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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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The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle"A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."--New York TimesCombining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's...
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The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for a New EgyptThe New Preachers of Egypt--so named because of their novel preaching styles, which incorporate everything from melodrama to music to self-help--came to prominence on the world's first Islamic television channel on the cusp of the Arab Spring uprisings. They promoted an innovative and inclusive...
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The Republic of Plato: The Original Edition of 1908Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1908 (third edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893). The Layout is +30 % larger as the original. "The Republic" is Plato's best-known work, it has proven...
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The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman: A Social HistoryAuthor: Jeremy HartnettPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/03/2025Pages: 204Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.93h x 6.11w x 0.49dISBN: 9781009536097
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The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of the Confederacy's Most Brilliant CavalrymanThough Nathan Bedford Forrest was not a writer, had little formal education, never authored a book, and was not a professional speaker, he did leave us with a number of witty comments, profound words, and sublime statements. Award-winning author, Southern historian, and Forrest scholar...
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The Quotable JungAuthor: C. G. JungPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 376Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.30h x 4.40w x 1.10dISBN: 9780691270951About the AuthorC. G. Jung (1875-1961) was one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century and the founder of analytical psychology. Judith Harris is a...
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The Price of Victory: Memoir of the Commander of the 1st Polish Armoured DivisionGeneral Stanislaw Maczek's memoir chronicles the bravery, sacrifice, and disillusionment of Polish soldiers in WWII.General Stanislaw Maczek's stirring memoir captures the ?lan, the sacrifice and the disappointed hopes of the Polish soldiers who fought alongside the Allies during the Second World War.As Commander of...
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The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend ItImagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity.In this propulsive and eminently readable history, constitutional law and political science professor Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly...
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The Philosophy of CiderCider is sunshine in a glass! Follow Jane Peyton on a glorious voyage of discovery, from the journey the wild Malus Sieversii apple - ancestor of today's domesticated apple - has made from the foothills of Central Asia's Tien Shan mountains, to the Norman...
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The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714The Oxford Handbook of English Prose, 1640-1714 is the most wide-ranging overview available of prose writing in English during one of the most tumultuous periods in British and Irish history. Stretching from the outbreak of the English Civil Wars to the death of Queen...
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The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia: A HistorySurrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world: indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the human race began. It is...
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The New Woman and Technologies of Speed in Fin-De- Si?cle LiteratureThis is the first literary study on the New Woman's interaction with modern speed culture through use of the typewriter and the bicycle. These technologies of speed are among the earliest to be associated with middle-class women, exposing them to the discipline of mechanized...
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The National Gallery: A HistoryPublished in the National Gallery's Bicentenary year, this is the story of how one of the world's finest collections of paintings was formed by (and for) the people of Britain For two hundred years the National Gallery has been at the heart of the...
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The Mysterious Virginia Hall: World War II's Most Dangerous SpyHow did a young lady from a wealthy family in Maryland end up as the Gestapo's most wanted spy? This YA biography of Virginia Hall, World War II's most successful female spy, will inspire reluctant readers and budding history buffs alike. Virginia Hall, known...
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The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New YorkIn 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the...
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The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and BeijingWhy are activists in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma willing to court danger to help one another? The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Only Burma is in a state of civil war. Only Hong Kong has changed in...
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The May 1970 Rebellion, Volume 1Volume 1 explores - in narrative form -- the record of the first week of the May 1970 explosion of student protests and the National Student Strike, the greatest student strike in American history --all in response to both President Richard Nixon's invasion of...
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The Many Faces of Populism: Perspectives from Critical Theory and BeyondToday, more than ever, it is easy to understand how populism has become such a contested word in contemporary politics. Despite its relatively short history, the term follows a rather volatile trajectory in terms of its historical development and presence as a political practice....
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The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. While...
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The Little Book of Famous Serial KillersWhy do they rape, ravage, and kill? what sinister forces drives the sickening appetites of some of the foulest and most evil, primitive minds ever to walk the Earth? That is the question posed by this little book, an exploration of ten of the...
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