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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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The Beaux and the DandiesThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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RussiaWelcome to Russia--home of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, Lake Baikal, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Russia's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline...
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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the CrownVanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she is handing down to the next generation. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth has ruled over an institution...
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Abandoned IrelandAbandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography. From big houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches...
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My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's MemoirGeneral Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check.Unlike his counterparts in Europe, whose war had quickly come to a standstill and...
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In a world of veganismThe goal of this book is to set out the facts and assist you in making the choice and sticking to it as you take your first baby steps toward a healthier and better life for you and society as a whole. Though this...
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General Seydlitz: Accounts of the Military Career of Frederick the Great's Outstanding Commander of Cavalry-Memoirs of a General of CavaAccounts of one of the great commanders of European cavalry Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz was indisputably one of the greatest cavalry commanders in Frederick the Great's Prussian Army. As a senior officer he is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry during...
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Crisis in the West: The Attempt to Destroy Christian CivilizationDivine Providence has made western civilization preeminent in the world. By making western civilization preeminent in the world God has provided for the dissemination of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the four corners of the globe. Western civilization grew out of the achievements...
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Scarab Symbolism of the Ancient WorldA scarabaeus symbol embodied an elevated religious idea in ancient Egypt, encompassing the Soul's future life, its resurrection from the grave, and most likely its reward or punishment in the next life, depending on its conduct.From the earliest historical knowledge about Ancient Egypt, scarabaeus...
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Portrait of MyselfThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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From Beaver Creek to HanoiFrom Beaver Creek to Hanoi: A Mother's Quest to Rescue Her Son is a story of a resolute woman who over the course of three years worked zealously to get her son, a fighter pilot shot down during a bombing raid, out of a...
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What Was World War I?This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be "the war to end all wars" but tragically wasn't. In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke set off a disastrous four-year-long conflict involving dozens of countries with battles taking...
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The Sea and the Sacred in Japan: Aspects of Maritime ReligionThe Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mountains are considered the privileged sites...
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Volpone: Revised EditionThe sharpest, funniest comedy about money and morals in the 17th century is still the sharpest and funniest about those things in the 21st. The full, modernised play text is accompanied by incisive commentary notes which communicate the devastating comic energy of Volpone's satire....
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A Bachelors Cupboard; Containing Crumbs Culled From The Cupboards Of The Great UnweddedThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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The Hexagon of HeresyHave you ever wondered how we got here? Have you ever wondered how Western civilization arrived at the brink of suicide? How did a thoroughly Christian culture give rise to the very ideas that seek to kill it? Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman...
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Murphy's Mission: Colin Murphy - Football Adventures from Sincil Bank to SaigonMurphy's Mission. Colin Murphy - Football Adventures from Sincil Bank to Saigon is a rollercoaster ride through the life story of a journeyman, football manager, legend, and self-styled bard of the beautiful game.From a career with 15 different football clubs from the 1970s to...
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The Metamorphoses of Power: Violence, Warlords, Aḳıncıs and the Early Ottomans (1300-1450)Controversial scholarly debates around the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire in the last century are not only rooted in the scarcity or heterogeneity of sources, but also in the mentalities and ideologies that canonised thought paradigms. This book uses an interdisciplinary approach at the...
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Heróis da Igreja - Vol. 4 - A Era Moderna: Grandes nomes da história do cristianismoA Heróis da Igreja - A Era Moderna apresenta um período singular da história da Igreja, fruto dos desafios e das oportunidades deixados pela modernidade. Os escritos buscam responder a questões sobre como conciliar ou questionar o pensamento moderno à luz da tradição cristã,...
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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's EnduranceThe extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship that gave its name to the world's most famous survival epic, told by the man who led the search.On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway...
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