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Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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More Ghosts of St Andrews: NonfictionWith St Andrews remarkable history as the backdrop, this is the most complete published testimony of people's experiences for one location. 133 new haunted locations, 260 previously unknown ghosts, 314 new testimonies from the author, residents, students and visitors.Richard Falconer has been a paranormal...
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Monarchy or Money PowerThe difficulty which all the medieval Kings experienced in greater or less degree was the establishing of themselves in the People's love. The King needed the People as much as the People needed the King, but it was ever the object of interested parties...
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Molding Japanese Minds: The State in Everyday LifeHow has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? And to care for the elderly within the family? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? What roles have women's groups played...
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Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp ProgramAn examination of the Farm Security Administration's migrant camp system and the people it served Today's concern for the quality of the produce on our plates has done little to guarantee U.S. farmworkers the necessary protections of sanitary housing, medical attention, and fair labor...
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Mengele and Nazi Doctors During the Third Reich Children's Experiments and the Racial Utopia for Opportunity and CareerismThe experiments conducted during World War II provide some of the most extreme examples of human rights and ethics breaches the world has so far seen. There is no benefit in considering the Nazi experiments as "other" or irrelevant. The greatest good that can...
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Memories of a Mackinac Island Native: Life on the Island from 1940s to 2020sAuthor: Tom ChambersPublisher: Modern History PressPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 144Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38dISBN: 9781615998326
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Memories of a Mackinac Island Native: Life on the Island from 1940s to 2020sAuthor: Tom ChambersPublisher: Modern History PressPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31dISBN: 9781615998319
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Maya Christian Murals of Early Modern YucatánThe first study of Christian murals created by indigenous artists in sixteenth and seventeenth century Yucat?n. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Maya artists painted murals in churches and conventos of Yucat?n using traditional techniques to depict iconography brought from Europe by Franciscan friars....
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Massacre in Minnesota: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American HistoryIn August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent ethnic conflict ever to roil the nation. When it was over, between six and seven hundred...
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Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Most Powerful ScreenwriterA screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industry's most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. She was elected the first woman president of the Screen Writers Guild after leading the fight...
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Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic EmperorExperience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy "[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the essence of this great man and his great life. It's a must read for any aspiring...
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ManitobaWelcome to Manitoba! Come with me, Zoey, as I show you around the province where I live. Learn about the provincial flag, animal, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to...
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ManitobaWelcome to Manitoba! Come with me, Zoey, as I show you around the province where I live. Learn about the provincial flag, animal, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to...
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Manila: Architectural GuideAs the capital of a country that has been colonized the longest and among the earliest, -Manila's cityscape is the reflection of many different influences. This guide explores its architectural history through nearly 120 buildings described in detail: from the neoclassicism and art deco...
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Machine Modernism, Masculinity, and the Trauma of War: The Art of Fernand L?gerLong considered the embodiment of national resilience and fraternal loyalty in the wake of World War I, Fernand Léger's art overshadows a far less heroic story, one that prompts a demythification of his legendary identification with the working class and provokes important questions about...
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Luther's Large CatechismThis contemporary-language translation is excellent for reading and study. More than 250 questions stimulate thinking to help Christians understand the doctrinal concepts they need to know, accept and follow.Author: Martin LutherPublisher: Concordia Publishing HousePublished: 10/11/2013Pages: 146Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.54w x 0.38dISBN:...
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LulaThe first - and long-awaited - major biography of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Lula is among the greatest political figures in Brazilian history. The only president in the country with a working-class background, combined with a party that was profoundly original...
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Love and Loss: The Short Life of Ray ChapmanThe son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream until his untimely death at age twenty-nine. In his brief life, he reached the pinnacle of baseball success as the best shortstop in the...
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Lost Gardens of the World: An Atlas of Forgotten Horticultural TreasuresA romantic illustrated journey through forty captivating gardens lost to time. All over the world, once-flourishing horticultural spaces have been abandoned and forgotten. From the once-crumbling grandeur of the Villa d'Este and the magic of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, to the sculptural surrealism...
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Los Sacrosantos Concilios Generales Y Particulares Desde El Primero Celebrado Por Los Apostoles En Jerusalen Hasta El Tridentino: Segun El Orden CronoEste libro es una recopilación de los principales concilios de la Iglesia Católica desde el siglo I hasta el siglo XVI. A través de diferentes capítulos, el autor analiza la historia de la Iglesia y los grandes temas que se debatieron en cada uno...
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