigh School and College Age StudentsThe Original Land of Hope Narrative in Paperback Edition We have a glut of text and trade books on American...
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KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Imitation Leather, Burgundy, Red Letter EditionCommemorate a special accomplishment or event with a gift to be treasured for years to come. This edition is published in KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size. Featuring the beautiful and...
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial AfricaThe 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver "An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." -- Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . ....
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Kahoʻolawe: The True Story of an Island and Her PeopleA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "An incredible, brilliantly told story of persistence, advocacy, and love."--starred, Kirkus Reviews"A stunningly beautiful book that tells the story of destruction, devastation, and resilience, of both the human and natural world. . . The artwork tells the...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat. 40th Ed.The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of...
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In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space"An awe-striking masterpiece of love."--Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But it's the unexpected lingering and genius crafting of consequential action that makes this...
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In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf HitlerThe subject of this book hardly needs an introduction. It is doubtful that there is any nation on earth that is not familiar with his colossal and provocative reputation. Adolf Hitler rose from the ranks as an unknown soldier, through the political chaos of...
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India: 5,000 Years of History on the SubcontinentA dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context--from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia,...
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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi EuropeFrom three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust--one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape. It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolf (Rudi)...
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I Am Sacagawea (I Am #1)A brand-new biography series featuring some of the most important people from history and today.I am only sixteen years old as I trek across the country with my infant son strapped to my back. I have a river, two lakes, and four mountain peaks...
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I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free"Harrowing and insightful. . . . A profound work about the Black experience and white oppression."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"This work is vitally important and essential to understanding the magnitude of the impact of racism and violence."--Library Journal (starred review)"Gripping, thought-provoking, and personal, I Am...
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How to Say Goodbye in CubanHere is the dramatic coming-of-age graphic novel memoir of 12-year-old Carlos (who would grow up to become the author's father), his life during the Cuban Revolution, and his family's harrowing escape to America. Carlos, who lives in a small town in the Cuban countryside,...
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How the U.S. Government Works: A Kid's Guide to CivicsNewly updated edition!Discover everything you need to know about American democracy with this easy-to-read guide to our government!How the U.S. Government Works is a fact-packed primer that helps kids understand the many facets of America's federal system. Readers will learn about how the government...
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